birthday party pics

ok, so i had a really hard time picking only a few pictures from malachi's TWO birthday parties in california for the last update. so i decided to do another post more devoted to just the pics. what a blessed little boy to already have two parties and his birthday was still a month away! he is so loved! :)

the first party was at my parent's house up in northern california. we did it the day before the graduation so that everyone had come into town and could all celebrate with us! i made the cake and it was a lot of fun! we did lunch and then cake after.

the set-up on my parents back porch!

this new face he discovered with the scrunchy nose - so cute!

family pic before the cake destruction

not really sure what to think about the singing and the flame..

he put his hand in the frosting and then looked at me like "mom, is this ok?"

well, he clearly didn't need much convincing - two hands in now!

family pic after the cake destruction

these two pictures make me laugh so hard - malachi was very interested in the party blower my dad had until my dad blew it out in his face and then he wasn't so interested anymore! haha! :)

the before cake

when we went down to southern california to see Jeff's family they also did a birthday party for malachi - so fun! we went to this fun ice cream parlor/restaurant called Farrell's. it was intense! it is obviously a hot-spot for parties and celebrations and they make a BIG deal of every one of the parties. so it's really loud and really high energy. i wasn't sure how malachi would do but he did great. i guess he just started to ignore the noise after a while :)

there was a special sticker for malachi when we got there :)

cousin love!

that funny face again :)

Kay remembering her previous life with 2 boys 13 months apart. and Jaylon and Malachi are just about 12 months apart - pretty close to jeff and brandon's distance!

learning to walk

they came and sang to him and brought him a free sundae for his birthday :)

blowing out the candle

enjoying his ice cream

the brothers and their families (can you tell which one is jeff's brother?!?! i know... they look nothing alike! ;) hehe)

we had such a fun time celebrating our little boy TWO times already. and there is another party coming next month closer to his actual birthday. we are so very blessed with wonderful families!!!

it's been too long!

ok so my little *almost* 2 month hiatus on the blog was definitely not intentional and for it i am so sorry! hope you guys haven't missed my ridiculous ramblings around here too much ;)

but you guys, seriously, may has been a whirlwind! and the second half of april was a whirlwind getting ready for may! so let's recap, shall we?

on may 1, malachi and i flew to california. just the two of us- on a plane- for 6 hours - enough said. it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, but it was definitely not my idea of a good time. let's just say i was soooooo ecstatic to see the Sacramento airport and my family for more reasons than one! :) poor jeff was home alone for 10 days. so to help prepare for my departure i spent the week before i left making meals to go in the freezer for him, doing laundry and generally getting the house in a good place so he wouldn't have to worry about anything for the time i was gone.

then on may 10, jeff joined us in cali. we were SO happy to see him! we missed him so much :) and the reason for everyone converging in california, you might ask? my sister graduated from law school may 12! we are so proud of her and happy for all she has accomplished!! :) we spent a few more days with my family and then flew down to southern california to see jeff''s family. we spent about 4 days there and then flew home. whew! what a whirlwind!

this trip to california also included a baby shower for my brother and sister-in-law's little boy due in september, two birthday parties for malachi, since our families won't be able to make it out for his real birthday next month and a graduation party the night after the graduation. such a fun but jam-packed trip!

so let's get to the good stuff - the pictures! we got some really fun pictures of all the festivities :) here are just a few highlights...

malachi zonked out half-way through Katie's shower :)

my beautiful sis-in-law at her shower

my sis the Juris Doctor!

us with the happy grad!

so excited about his cake!

cute :)

my sis got malachi a cape for his birthday - so perfect!

super baby!

the Mixon men at malachi's southern california party

his very own birthday sundae :)

what a cutie! he climbed in all by himself.

matching poppop at church

our walk to the park

we had such a fabulous time in california and we have some other adventures coming up that i will be sure to update you on before another 2 months pass! ha! ;)

until then,
Love from the Mixon house!