We spent the whole day celebrating our favorite 3-year-old. We woke early to have time for some festivities before 9am church, then continued the celebrating with cousins for a small Monsters Inc "party" when Tommy's sister's family came in the evening. Noah has asked for a Monsters Inc party for 6 months, ever since our trip to Disneyland. He never says anything about Monsters Inc any other time, but the Disneyland ride must've inspired him. :)

Noah is always the earliest riser, but of course on his birthday he slept in and we had to wake him up. Luckily his grumpy don't-wake-me-up face only lasted a minute, and we were able to convince him that something exciting was awaiting him downstairs.

We ended the evening watching "Monsters University". A good time was had by all, and Noah felt like he got his real birthday bash he's been dreaming of for half a year. :)

My baby girl turned 6. I can't believe it. But I'm so glad she still seems like a little girl. She is full of wonder and excitement and curiosity. She is sweet and sensitive. She reminds me to be better.

We were in Thousand Oaks over 4th of July weekend for Alisa's wedding, and we got to celebrate Sydney's birthday with the family at the beach and the park. It was the perfect day.

She came down the stairs to donuts and some presents

Noah enjoyed his donuts

Sydney loved the My Little Pony castle from her grandma

the Birthday Bird book!

cuddles with her grandma and grandpa

We then headed to the beach! What better way to spend a birthday?

Sydney spent the whole time collecting seaweed and building a massive pile

Sydney loves her cousin, Meili

Ian and Max

We then went to the park next to my parents' house to catch crawdads

our Build-A-Bear birthday tradition

back home for cake and presents!

she spent most of the entire weekend on this hammock

I love this girl with all my heart.