Anjuli liked playing in the wade pool. 
Zion couldn't get enough of the water slides.
Anjuli often keeps Zion up at nights. So many nights I'll hear them in there just laughing and playing. But this time I think Anjuli woke up in the middle of the night and tried to wake up Zion to play. too cute.
Three generations
Thanks to all the Aunties, Uncles, Cousins and Fam that came to support Izaiah!
Christmas Eve we headed over to Lindsey's house for a wonderful dinner. Afterward we reinacted the nativity--guess who got to be Jesus!
Anjuli of course was super excited it was finally Christmas. She didn't even mind our 2 foot pathetic-looking leaning Christmas tree :)
The strings tradition still holds...Zion's string led to a truck, which by the way, is now his favorite word and he says it at least 20 times a day. A true boy.
Anjuli's string led to a dress-up magnetic doll set.
Next year I will do shorter strings...it's hard to do strings with young kids. Zion was too young to grasp the concept and kept crying anytime he'd run into one. Anjuli just wanted to open presents and ditched the string entirely. And we were trying to hurry and wind up our string before anyone had any major accidents!
Still, I am glad it is a tradition we carry on. It will be more fun the older the kids get.
Anjuli turned 3 on Saturday! We let her do whatever she wanted all day long. She picked out her own outfit, then started out the day with a movie :)
We went to Walmart to see Santa Clause, but he wasn't there...so as we headed back home we got stuck in traffic due to this parade. It actually turned out great. We pulled over to the side and had front row seats. And Anjuli got to see Santa afterall! As he passed by us in the parade Anjuli said, "Where's Santa going, Mommy? Oh, he's going to Walmart!"
After naps we went to Chuck E Cheese. Anjuli and Zion had a great time, but man alive, that place gives me a headache! I think next time we'll convince her to go to the beach or the zoo instead.
This is Zion's idea of playing Skee Ball...
That night was our ward Christmas party. As everyone ate dinner, Anjuli took the opportunity to impress everyone with her beautiful dancing skills on stage. I was really surprised because usually she's shy in front of a big crowd, but not tonight!
She was so cute up there, I just couldn't bring myself to stop her.
At night we opened presents. Her big one from us was a new Melissa & Doug Birthday Cake set.
Anjuli blew out the candles at least 10 times. I think that was her favorite part of her whole birthday.
Zion kept blowing out the candles before Anjuli could get to it, it was pretty funny :)
Anjuli got a dollar from a few of her Aunty's! Thank you! She loves opening the cards, and has already spent a few of them on french fries and a sundae :)
She got a bathtub paint set from Aunty Becca. Boy, did they have fun!
Happy Birthday Anjuli! We sure love you!!!My little boy is becoming so independent! He loves to play in the sink while I get ready in the mornings. Today he started washing his hair all on his own--too cute!
Happy 2 months, Izaiah!
Yes, he is on our washing machine. He loves the sound of the noise so we put him on to calm him down. Works like a charm.
In the last month Izaiah has finally started smiling--yeah! I love it when motherhood starts to pay off ;)
It is so fun to see the kids play with Zeya. Zion especially loves to give him kisses--probably 20 a day at least.
More brotherly love. Nice flexibility Zion, have you been taking yoga?!
Having 3 kids in a row is more fun than I thought it would be :) Everyone has bonded and our family has more love in it.
What a great day! It started off with my sweet husband cooking waffles and sauteed apples for breakfast. Yum!
Afterwards we went rollerblading! It was so fun to get out and feel young and kidless again.
It's been a while since I put up a picture of my cute 3 kids (I still can't believe I'm a mother of 3!)
