Ayden's Birthday Part II

After our fabulous day at the ball park we made our way over to Ryan's grandparent's house for a BBQ. They are so generous with their time for our kids sake!! Papa Ralph had called up earlier in the week and asked if he could make dinner for Ayden. Who can resist dinner made by someone else? It was so good, as usual, and the company was wonderful. Ayden wanted a Star Wars the Clone Wars cake. I went to find a Star Wars cake pan, but do you think I could find one? NOPE!! They had Transformers, Spiderman, Batman, and even Walle (seriously people would make a Walle cake?) but no Star Wars! Of course I was doing this Friday afternoon so I had zero fudge room in the time department. Well Ayden got a round cake and I tried to copy the font of the movie title and I stole some of his Star Wars guys and stuck them on there. He was happy, so that made me happy. Obviously he is easy to please!!

Ayden the birthday boy was being so patient while we scrounged around Nana's kitchen looking for a candle. I had rushed off and left the #8 candle that I had at home. All Nana had was a #1 and a red round candle. So that is what Ayden got to blow out. He didn't mind at all, or at least didn't seem too. He just wanted to get to the good stuff....the cake and ice cream. Papa is the King of ice cream. He has 5 different varieties it seems at any given time.

Make a wish!!!

Meysa waiting for her slab of cake too!!!

Lauryn missed the whole thing. She fell asleep on the way from our house to Nana and Papa's and didn't stir until we were ready to leave. She had a busy day playing with Mary the babysitter.

Little Wyatt found great-grandma's stash of cars!! He was content to roam around and explore the house. He is getting too big!!!

Ayden got money, a toy machine gun (thanks to Meysa and the babysitter!), a new Wii game, some bakugons (have no clue how to spell that) and cool books about outer space and rocks. Of course we can't forget the Star Wars encyclopedia that he got too, which he devoured!!! Thanks everyone for being so thoughtful!!! Ok, I think that about wraps up his birthday!!

Wesley the Caterpillar and the brown blob!!

As we were walking home yesterday from school Meysa and her partner in crime Marlee found a caterpillar. They came home prompty and began making a bed for him and getting food to feed their sweet little caterpillar. I was in the kitchen making dinner and had my front windows open so I could hear what they were doing. I began to hear things like, "eat your breakfast Wesley", or "it's time for bed Wesley". They were having the best time mothering this poor caterpillar that they lovingly named Wesley (which also happens to be a boy in our ward that Marlee likes to say HI to)!!

Now while the girls were being good mothers outside. I was obviously struggling inside. In the picture below the brown blob on my stove top isn't a giant Hershey Kiss. It happens to be my trusty Pampered Chef all-purpose scraper. It got stuck to the bottom of my stock pot when I set in on the divider of my sink as I filled it up with water for corn on the cob last night for dinner. In case you are all wondering, no it didn't smell as it melted into my burner!! I noticed it only after dinner was done and I was emptying the pot of water into the sink. After attempts to remove it and only getting small pieces off as well as chipping the glass I have decided to leave it there and when we move we'll get a new stove top!! Some days it just isn't worth getting out of bed!!

It's GREAT to be EIGHT

It is really hard to believe that I now have an 8 year old. Ayden turned 8 today but yesterday we surprised him with his birthday present. For such a special birthday we didn't want to just get him toys and such so Ryan and I decided to do something WITH Ayden that he loves and that he might possibly remember doing for sometime in the future!! We decided we would take him to a Seattle Mariner's game. This wouldn't be his first time going to a major league game (it was mine though), but he got to go with just mom and dad. No sisters allowed. We got a babysitter to watch the girls and Grandma Margaret came too. We didn't tell him where we were going but about the time we passed the airport he mentioned that he thought we were going to Seattle and that the Mariner's had a game. Smarty Marty!! It was so much fun!! He was so excited and told Ryan and I in about the 3rd or 4th inning that this was a really good birthday present!! Ryan and the boys just outside the right field gate. It was a nice day for a game. Overcast but warm!! The Heitmann Boys!Ayden was so hungry when we got to the ball park. He was waiting patiently on the bleachers for us to decide where we were going to get some food. It was just too cool of a shot to pass up!!Yup we got a shot with the Mariner's Moose.You would think after how long Ryan and I have been together and how long Ryan has played baseball that I would have been to a major league baseball game before. But surprisingly I hadn't. This was my first MLB game and it was a lot of fun, just as a knew it would be. The seats were a major upgrade from the hard metal bleachers that I sat on through all those college games!!Wyatt did pretty well once he finally passed out after a few innings. He was sorely overdue for a nap. Thanks Grandma Margaret for getting him to sleep!!Which of these pitchers is not like the others? I bet you can't guess which one is the Rookie!! Ken Griffey Jr. was the DH and he ended up hitting the game winning double in the eighth inning to put the Mariner's up by one!!And we can't forget about Ichiro!! He is one of Ayden's favorite players!!The boys with their rally hats on. Me and my boys. I feel so blessed to have them!!Go Mariner's!!!Wyatt didn't know what to think of the strawberry slushy at first but eventually took a real liking to it!!The Mariner's won 2-1 over the Minnesota Twins!! As you can tell Ayden was really happy about it. He was so much fun to watch during this game. He knew what was going on and was keeping track of runs and hits, balls and strikes. He really enjoys baseball!!! I am so glad we chose to do this for Ayden's birthday instead of toys or material things. It will be a happy memory that will last a long, long time.

8 things that we love about Ayden are:

1. He has a vivid imagination. He pretends constantly and makes all his own sound effects...pretty good at them too!!

2. He is determined.

3. He is a good big brother...when he wants to be. No really he does love his sisters and brother.

4. He is a good athlete. He is really a natural, which he did not get from me!!

5. He is smart and does really well in school. Math is easy for him.

6. He wants to do what is right and loves learning about the heroes in the scriptures.

7. He is a good friend and loves spending time with his buddies. Of course Star Wars and baseball are always played.

8. He is so easy to love and he easily gives his love to everyone!!

-I'll be posting more pics from the cake and ice cream portion of his birthday when I get them from my mother-in-law.

Graduate!!

Meysa is officially done with preschool for the year. On Thursday her school had a little graduation like ceremony for the kids and their high school buddies!! Meysa really enjoyed it and was rip roaring ready to head to Kindergarten the next day. She looked at me puzzled when I told her she had to wait until September to start Kindergarten. It might make for a long summer with this girl. Later that evening the school put on a potluck and they had a magic show. The kids loved the magic show and it was a nice cool evening. Now Ayden has two more weeks of school and we will officially be on Summer break. Yippee!!Meysa with her two teachers (L-R) Miss Jane & Miss Laura!! Meysa sure loved these two ladies a lot. She was excited to go to school everyday!!

Lots of fun with the magic show. This guy had all these kids quiet and enamored for 45 minutes. It was great!!!

Green What?

Well my week thus far has been interesting. Wyatt has decide that he no longer wants to breastfeed. Sunday he just up decided he wasn't interested. The problem is he has also decided that he doesn't want a bottle, sippy cup or any other thing that may contain a liquid substance. I have tried different bottles with different nipples. I have tried different sippy cups and all with different liquids in them. He feels it is a serious breach of his oral space!! I have basically force fed him with a high flow nipple while he screamed (not very fun I might add). I don't mind that he doesn't want to nurse anymore but for heaven's sake the kids has to drink something. Of course he decides to do this three days before he was to go in and have another weight check at the doctors. What is this kid trying to do to me? Thankfully he has gained some weight and the Dr. was pleased with that. He also says that I can put Wyatt onto whole milk and that he will drink when he is ready. Kids won't go thirsty. I just have to be patient and hope he doesn't get dehydrated.

On a funny sidenote...(if you are Colton stop reading now I am about to talk about breast milk) I pumped some breastmilk to see if Wyatt would take it in a sippy cup or bottle and was shocked to see that it was GREEN!! Like Lime Sherbert green!! UHH that was new to me. Ryan didn't know what to think about it either. So to my trusty google search engine I go and find out that sometimes prenatal vitamins can change the color of breastmilk. As well as eating too much seaweed or drinking too much green Gatorade. I guess you learn something new everyday!! I tried taking a picture of the bottle but you can't really tell that it is green. No wonder Wyatt didn't want to nurse anymore. What kid wants GREEN breastmilk!!