Happy #4 Kiana

Happy Happy Birthday Kiana! It is so hard to belive you are already four - such a big girl! We'll get some pics of your birthday party posted in the next few days (some technical difficulties!!), congrats on your big milestone!

 

Although our blog has been pretty quiet, our 'Wilson Baby Adventures' continue in full force!  We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, our family really cherished the extra time together.

Happy Zander Day

Amazing... it was four years ago today we returned from Seoul and officially welcomed Zander into our family. So many cherished memories, and we can hardly believe our little guy is already a Preschool Graduate!

The family had a great time at Zander's recent graduation ceremony. Our soon-to-be-kindergartner enjoyed celebrating with friends Brendan, Charlie, Henry, and Merrick:

  Singing a spirited rendition of 'Let It Go'...

Congratulations from Nannie!

 Go Big Brother!!

Zander continues to love playing Tball - he was thrilled that today's practice included transition from the tee to 'coach pitch'!  Here's the crew:

Posing with #1 fan:

Team huddle:

On deck circle::

Everyone ready!

Hitting from the tee:

Nice stop!

 Hanging out on the bench:

 Watching... go Brendan!

Good game!

Zander is also playing soccer this summer and is having a lot of fun with it:

About to take a big defensive hit:

Water break...

Watching...

Go, Z!

Let's go Zander!

 Nice hustling!

Daddy, Brendan, and Zander:

All done!

We love you Zander!!  Life continues to be an adventure with you and we wouldn't change a thing!

Zander's 5th Birthday

Happy 5th Birthday Zander!!

We are so proud of what a big boy and awesome brother you have become! We had so much fun celebrating your big milestone with you - first was your birthday party with your friends at Mini-Hops:

 Jump!

 Enjoying the big trampoline:

 ...and the Giant Slide!

 Charlie:

 Brendan:

 Sophia:

 Woo Hoo!

 Running the course with Tobin:

 Nice jump Henry!

 Climbing with Isabel:

 Hi Willow!

Getting a good workout!

 Railey:

 Balance beam:

The full crew:

Time for pizza!!

 ...and Birthday Cake!

We thank all of Zander's friends for making his party so much fun!!

Next was a lively Birthday Celebration at school - when we arrived Ms. Anderson was reading a very appropriate book - Ice Cream!!

 Zander picked a Green Star for his birthday cake - yummy!

 Standing on his chair as his friends sing Happy Birthday:

 Daddy joining the festivities:

 Delicious!

Next was a special birthday dinner at... Buca!  Nice job with the menu, Kiana!

 Hi!  I'm FIVE!

 It was so fun to have the Buca singers bring the big candelabra and sing their special birthday song:

 Okay, here goes!

 "You did it" hug from Kiana!

 We even fit in a quick happy birthday greeting from Cousins Luke & Brady!

 Enjoying his new Spooner Board (thanks Nana!):

 Kiana trying out her Spooner moves, complete with party horn:

Happy Happy #5 Zander!  We love you so much and really enjoyed celebrating your special day with you!