Joshua's Birthday

Our little Joshua is now officially two years old! He's been acting like a two-year-old (in a good way) for so long, it's nice to have his age finally catch up with him. We went to Organ Stop Pizza (at Southern and Stapley in Mesa) for a fun birthday dinner on Saturday, then had Grandma and Grandpa Strickland over for cake and ice cream on Sunday. Joshua missed his nap on Sunday and was so tired he fell asleep before my parents got here, and slept through most of their visit! But he still had a good birthday.

At Organ Stop:

This was so fun for the boys. They thought the organ was so cool, and clapped with everyone else after all the songs. You'll notice we don't have any good pictures of Joshua looking at us...that's because he wouldn't look away from the organ long enough to get his picture taken. He loved it. And the pizza was good, too, of course.

On Sunday:

Adam blew out the candles for Joshua first. (Joshua was asleep, he couldn't exactly do it.) We all had our cake and then visited for a while, and then when Joshua woke up we sang to him (again) and put candles in his little piece of cake for him to blow out. It took him a few tries, because well-meaning family members kept trying to show him how to do it and accidently blowing out the candles, but eventually he got it.

We are so glad to have this sweet boy in our family! We love him more than we can say, and he brings such happiness into our home. Happy Birthday, Joshua! We love you!

Irrigation!

We got irrigation on Saturday, and the boys (all three of them) had a good ol' time playing in it. I was camerawoman. In this video, John was throwing baby oranges (that had fallen off the tree) up in the air and the boys thought it was so cool! We especially love Adam's laugh there. What a fun boy. Here are some more pictures:

That picture of Joshua is my favorite. What a cutie!

FYI- Adam's not chasing Joshua with that stick, he's running next to him. I think they're probably chasing John.

Good times, good times!