Golden Birthday.....

Jeff turned 29 on the 29th of June. Finally closing the age gap and making us the same age again.

Jeff's birthday almost always gets the shaft. being that it is all wrapped up in anniversary, fathers day and trapp week celebrations. I try every year to make it a BIG deal but usually it is an epic fail. But we do what we can.

Jeff sure is awesome and I am so lucky to call him mine and to have him.

I am going to make this year as GOLDEN as possible for him!!

Love ya Jeff!!

Someone had a birthday!!

And in true fashion we CELEBRATED!! This kid is completely spoiled. There is no other Birthday's in April so we basically celebrate the whole month!! Lucky us. These are in complete reverse order...oh well.

Since Noah was on Spring Break I promised him we could go to Temecula and spend time with cousins and Grammy and Grampy. We spent the afternoon with Cari and Heather. Cari brought lots of snacks and cupcakes. Noah was thrilled. After the park Grammy, Grampy and Leslie took us to Chuck E. Cheese. It was so fun!!

On the way home Noah said it was his best Birthday EVER!! Oh and he told me how we could move to Temecula.....I told him he had to take that up with his father :)


Tuesday was Noah's actual Birthday. He woke up and of course wanted to open his presents. I was a mean mom this year and promised the boys Birthday parties. But with a new baby and a super busy husband I took the bribery route and promised the boys other things if they got over having a party. Guess what it was perfect. Noah wanted a DS and LOVES it. He plays with it constantly!!

Monday night we went out to dinner to celebrate too. he chose Outback...and ate every last bit of his steak.

The other hit presents were DS games and Legos. He has had so much fun building or watching mommy build and then laying with all his toys!!

On Noah's Birthday we went to Disneyland. Ryder and I had fun taking pictures while the big kids were on rides. It was crazy crowded and we didn't last too long.

Noah has been saving his money and talking about a remote control car since before Christmas ever since the Ride Makerz store opened in Downtown Disney. We ventured off so he could build his car.

Noah was one spoiled boy. I don't think he could have had a better day!!

Happy Birthday to our favorite 6 year old!!!

Celebrate!

January is huge for Birthday's in our family, almost every weekend we get to celebrate!! On Saturday we celebrated Grandma Jody and Aunt Shannon's birthday's. We went to Miguels and they gave us our own room which was great for the three trouble makers who are not restraunt friendly these days.

While waiting for our food we had fun taking pictures the kids were very patient!

Grandma Jody with her 4 Grandchildren. They were actually all hanging on her so we had to snap a picture of them. They love Grandma!!

We pretended we were on a date for about 5 minutes....then we were brought back to reality by the fifty bathroom trips and spills.

Aunt Lisa and Aunt Patrice they were brave enough to sit by us and the boys poor girls....the boys just love them.

Aunt Shannon, Kaitlyn, Grandma Jody, Grandma Connie, Patrice and me.

Me and my littlest cyclone.......he sure loves Mama. He is going to be in for a very rude awakening very soon....

The Heaton/Trapp group. Sadly we don't have very many group shots especially where everyone is looking!!

We had a great night. It was fun to get to celebrate with everyone!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Ryder!

Our baby is 2 today!!! So crazy. I can't believe how fast these last two years have flown by. And really I can't imagine a day without him. It hit me yesterday when we were celebrating his Birthday how sad I am he is NOT a baby anymore. It is weird because this is the first time we don't have a newborn when we have a 2 year old. Maybe this will help me to enjoy the craziness of the terrible 2's. Some things about our not so little Ryder.....

*He loves his brothers. Loves to wrestle, cuddle, hit, poke and anything else they will let him get away with. He recently just started saying there names and it is the cutest thing EVER.

*Speaking of talking he is doing a ton of it. Many many new words in the last few weeks. But don't worry if he can't say the word he will just scream at you......he likes to be heard.

*every morning he gets out of bed and asks for a snack....aka fruit snacks. It buys us another 30 minutes or so to sleep in.

*He loves buzz, woody, thomas, and any balls.

*He loves to be outside.



(this picture is a little blurry but I had to showcase his all by myself pose)

*He is Mr. Independent and has to try to do things first otherwise....the scream.

*He is still such a love he LOVES to cuddle. He will still climb up on my lap and fall asleep





*Loves to watch movies

*Is obsessed with babies, he loves to hold them and gets mad if you try and take a baby out of his arms. He loves them so much the big boys tried to buy him baby alive for his birthday.

Happy Birthday Ryder. We love you and are so blessed to have you in our family.

Happy Day

It's this guys birthday today!!! We all know I love Birthdays....I'll take any reason to celebrate anything. YES I am that mom who makes a BIG deal about everything. But I figure that I only have a short time with my children in my home so hey I will make anything a big deal....I want them to miss me someday! Oh wait back to the birthday tribute if you will.

I like Jeff's birthday because we are finally the same age again. I am three months and 13 days older than him.....(might sound like 3 1/2 months but its not) and he likes to tease me for these three months and 13 days that I am old. So now we are both old!

Happy Birthday to my bestest friend, love of my life, my baby daddy, an awesome provider, our protector.....OUR EVERYTHING!! We love you and hope you have a great Birthday!!!!

5 Years!!

Five seems like a huge milestone to me! I just can't believe how FAST the time has flown by! I remember his birth like it was yesterday. I will miss him so much next year when he goes to kindergarten.

About our Noah.......

*He is still so into Star Wars. He lives and breathes ALL things Star Wars.

*He is very imaginative and loves to play and he plays hard!!

*He is a great helper and takes very good care of his little brothers.

*He out eats both Jeff and I. It is crazy how much he can put away.

*He is almost always the first one up and he then proceeds to wake everyone else.

*He is VERY friendly and makes new friends in almost every situation.

*He loves to talk......and talk and talk.

*He loves to be outside....and a full day at home is almost torture for him.

We love you so much Noah and can't wait to celebrate your special day with you!!!``