2 & 4

 what happens when you tell your nana that you want a super hero cake for your birthday?

i bet she goes to costco or wally world and orders some subpar number with an iron on like screen print of your favorite masked hero laid carefully on top of a boring old rectangular cake. 

enter nana nancy, cake decorator extraordinaire!

i really should be doing a post solely about this cake, 

she is really setting the bar high for the many birthdays ahead  

and while i think it deserves its very own post

i have to get down the deets on the birthdays before they escape me. 

so the MOST AMAZING CAKE OF ALL TIME will have to share the spotlight.

these two birthday boys are freaking awesome!!!

I'm so glad, almost every second, that they are mine!! ;)

although i'm not sure how i have a 4 year old and a 2 year old 

when i only gave birth to them not 2 seconds ago. 

  i wanted to get gabe and mac matchy matchy jammies one last time

since gabe is fast growing out of the Toddler sizes and entering the S, M, L, XL part of life,

where its not easy to find the same prints as the "baby" clothes. 

i had no choice but to also snag a pair for the littlest little, 

because nothing is more nauseatingly cute then bothers all zipped up in the same get up!

and then there's the small detail of

 using the excuse to have left over cake for breakfast on Macs actual birthday!!

(i was so glad he complied cuz i would have hated to celebrate alone)

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happy birthday big and middle!

i love you more then just a little! 

(thank you, thank you, i'm here all week)

Happy birthday Gabe!!!!

CAUTION: cuteness overload not only possible, but likely!

12 month stats:

weight: 24 lbs 12 oz, 75%

height: 32 1/2 in,  >95%

{1 week old}

{1 year old}

{2 week appointment}

{12 month appointment}

  

Wes and Gabe have been best friends from birth {its an arranged "marriage"}, they are 3 months apart.

and they dont really get a choice, me and his mom nici have been friends for almost 20 years.

yep, i made him a crown, i figure, he pretty much rules my world

 so that makes him a king!

how do i decide what classic "cake all over the face" pictures to use?

i dont! i use them all! it's my blog! :)

 Gabe is lucky to have so many AMAZING people in his life who love him.
THANK YOU to all of you who are a support to our little family.
 you make life worth living and make everyday better then the last. 

We love you all!!!

uncle austin and aubrie

uncle tj and aunt chelsey
{they love gabe so much they may kill us because they think they get him if we die}

great grandma and grandpa wilson

grandma and grandpa felman 

 grandma and grandpa echols and great grandma randall

uncle sean and aunt angie with maddie and ethan
alix and josh love gabe too but they were not at the party.

uncle woody (the torturer, now that gabe is one, he is fair game)
aunt michelle, danielle, hunter, kaden & jessie

 friends ryan, nici and wes

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

 FOR MAKING GABES FIRST BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL!

******************************************** Hello twenty ten ********************************************

here are just a few things my twenty's have brought me......

marriage to my best friend.

graduation from nursing school.

my little poochie bo.

buying our first home.

travel...New York, New Orleans, Hawaii, Belize, Honduras, Vegas, havasupi, Cayman islands, 3 cruises, camping, bear lake, and so on...

completing a 1/2 marathon, a triathlon and 2 Ragnar races.

edward, bella and jacob

utah football busting the BCS...twice!

a new job

new friends

and last but not least a pregnancy.

GOOD BYE my dear 20's you have been good to me.

Hello 30's

I'm sure these next 10 years will bring me more joy and more stress then i can even imagine. but I'm grateful to share them with my best friend, and I'm grateful to finally start a family.

*warning--cheesiness below

to all of my friends and family who have been apart of my life, especially those of you who have supported me, loved me and prayed for me and Arron to be able to start a family....thank you.

we are truly blessed to have you in our lives.

and although i feel humbled and a little unqualified for "motherhood"

i focus on a quote by Joseph smith

"the lord calls us in our weakness, but qualifies us for our work"

I'm sure i will lean on all of you as i start this new journey.

xoxoxoxox