FOUR and Fabulous!

I can't believe my Baylor boy is FOUR!  

He is the sweetest boy.  

He melts my heart everyday and is truly my sunshine.  

 Remember this mitt!!!

Newborn

1 year

4 YEARS!

 Russ and I had a blast giving him a little interview.  

Here are his favorites at FOUR!

1. What is your favorite color? Blue and green
2. What is your favorite toy? Cars, animals, and trucks
3. What is your favorite tv show? Higgly town heroes and Mickey Mouse and Jungle Junction
4. What is your favorite game? X-box star wars game and HiHo Cherry-O
5. What is your favorite sport? All the sports: basketball, baseball, football, soccer, all of them
6. What is your favorite snack? Fruit snack
7. What is your favorite animal? cheetah
8. What is your favorite song? I Love you and the bear (he made it up) :)
9. What is your favorite book? Froggy books
10. Who is your best friend? Mom and my baby cheetah
11. What is your favorite drink? Tru moo chocolate milk (first said Diet coke- thanks Grandma JuJu!)
12. What do you want to be when you grow up?  a brother
13. What is your favorite movie? Despicable Me
14. Where is your favorite place to go? Disneyland
15. What is your favorite food? Quesadilla
16. What’s your favorite thing to do with dad? Play with him, like x-box star wars game

He is still on his cheetah kick which started back in October.  When asked what his name is he will always tell people "big boy cheetah"  I am momma cheetah, Russ is daddy cheetah, Lex- baby cheetah, you get the idea.  He hauls he stuffed baby cheetah with him everywhere but preschool (because I don't let him lol).  Baby cheetah is pretty much a 5th member of our family.

A few of the things he calls me lately are "his sweetheart, love bug, cuddle bug, and sweetest momma" I don't know where he comes up with it, but I LOVE it!  He is so sweet, I hope he always loves me this much.  When I tell him I love him to the moon and back, he always responds with "I love you to the sun and back."  Another of my favorite things lately are on the days I don't work, he likes to come climb in my bed and we watch tv and cuddle for a little while before Alexis wakes up.  Lazy on my part, but I love it.  He makes our home such a happy place to be.  It is impossible for me to put into words how much he means to me, but I can easily say I never knew a love like this existed.  

I LOVE you Baylor!  You are Fabulous and FOUR and I am so lucky that I get to be your mom!

B's 4th Buccaneer Bash!

Last month our sweet Baylor turned FOUR!  I still can't believe how fast time flies!  I planned everything I could think of to make his birthday a special one.  My friend gave me the cute idea of putting balloons in his room the night before his birthday so when he woke up he immediately knew it was time to party!

We decided that since he loves pirates, that would be the perfect theme for his birthday.  I spent quite a few hours in the freezing garage burning the edges of the invitations.  You can only see the labels here, but inside were the scroll invites, and they were what took forever!! BUT, I loved how they turned out so I guess it was worth it :)

 On his actual birthday we did his first little friend party.  We only invited a few kids, but he was in heaven.  

When they first arrived they went to the pirate station and got all decked out to be proper buccaneers!

 We played a few games like walking the plank

and pin the eye patch on the pirate 

(which was a blown up picture of B in his Captain Hook costume)

 All the kids got to decorate a wooden letter initial of their first name.  I painted them black and they got to stamp a skull on it and decorate them with jewels.  

We ate cupcakes and opened presents 

And had a BLAST!  

Cutest little pirates!

The rest of the day we dedicated to BAYLOR!  Our little family headed downtown to Discovery Gateway, one of B's favorite spots.  

Then we headed to City Creek and let him choose something from the Disney store.  He chose a Jake and the Neverland Pirates cannon gun.. go figure :)

2 days later the real Buccaneer Bash began!!  

We had the same pirate station set up with headbands, eyepatches, swords, and a trip to the Seven Seas tattoo parlor!  We also had guests sign the book, "How I Became a Pirate"!

Here are a few pirates...

I got a cheetah balloon for our big boy cheetah and put it with a picture of him and baby cheetah :)

Dinner Time!!!

Drink up me hearties YO HO!

Lots of soda, sea water, and jolly roger juice for wee pirates

 The main dish was "crows nests" aka hawaiian haystacks

 Catch o' the day

 The scurvy dogs weren't out of the oven yet, but they were mini corndogs and we had pirates booty for everyone

 and polly shared some of her bird food

 It's definitely not easy cooking for a crowd, but I got it all done and everyone left with full bellies- mission accomplished.

Next Baylor got to open presents.  He got SO MANY fun presents.  We have the sweetest family and friends.

A few highlights were this cheetah backpack

And he asked my mom to get a friend for baby cheetah :)

 We were definitely at full capacity!  I wish we could invite all of our friends, but we just don't have room!!  Someday maybe!

And then it was time for cake!

Make a WISH!

All the kids got a pirate coloring book and crayons and a pirate loot bag with a few pirate necessities

 We had SO MUCH FUN celebrating our Baylor boy!  I really enjoyed planning his parties and hope everyone had as much fun as we did.  He is definitely one special boy and deserved a special day!

Happy 4th Birthday Big Boy Cheetah!!!