My First Born

Ok ok it's a little late but my sweet Kala is 3. How in the world did this happen. He has grown up so much in the past year. We had lots of fun partyin'. The saturday before his birthday we had a little family party for him and my nephew connor along with a celebration of mothers day. We went to Tia Rosa's then had cake at our house. Kala insisted on an ORANGE cake. Every time my mom asked what he wanted for his birthday, all the could talk about was a cake. Toys weren't even a thought in his mind all he was worried about was THE CAKE. He was so proud of his basketball cake and proceeded to tell everyone about it that called for his birthday. I love him.

i'm three!

He had asked my mom and step dad months before constantly for a couple weeks if they would get him a baseball and a bat for his birthday. He was SOOO EXCITED!

funny kid wants to swing left handed. Kaulana's hoping he'll be a switch hitter..

Right as the party came to a close his eye started getting goopy... pink eye. WOO HOO. So we stayed home from church the next day and kept to ourselves on his actual birthday. It turned out so nice though. We headed to the park and Kaulana and Kala played baseball and basketball while I took Benson to the doctor then we all played a little bit more when we got back.

Benson's First time swinging and he LOOVED it.

He liked Kaulana to throw it to him rather than hitting it from the t. Nice hit buddy.

a little flushed. takin a break.

Benson watched the ball so intently. He just wanted to get in there and play so bad.

love these boys

Then we headed to Red Robin for a fun birthday dinner. All Kala would talk about before we got there was getting some pizza. But then when he ordered he insisted on a corn dog. Funny boy.

Heaven. He was sooo happy.

notice the chocolate sauce lingering on his mouth. sweet boy.

It turned out so nice to have pink eye because we had some really good family time. Kala had a blast. 

I'm so grateful for my strong willed boy. 

He is so tender and kind. 

He absolutely adores his brother. 

He is very stubborn and wants to do things his own way. 

When he prays he says "dear heavenly father, thank you for, in the name of Jesus Christ amen." and he WILL NOT accept help. We are trying to teach him that it's ok to get help sometimes. 

He loves to be held (mostly because he says he "wants to be a baby like benson" and get more attention"). 

He loves reading books, playing cars and playing ball. 

He has some pretty awesome karate and break dancing moves. It's hilarious.

His best friend continues to be Evie who he talks about ALL THE TIME. 

He still BOUNCES... EVERYWHERE. He is all over the place.

He is very sensitive to others feelings. 

He idolizes his dad. 

He loves the temple and talks about going there all the time.

He's starting to have a really fun imagination.

He's learning a lot of new words and uses a lot more words.

He's starting to understand sarcasm and loves to tease us with trickery and jokes.

He loves loves loves nursery and cannot wait to go every week.

He refers to himself as, "but mom I'm a big boy now."

At his 3 year appointment

weight: 27 pounds - 10%

height 35.25 inches - 10%

He is little with a very big heart.

I love him. 

Days with him can be so crazy and tiring. But oh how I can't imagine this crazy life without him.