Buy Me Some Peanuts And Cracker Dax

The day has come and gone and at this point I'm glad. He's four and now it just is... I swear I struggled in a bad way with D turning 4. I took him on a date the day before his birthday and while waiting for "Rio" to start, I looked over at him with his big 3D glasses and literally started to cry. HE LOOKED SO GROWN UP!
I've since spoken to a few friends and the consensus seems to be that it's mainly with the oldest that these emotions kill us... I don't know, but I won't get into all of the physiological jumbo that probably goes along with the craziness of my feelings....

We (Dax and I ) kept going back and forth on what the theme of this birthday would be... at first it was a fishing theme, then it was a camp theme, then plane and then baseball and then Hawk (as in the bird) theme... then we settled on baseball since he's been looking forward to the Tball season... I showed him cakes and let him choose.... contrary to popular belief, he really did like the Boston Red Sox cakes better than the Yankees.... It was a pretty well kept secret till one night I over heard Dax talking to Kev about his birthday and Dax said "What's that called again, Dad?" Kev said "A birthday cake?" "No, no, no, Dad it's a Boston Red Sox cake" to which Kevin responded " I think I need to have a talk with your Mother"...... but up until that point Kev only knew it was a baseball theme.

It was a great party and probably would have been better enjoyed by Dax himself had I not let him take a nap up until our family started showing up... Oh well...

I dragged all three boys to this shoot at 10:00 ON his birthday... he did shockingly well which to me, proved that his mood was great and the nap ruined it all. He loved that it was his day... and quite frankly, at the shoot, I think he loved the attention on him being four.


His impromptu pose...


the invite...


Before the festivities began...




The amazing cake...


The Boston M&M's... seriously so fun!


and the Dax M&M's... LOVED them, even though for the price, Kev wanted me to charge a $5.00 fee for each handful taken...


All the colors of the Dax batch... I though white was easier to see...

What's a baseball party without cracker Jacks?










He came out of the house and said "What........the heck....... is this?!" He was so glad to get to ride it somewhere other than in the store... He wanted a Hawk bike so bad... the only kind we could find close to that request was a Tony HAWK bike... so we figured Eh, that works... he seemed pleased.






This part was just embarrassing. D didn't want to let anyone else hit the pinata because he wanted to win... not in the Charly Sheen sense of the meaning, but in the get all the candy so nobody else can enjoy it way...






Dax and Miss Soph playing their game that they just LAUGH doing...




Bennett! Love this kid!

Apparently Dax was all pictured out and took off on his bike so I couldn't get a picture of him with his friends....


Happy #4 D!!! Here's to hoping #5 takes a lot longer to get here ;)

School Days...

I know that Dax went to pre-school last year... BUT he didn't seem as big back then. He was so excited and about an hour from being home he told me he had to go into time out once... according to the teacher, he wasn't the only one... as long as the frog doesn't make it into the red...I'll be good ;)
Because D was getting ready for school, so was Dubby... he had to have his back pack on too... so cute. He just loves his big brother. He didn't seem to hate having me all to himself for that period of time though. :)



He said holding his arm like this made him smile better...

I got him to put it in his pocket this time and the smile still looked great so I think he might be off on his thinking....

This one gets me a little emotional... I can't lie.





Showing me their back packs...









He was too focused on the other kids to look at me...

He was a little nervous... I heard from one of the other Mom's, that after I left he had a little bit of a hard time.. it took almost all I had not to run back in...

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Dax's Dino Day (Birthday #3)

While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
~Angela Schwindt

I had a really hard time on Friday. The day began with me opening my eyes to Dax's eyes an inch away from mine. The first thing I said was "Happy Birthday Baby" and he said "Yeah, it's my birthday". We talked about how Ty and Noah were coming down and all of the sudden the flood gates opened and I was crying. How did this day come??? HOW??? I remember holding Dax the day he was born and totally not believing there was any way he was mine and now I'm struggling with the fact that he's not only going to be just mine. Words could never express the love that I have for this boy. For both of my boys. They both have taught me so much more than I could have ever thought possible. D's Birthday was a big reminder that these days are going by too fast and I really do just need to embrace it all and go with it...because...well...what else can I do. :)
Happy Third Birthday Dax... we love you more than you could ever know!

























Opening and playing with some of the new toys...












Best of friends...


Playing with Todd and Nay's new pups...



This one is after his first salon hair cut... notice the hair clips. The stylist had to give them to him to keep him in the chair... the slurpee is because he actually let them cut his hair.