knotts berry farm for kava!

seems like we started a bit of a tradition. Knotts Berry Farm for 4th birthdays :) unfortunately, ate couldn't /wouldn't miss school due to her band performance and just plain ole middle school homework. so it was just the boys and me.

so glad kainoa came. he was the best big brother. he made sure kava got on and off the rides ok. he went on all the kiddie rides too. for some reason out of the 3, kainoa loves the roller coasters the most.

but this day, he knew it was kava's day so he played big brother. 

started off the birthday boy's day with the traditional presents and breakfast. then we were off.

He ended the day going to farrell's ice cream. it was the perfect day fore us :)

**quick notes: right now kava's new best friend is now his daddy. i am totally not in the picture. he refuses to sleep with us now :( he prefer's anyone's bed but ours. one night we even saw him sleeping on the couch by himself. he says his dad 'nores' too much. he is not big on food.. just snacking and maybe one large meal. for now.. hope that changes. he's getting pretty tall, to me. he is super funny. talks a lot in circles and still has a lisp. this went by way too fast. he's too independent... 

Kava Boy turns 4!

Well, if i'm posting now a days it's a birthday or a special occasion (bad mommy). tomorrow is a special day though. kava turns 4! let's see, around this time 4 years ago i was debating weather or not i was in labor. was i having contractions or just braxton hicks (which i think are dumb). turns out i was in labor. kava was probably my hardest birth. i always say that. i pushed him out so hard i bruised his face and his nose was swollen :( i can't believe in a year he'll be off to pre-k. makes me so sad. sad that i haven't spent as much time with him as i'd like. sad that he's growing right before my eyes and i don't even know how to preserve all the memories.

kava you are so full of life! you have the craziest, silliest faces, the cutest lisp, the hardest head -_-. life sure would be a snooze fest if you weren't around. you're full of surprises. like the time we thought you would never learn the alphabet/numbers and to our surprised you spit a-z out and counted to 30. or the time you dug up worms and a lizard and tried to keep them alive in a bowl. you are so boy. if there is dirt with in 3 feet you are in it. you sit down and just start digging. you have a favorite spot in the yard that you just dig and dig. well guess what, this year daddy and i got you a shovel and a watering can. so you can just dig away! the dirt ends up all over your face/hands/body. you're grossly dirty and sweaty most of the time. but, we wouldn't have it any other way. you always say ,'what?' when we look at you oddly. like you are suppose to be that dirty....

you are such a lover though. you loooove your brother and sister. in fact you always say call us your 'families'. you'll tell grandma, 'i missth my familiesth'. geeze i hope when you read this you grow out of that cute lisp.

kava we love you so much. so glad you have made our life full of surprise and joy. never stop seeing the world the way you do. full of life, adventure, and bit of mischief.. not too much though. ;)

happy birthday, my love! more to come after your fun filled day.