Ian is 3!

As of January 24th, Ian turned 3!  We didn't have a big friends party, but Grandma and Grandpa came over so that was just as good.  I can't believe Ian is 3 already! He still seems like he should still be my little baby and not a big toddler who sings the ABC's!  Ian had a great birthday party.  I made him a ABC cake and a new shirt!  His main gift was a tablet that we ordered off of Amazon. Ian's favorite part of his birthday party was us singing Happy Birthday to him! He loved it so much that he insisted we sing to him again, and then again! He enjoyed all of his new presents, too.  

Ian, birth to age 3.  So beautiful and adorable!

Mr. Cheeseball and his new shirt!

Ian's silly birthday cake.  I found a candy alphabet at the grocery store.  It was perfect because it required very little work on my part, and Ian loved it!

The happy birthday boy loves his ABC cake!

Wait....come back and blow out your candle!

Happy birthday to...Mommy! Lol!

Opening up his tablet.

 That belly!

I love this Mac n Cheese face!

Ian loves his huge ball that I got at Goodwill for a buck.  So do Gabe and Elisa!

We love having Ian in our family! He is a hilarious, kind, and smart little boy.  Not to mention super adorable with his sparkling blue eyes and cute button nose.  I love watching him grow and learn.  He will always be my little baby!

Ian's 3-Year Portraits

 Here are Ian's 3-year portraits from JCPenny.  I know JCPenny doesn't always take amazing portraits, but this time the blame is on Ian for how poorly these turned out.  He was so grumpy and uncooperative that we were only able to get one good shot, and even that good shot wasn't all that great.  Here are the pictures.  You can see for yourself that they weren't print-worthy: 

 The one and only picture I got printed out.

Worthless

Erik took Gabe and Elisa to Castles and Coasters one Saturday.  Then he came back home to pick up me and Ian. Why? To celebrate our worthlessness!  Our net worth hit $0, so after Castles and Coasters, we went to dinner at Portillo's for hot dogs.  Here are some pictures from Castles and Coasters:

Gabe's face! Haha!

There is no fee to be inside the park, but there is if you want to ride any ride.  I did not want to ride any rides so I just waited with Ian and took some pictures:

After the park, we went and got some hotdogs.  Elisa ordered a tuna sandwich, which I'm surprised she ordered, but not surprised that she didn't finish.  I ordered a Philly Cheesesteak that I don't think had cheese.  The meat was good, but nothing else was great about it.

Random January Happenings

Lots of other fun things happened January besides our Wisconsin trip!  Here are all the pictures:

I've been taking Ian to story time almost every week.  He loves it! There's a 25% chance of him sitting on my lap at each song, but most of the time he really gets into the song! He loves the stories and especially the bubbles!

When the action of a song calls for a "stop", Ian always stops and then falls to the floor! 

Ian really gets into the music! I love watching him have fun.

Gabe got glasses! He had his eye appointment at the end of December when it was determined that his vision was poor enough that he needed corrective lenses.  We picked up his glasses in January.  He doesn't wear them much, even though he should.

haha silly Ian!

Isn't he adorable?!

Some random pictures of Elisa:

Elisa, on a Sunday evening enjoying some cookies and milk.

Elisa and her friend, Kassidy at a sleepover at our house.

Being silly at a pack meeting where Erik said a few words about his career and gave the kids hats and masks.  I wasn't there during his spiel.

Elisa, just before going to sleep.  Isn't she so pretty?

Here are some cute pictures of silly Ian:

Walmart.  Ian is horrible at Walmart.  I refuse to take him now since the last 2-3 times he's with me, he throws a gargantuan fit about some toy, and its usually a toy he already owns.  Anyway, here are a couple cute pictures of Ian in Walmart:

He insisted on sitting inside the storage bin.

He found a motorcycle bike.  I think its a pretty awesome ride.  He already has tricycle and a little Thomas the Train bike, otherwise I might have considered getting that for his birthday.

Sometimes Ian's nursery teachers take pictures and post them on the ward FaceBook page.  Here's and adorable picture I stole.

Sometimes I take Ian to the mall.  He enjoys playing in the play place, and on this car.

Ian sometimes blows bubbles when he is upset.  Here is Ian blowing angry bubbles because I told him it was time to go! Haha!

Can you guess who took this picture??

And some other random things, such as our new sink! We hated our old faucet that didn't turn, and we decided we might as well up grade the entire sink while we're at it.  So bye-bye ugly old silver tacky sink, hello big beautiful black sink.  It is nice to only have one drain to clean out:

Silly Gabe arranged the rocks he found in our back yard into categories: