One Month and a Birthday Party

Titan is ONE MONTH OLD!!
I honestly cannot believe that, oh how fast time flies.

On the flip side, I can't even imagine my life without him now and it's hard to remember what having just 3 kids was like, Titan just belongs with us, he fits right in.

I am not aware of any other one month old who is so loved by his siblings. Loved so much that I have to beg them not to touch him and wake him up when he is sleeping, not to try and climb into the swing with him and not to pick him up because they just can't wait to hold him. He seems to have an easy going personality (except in the evenings when he wants to eat constantly) and graciously accepts all the love from his biggest fans.

Speaking of how time flies, my babes will be 2 tomorrow. Despite having Titan as our little baby now, Quinn and I still refer to Rex and Myla as the babes. Saturdays are not good days to celebrate because Dan is preparing for church so we celebrated last night and honored the request of our oldest to be "just our family for Rex and Myla's birthday party."

We totally enjoyed our family time. Delicious chicken, green beans and potatoes on the deck, complete with cupcakes topped with LOTS of sprinkles (thank you Quinn) and some fun presents.

Rex and Myla have never been allowed to blow out a candle before so they were not very fond of the whole idea, it prevented them from diving into their cupcakes, but Quinton embraced his role as the big brother and helped them out!

Our princess

Thank you Betty Crocker for our delicious cupcakes.

If you have not noticed in previous posts, we have become a tattoo wearing family.
I'm not sure how it got started, although Quinn has always been a HUGE fan, but we are currently working on tattoo sleeves. I'm pretty sure that my boys would cover their entire bodies if we would let them. Quinn always says that he wants more "just like Graham" a good friend of ours.

Quinn was my big helper in getting ready for our party and LOVED helping me look online for their presents. I think he was more excited than I was about giving the gifts!Rex showing off his body art

I thought these next three pictures were so cute of our little party girl

Handsome Rexy

Titan didn't want to miss the party

Getting ready to open their presents

They had a VERY difficult time keeping their hands off their gifts until it was time to open.
Oh the excitement!

Rex went firstWe got him some Imaginext toys. It is basically a boys doll house. We got the Batman Batcave. It has little guys you can play with and motorcycles and cars to drive around and trap doors to go through. Very exciting.He seemed pleased!

Once again, he did not want to miss a thing.
Our house tends to be a very exciting place, lots to observe and take in!Myla was next, and Quinn once again was very eager to lend a hand. I'm totally serious when I say that he was SOOOO excited to give them their presents.

Myla got the Loving Family doll house. It comes with a little family and then a kitchen table and chairs so we will have to add some more furniture as time goes on but I'm pretty good at making washcloths into beds.

Both presents will be enjoyed by everyone. They seem to all play with each others toys and enjoy playing together! I'm sure these new birthday toys will get a lot of use this winter but thankfully we are still taking advantage of our hot days. I'm pretty sure that our pool will get used until it snows (I might be adding some hot water) but they just LOVE being in it and LOVE playing together in it.

I think I asked to see their tattoos for this picture... hmmm

I'm totally blessed!

The State Fair

Before I tell you about the Fair, take a look at this beautiful baby!

There is nothing sweeter than holding this little boy. These pictures all might look the same to you but they each capture a little different face.
I love looking at all of them!

Titan, as always, was amazing at the Fair

We went to the Iowa State Fair last night with our friends the McGargills.
It was the last day of the fair. We got to the fair around 5 after our Sunday naps and enjoyed some animals, dinner and people watching. It was plenty of time for us and plenty of time for my children. We went to the petting zoo, the fish tanks and saw all the baby animals. We ate some greasy food and felt a little sick afterwards. It was a beautiful evening and Dan and I both agreed that a couple of hours at the fair was plenty of time for us.

Our first family picture with Titan in it!
(he looks a little cross-eyed)

Our friends the McGargillsQuinn and Hannah riding a little cow in the hands-on part of the kids exhibit

I took advantage of having someone around to take some pictures with me in them.
My handsome husband and I

At the end of the kids hands-on exhibit they got popsicles!
Our kids were thrilled!

They all are getting so big!Joe and Jill

My children are experts at getting filthy quickly! They enjoyed planting seeds and harvesting them and of course putting dirt all over themselves!

Fun family evening with our friends.
I can't stop looking at the first few pictures of Titan... I hope you enjoy watching him grow. He will be three weeks tomorrow. I just want to pause time and soak it all in. I don't want to miss a thing about the baby stage. He is napping on my chest right now. I just can't get enough of our little man!

90 Seconds

Approximately 90 seconds was all it took for my two oldest to accomplish this....

and this... (check out her pretty neck)We were doing some watercolor painting on the deck today. Titan had been enjoying the great outdoors but was getting sleepy so I took him inside to put him in the swing for a nap. Our swing is only about 10 feet inside our house from the deck. I literally walked inside, grabbed his pacifier and blanket and put him in the swing only to go back outside to some beautifully painted faces. My guess is that the whole process only took 90 seconds.

Quinton especially was extremely proud of his painted face!

What a goof ball

Quinn was quick to tell me that Myla was the first one to paint her face.
What a funny girl.

I could not get enough of the smiles on their faces!Rex didn't paint his face but he was in full support of his siblings and had lots of smiles for me!

He is so handsome

Rex now adores his lil bro. He ALWAYS asks to hold him the moment I start feeding Titan and then waits patiently to "hold please"

Titan is pretty great at going with the flow. We moved our pool closer to the shade so Ty and I can be shaded but the big kids are still in the sun. Everyone is happy!

Popsicles are Rex' FAVORITE part of summer. My other kids enjoy them but Rex LOVES them. You can't open the freezer without him going crazy!
The get extremely fascinated by their tongue colors after eating a popsicle.

Pretty girl

Red tongues!

Titan loves napping outside.

So, I was reminded today that a lot can happen in 90 seconds when you have a 3 year old and two almost 2 year olds around. Luckily we are pretty good and laughing at situations like that and I got some cute photos of their painted faces. Messy faces and all, I'm one BLESSED momma!