Yesterday Kaden turned 5 years old! It was kind of a low key event since he was sick with strep throat (luckily antibiotics were beginning to kick in though so he wasn't totally miserable). It began in the morning with french toast for breakfast and a present from Mia and Kyson

Then he had to wait ALL day for his party that night- he was pretty good about it though.
Here is his cake- far from perfect but at least not store-bought :) He wanted chocolate frosting and this was the only thing brown he could think of that he wanted.

He blew out the candles before I even got the cake down in front of him.

He loved his Legos from Nana and Papa

He got some cool space books from Grandma and Grandpa Kent in preparation for their trip to the planetarium this week! We read them at bed time and he was fascinated.

Grandma Carolyn came through with the Iron Man blaster- he's been asking for that for a while now and I kept avoiding it. It's actually not as obnoxious as I thought. He also got a mask to go with it. The funny part was that Ky was with us when she bought it and before he even started unwrapping it he started yelling, "Iron man! Iron man!!" oops...guess he remembered!

Here he is on his new, bigger bike- he was way too tall for his old one.

"I am Iron Man" Kyson got a mask too so they wouldn't fight :)

I think he had a good birthday- we love him tons and it's hard to imagine life before him just five years ago :) I'll post his check up stats/milestones later this week!

Today Miss Mia is nine months old! Here are some recent facts:

• She is finally crawling full speed AHEAD! (She has been log-rolling, crawling backwards since 7 months old) She is also starting to pull up to things- she is very careful not to bonk her head or slip (my boys never were very careful).
• She eats 2 baby food containers and a few ounces of milk at EVERY feeding (well for breakfast lunch and dinner with just a bottle in between). That seems like a lot for such a little thing. She loves bananas and sweet potatoes. (Check out her FIRST pony-tail, it makes her look so much older!)
• She is musical: she likes to sing along with princess Aurora when she hears Sleeping Beauty playing in the car. She will also start singing back when I sing her lullabies. She also giggles at classical music in the car- she has ever since we went to the symphony at Deer Valley.
  
• She LOVES to read- she giggles at her "That's not my fairy book" and she loves being apart of bedtime stories with her brothers.
• She loves Ahsoka- especially now that she can chase her around a little. She also likes to eat Ahsoka's food- gross!
• Her newest favorite pass-time is watching out the sliding door windows. She can do it for at least 15 minutes.(sock modeling)
  

Here is some footage of her crawling:

MJ is a complete joy, we don't know how we ever got along without her! I'll post her stats after her checkup next week.

**By the way Tyler and I had our birthdays- they were fun yet uneventful (we didn't even get a single picture) except for the part when my 27 candles set off the fire alarm in our house. We went to dinner and saw the movie "Wall Street" So no news except that we are both older now- and Tyler is one year away from the big 3-0!** I'll post more in a week when Kaden turns 5!

Ok this post is long but I LOVE these pictures (and hate slide shows)

Brooke Woodall (super cute and extremely nice/talented, Kyson even gave her a smooch!) photographed us a couple of weeks ago on 25th street in Ogden- a location I knew I wanted to try, but I wasn't sure what we'd find. We ended up with some awesome spots! (Didn't have time to go behind the street like I wanted because the kids were tired and DONE- maybe next time.)

Mia's close-up, she was great the whole time!

This is Kaden's for the portrait wall

We weren't sure if we got ANY of Kyson smiling but this is my fave! (Also going on the wall)

This is MiaJolie's wall pic

I like this one because Mia's standing up- that is the face Ky had most of the shoot- very GQ

I love this one for the wall too

Cute boys- this one's going in their room.

The boys- this is a good one for their room too!

MJ & Daddy I love this one because it shows Ty's eye-crinkles (LOVE them) and Mia's giggling with delight

Mia & Mommy

We took a couple shots together but this is my favorite.

This is a cute sidewalk pic- I love our faces, I am so bummed Mia was escaping instead of looking at the camera! (She was very intent on eating the leaves.)

Another family shot in a cute doorway

Ok these shots are a LOT harder than they look- especially with little kids! Oh well, it was fun.

I'm thinking this one for our family wall portrait.

So there it is! LOVE the pics, LOVE the location, LOVE the photographer!