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Noah & Ezra turn 3

matt — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:43:01 +0000

It’s hard to believe, but our wonderful boys are 3!. They are getting so big and so smart. They count to 30 with little issues, say please and thank you very well. If anyone sneezes or coughs within 20 feet of them they immediately say bless you. They know their ABC’s like the back of their hand, and even draw some letters and numbers when coloring. I love how quickly they are figuring stuff out. They still love thomas the train and lightening mcqueen. They spend a lot of time playing fiarly well together, trains, cars, mud in the back yard, riding bikes, and jumping off of stuff. They are still brothers and toddlers so they do have their moments, but all in all they are wonderful little boys.

We spread their birthday out a bit over the weekend. Train themed birthday party on sunday, complete with a kid sized track and wall tunnel. They boys loved it.

Then on to the cake! All week they kept wanting their fire. Not just candles, they wanted their very own fire to blow out. It was funny.

Monday (their actual birthday) We went to the zoo. They had a great time seeing some of their favorite animals. As always we took a few pictures to share!

Happy Birthday Nama

stephanie — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:06:00 +0000

We celebrated Nama’s birthday on Sunday night with some Famous Dave’s Bbq, cake and ice cream, and three crazy toddlers!

You can see more pictures here.

Abby’s B-day

stephanie — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:24:16 +0000

Abby turned two December 31 and had her b-day party at Chuck E. Cheese this year. All the kids had a lot of fun and all the adults were thoroughly wiped out.

Happy Birthday Abby!

Happy 2nd Birthday!

stephanie — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:29:18 +0000

Happy 2nd Birthday to the two most adorable, fun, smart, amazing little boys! We love you very much and look forward to watching you grow more and more each year.

Click here to see more photos from their 2nd birthday photo shoot by Third Book Photography.

2nd Birthday Party

stephanie — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:57:50 +0000

Running around in circles while dancing and screaming

We had the boys’ birthday party yesterday and it was a beautiful day. We had a lot of fun and the boys were WILD. I think they were super excited to have so many of their favorite people all together.

My wild but happy Noah

Ez was super wild the whole party

Abby all tangled with the balloons

Ez reading a card, he really loves cards.

The boys received trikes from Nama and Papa (my parents) and it is one of those moments I wished we had the video camera rolling. They were beyond excited when they saw them.

Ez on Noah's trike

Noah on Ez's trike

Ez driving Noah around

Abby driving Noah around, yea I am noticing a theme here.

Ez blew out all the candles this year, Noah just stared and occasionally tried to touch them.

Mr. Potato Head Cakes

Ez blowing out his candles

Noah checking out the candles

Ez came over and blew them out for Noah

Silly String Time

Noah shooting Ez

Abby apparently thought we gave her spray deodorant

Abby and Jason

We were all exhausted by time nap-time! You can see more photos here.

Happy 30th!

stephanie — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 05:02:54 +0000

Happy Birthday Jason! I personally think the 30s are great and hope you enjoy them just as much!

Just so you know you are my favorite little brother.

Happy Birthday Matt!!!

stephanie — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:08:25 +0000

Happy Birthday to the most amazing husband and daddy ever! Ezra, Noah, and I are so blessed to have you in our lives. We are looking forward to celebrate many more with you!

Grandpa’s Birthday

stephanie — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:20:48 +0000

Fathers’ day was also my dad’s birthday. We celebrated with cake and presents! Happy Birthday Dad!

The birthday boy and Abby opening gifts.

We're going to have cake happy dance.

I can't wait another second for cake!

The cake, sorry this was the best pic I had.

The ice cream cake had little cones on top, perfect for toddlers.

Some on my arm, now to lick that off!

Abby getting a little assistance.

First D-Backs Game

stephanie — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:10:38 +0000

For Grandma’s Birthday we decided to give her a d-backs game with the boys. The boys had a lot of fun and we hardly saw any baseball. Ezra sat and watched the big screen, clapped, and danced with Grandma and Daddy. Noah on the other hand wanted to run.

Running and dragging Grandpa along with him.

We went up to the Sandlot, he ran around screaming (happily) and then kept trying to escape.

We then went back to our seats so we could have some dinner. We all ate like pigs and had way too many calories. We even let the boys try some of our lemonade.

Here’s me and Ez, he is staring at the big screen.

Looking for an escape.

Grandpa and Ez.

Noah having fun with the seat, just ignore me.

Grandma and Ez.

Wahoo! Abby is 1!!!

stephanie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:15:51 +0000

Abby turned 1 on New Year’s Eve! I cannot believe it has been a year already. It has been a great year watching her grow. I love that her and the boys are so close in age, it makes for some wild but fun times!

Auntie Michelle’s carrot cake cupcakes were a big hit. Here are some pics from the party.

The yummy cupcakes

The birthday girl having fun

Checking out Abby's new wheels

Enjoying her cupcake

Making Sushi

stephanie — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:09:31 +0000

I am not a super creative person, but I do have dreams of making super cute crafts for/with the kids. So when I saw this pattern on etsy I knew I just had to make it for Abby. Michelle loves sushi and I thought it was a perfect gift for mom and daughter to play with together. I, of course, procrastinated until the last minute to do it, luckily I had my cute husband to do all the cutting (and even some of the sewing).

Here is the finished product:

It’s not perfect, but I am still happy with it and actually had fun doing it. (we also still need to do the tea cup and the sauce plate.) It has also inspired me to make more felt food for my guys.

bday pics are UP!

matt — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:00:05 +0000

check them all out. the boys were great models and made some awesome photos for us.

http://photos.mattandstephaniesblog.com/~mattands/photos/ezra-and-noah/first-birthday/

happy 1st birthday

matt — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:18:34 +0000

Happy Birthday to Noah & Ezra!!!!

Just for fun, here are the photos of the boys at referral (February 10, 2009), and yesterday.

Noah:

Ezra:

And the 7 minutes of cake mayhem. Some pretty entertaining moments in here .

The boys and their first cake

Happy first birthday boys!

quick cake pics

matt — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:25:16 +0000

More coming soon, but here are a few pics to tease you.

Good Day :)

stephanie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:22:06 +0000

I received two messages today regarding the boys. One from our agency informing us that Ezra has a follow-up appointment with the surgeon on Saturday and that they hope to get us more information after the appointment. The second one from a traveling family. Misty and Dan just got back from Ethiopia with their little guy and sent me this message. (I am only a little sad that I didn’t know the boys were going to be moved to the HOH in time for their visit so no photos.)

Hey Stephanie,
We got to see your babies. Soooo beautiful! I’m sure that it has been hard on you to be so far away knowing that Ezra was going through so much. I just wanted to let you know that they are both in great hands. All of the nannies and Almaz and Tsegay love the children SOOOO much. They were both up in the middle of the night several times and back and forth to the hospital taking care of him. They assured us that he is doing just fine now. I am so excited for you guys to get to go meet them and bring them home. But until you do, know that they are sooo soooo loved at House of Hope.
Hope the time passes quickly for you!
Misty

It was so nice to get a message from another parent. It really made my day.

Today is also my mom’s birthday. Happy Birthday mom! Hope you have a wonderful day. Just think this time next year you get to chase three toddlers around for your birthday.