Happy 3rd Birthday Twins!

I really can't believe I'm blogging about Carson and Mason's 3rd birthday. Where did the time go? It really is bittersweet when you say goodbye to the baby stage. And yes, I still considered them to babies up until May 24th. This was a year full of milestones for the twins. We said goodbye to their cribs, sippy cups, pack n play's, and most importantly- goodbye to diapers! Hallelujah! After a year of having three in diapers and 5 years straight of changing diapers, we bought the last package in April. They pottytrained within weeks of each other and we haven't looked back since!

So why do I have to swallow back the tears when I think back to their babyhood? I guess it's a reminder that nothing lasts forever. As long as even the toughest days can seem, everything is temporary. I will look back on this time with a smile and hug my boys tight. We have so many wonderful moments to look forward to. Happy Birthday to my sweet Mason and Carson!

Mason sporting his party hat

Carson digging in!

Happy Birthday to us!

Disneyland 2010

We recently took a trip to Disneyland to celebrate the twins (and Eric's) birthday. This was probably our best trip to Disney yet. We wised up this time and packed our lunches instead of buying overpriced yucky theme park meals. We also took advantage of the free breakfast and dinner at the hotel. Gotta love Homewood Suites! I thoroughly enjoyed proving the hubby wrong by eating dinner at the hotel EVERY NIGHT. You can't go wrong with free beer and wine! I could have done without the mystery meat, but hey, when the kids are swimming and you're kicking your feet up with a glass of wine, who cares right? We made some great memories and can't wait until next year!


Mason and Eric

After three trips, we FINALLY got a picture with Minnie!

I still haven't had the heart to show Ethan the Minnie and Donald Duck photos. He was really into finding the characters and taking pictures with them. Poor thing couldn't stay awake at the end of our day and you do NOT want to wake Ethan up if he decides to nap. Oh well...there's always next year!

Family picture before entering the park.

Eric's favorite part of Disneyland is hunting down the characters so the boys can take a picture with them. Totally kidding. That would be me. You can't go to Disneyland without taking a picture with Mickey though. It's would be like going to an island and never setting foot on the beach. Unnatural!

Falling asleep while eating cotton candy is a new level of exhaustion that we haven't seen until now.

Replacing Ethan's lost mouse ears. Well, actually we think some older guy swiped them on the shuttle bus but we won't go into details.

When we asked the twins what their favorite ride was, their response was "The blue bus!" as in the shuttle bus that took us from the parking lot to Disneyland.

We celebrated Eric's 31st birthday the first day we were at Disneyland. He was a trooper to spend an entire day at a theme park on his special day.

Me and my sweet blonde hair blue eyed boys.

I love this picture of Eric and the boys. The boys are looking more and more alike as they get older. Several people stopped us to ask if they were triplets. I had to laugh and wonder what they thought of Ethan being considerably bigger than the twins.