Monster Pajama Birthday Party Bash!

The day snuck up on me and I cannot believe my babies are 5.  *sigh*  I have a hard telling people how old they are when I am asked now.  I feel like I can't call them babies anymore even though I do and I find myself still carrying them around like they are.  I suppose it is because I still have to do so much for them and well neither one of them can really talk.  Gabriel has lost his chubby cheeks.  His belly isn't as round and he no longer has rolls on his arms or legs.   I used to tell Gabriel all the time that he was so fat and cute but now he is only just cute.  Gatlin has also lost all of his baby fat and looks too much like a little boy.  But I still call him my little-little because he weighs less, is about an inch shorter and is techically my youngest child by 10 whole minutes.  For their birthday this year we decided to have a monster pajama party! My boys are super picky when it comes to food.  Gatlin likes cake but Gabriel doesn't.  They both LOVE oreo cookies so I decided to make an oreo cookie monster cake.  It was a hit! We had dinner, ate cake, opened presents, and watched their favorite show "Yo, Gabba, Gabba."  It was simple but a night full of fun and a lot of love for these two.  The G-Unit has taught us so much in the past 5 years.  They helped me to realize that I am a lot stronger than I could have ever realized. They have brought Matt and I closer together as a couple and made our little family stronger.  Their constant smiles and contagious giggles are the reason I get up and do it all over everyday.  Who would have thought that two little people that can't even talk could teach me so much?  Despite their disability they continue to make progress.  We are so proud of our boys and fall in love with them more and more each day!  Happy Birthday Boys!

At age 5 Gabriel can:
-say the alphabet
-draw circles on paper or a dry erase board
-hold a pencil correctly
-scribbles with a crayon
-is almost potty-trained!  Yes! You read that right.  He is still struggling with going #2 but he has #1 down.
-says a few things with little or no verbal prompting such as: "Good job give me five",  "ready, set, go" ,"mommy, i want__________" ,"go to bathroom" ,"where going?" ,"go to sleep" ,"ok", "kaia" "gabriel" ,"gatlin" ,"daddy" , "one, two, three, four, five" ,"car", "eat" ,"drink", "more" ,"cereal", "bread" "tortilla", "apple","grapes", "applesauce", "fruit snack", "banana" ,"mwah (kissing sound) i love you" "please", "thank you", "cheese", "chips"
-follow one and some two step commands.
-dress himself
-brush his teeth (he really enjoys it too)
-likes to brush his hair after I have fixed it for the day

Gabriel likes:
-to run
-jump
-climb
-play with cars and balls
-rough house with daddy
-to go swimming
-laugh
-smile
-cuddle
-to have books read to him

Gatlin can:
-sign for the following words: "eat", "more", "please", "I", "want", "mommy", "daddy", "cereal", "apple", "banana", "drink", "water", "help", "good", "good job", "thank you", "chips", "bathroom" He would probably know more if I knew more.  I really need to learn more signs!
-scribble with a crayon
-hold a pencil correctly
-follow one and two step commands
-dress himself
-brush his teeth

Gatlin likes"
-playing with string. Please do not take this boy's string.  He LOVES it
-running
-jumping
-rough housing with daddy
-to go swimming
-smile
-laugh
-give kisses
-flirt with pretty girls.  He puts on his adorable grin and eventually sits on their laps
-look at books

The monster oreo cookie cake!

Gatlin-5 years old!

Gabriel-5 years old!

This picture cracks me up!  Gatlin was so afraid of the fire on the candles.  I was so bummed that it came out blurry.



He was a little more at ease when cousin, Emy, stood next to him.

Gabriel enjoying his cookies/cake.

Gatlin gobbled his up!

The beautiful party guests.

And here we are, the Party Animals! Ha!