Firefighter Birthday Party!

Kaiden's birthday party was at Atascocita Volunteer Fire Station #3 where we had a blast celebrating Kaiden turning 5! Nick and some fellow firefighters got all dressed up and talked about their gear and everything they wear for a fire. The best part was watching them race to put their "bunker" gear on and who would be the fastest.

The Firefighters pulled the firetruck out of the station and turned on the water nozzle so that the kids could take turns spraying it to see how powerful it was. The kids did a obstacle course that included putting on a firefighter uniform, crawling through a tunnel, jumping through hula hoops, carrying a hose, and spraying water from a real fire hose to knock over the cone. There were a lot of kids so it made it a little difficult to get through this course quickly but the kids had fun doing it.

After melting outside from the HOT HUMID weather we cooled off inside with yummy cake! The 3D firetruck cake was a huge hit with the help of several people it turned out to be really cool. Aunt Rebecca baked the cake while Nana and Uncle Chris pieced it together and did all the details on it.

Since Nick is a volunteer firefighter he was able to get Kaiden, cousin Cameron and uncle Nick to go for a ride in the truck. They thought that was the coolest thing.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this party a success, especially the Atascocita Volunteer Firefighters! And thank you to all of Kaiden's friends who were able to come and celebrate with us. I know this will be a birthday party that Kaiden will never forget.

Zachary loved seeing Nick in his uniform. He wanted to stand right next to him it was the cutest thing. he is so proud of his daddy!

Our future firefighters! I think we are missing a couple of kids because they did not want to get in the picture. Man that's a lot of kids!!!! :)

Kaiden getting in some practice with the water hose. Those things are powerful and heavy!

Our Junior Firefighter!

Working hard carrying the hose!

On your mark, get set, go! Who can put their gear on the fastest???

Racing to get on it, Nick came in 2nd!

Our firefighter hero!

On the truck ready for their ride!

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you"

I love his face! He is in awe of everyone signing to him. :)

What a cool cake!!! That is suppose to be Firefighter Nick, my brother made him. LOL

10 inches of HAIR!

Today I made the decision to finally donate my hair. I have been growing my hair out for almost a year and a half and I finally did it! I always wanted to do this when I was younger but could never grow it long enough and never seemed to have the patience to do it. After having kids my hair just took off and was growing like a weed. It was down to the middle of my back, the longest my hair has ever been. I was getting so attached to my hair that I was unsure if I was going to be able to do it, but I realized that it is only hair and there are children who do not have hair at all. I am thankful to God that he has given me my hair and I know it will grow back again. I am at peace because I know that I am giving it to help a child feel beautiful again. I was able to donate 10 inches of my hair to Locks of Love. I am still in shock with how much hair was cut but I can handle it. Nick says I look younger and Kaiden says I look beautiful with my hair short. :) I don't even think Zachary noticed. As long as the men in my life love it that is all that matters.

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.

BEFORE!

My poor hair!!! This was my 10 inches.

AFTER!

The new me!

Happy 5th Birthday Kaiden!

5 years ago we welcomed our first son, Kaiden Sterling Davaul into this world on July 16, 2005. He was 5 lbs. 11 oz. and had a scream like a pterodactyl. The week before I had Kaiden I was sent to a High Risk OB doctor because the amniotic fluid had decreased rapidly which could result in death of the baby. I was induced 3 1/2 weeks early and delivered a perfectly healthy baby boy. Thank God for ultrasounds because without them this detail would have gone unnoticed. I had several ultrasounds throughout my pregnancy because they were concerned about the size of Kaiden since he was so small. If you look at Kaiden today he may be small but he is incredibly strong and has amazing coordination, . Since Kaiden came early, Nick was still over in Egypt for work and was unable to be there for the birth of Kaiden. Thankfully I was in the hospital with my parents by my side. I could not have done it without them since I was not able to have my husband with me.

Friday, July 16, 2010 Kaiden Sterling Davaul turned 5 years old!!!! Our baby is growing up so fast and is turning into a boy and is not a baby anymore. Kaiden is full of energy, has a loving and kind heart, artistic, smart, strong willed, very inquisitive about how things work, and can run super fast like a cheetah!

Kaiden is really into Transformers and loves Bumblebee. Transformers use to be Nick's favorite show when he was a kid and he kind of got him started on liking Bumblebee. So for his birthday he was smothered with everything Bumblebee! We surprised him by changing his sheets, blanket and PJ's decked out in Bumblebee of course in the middle of the night while he was sleeping. He woke up to his new bed and was super excited. He came running into our room and was talking so fast about all the Bumblebee stuff on his bed and was trying to figure out how it all happened. When I asked him he said that it was "magic." :)

Can you tell that he was HAPPY to wake up with his new bedding and PJ's. He even has on Bumblebee underwear!

Zachary really likes Bumblebee too and every time we see a yellow car on the road he has to yell it out, "My Bumbabee". It has gotten so bad that he sometimes only wants to wear a yellow shirt cause he thinks it is Bumblebee. The only problem is that we only have 1 yellow shirt that he will wear. LOL So I could not get Kaiden PJ's without getting Zachary matching ones. He wore that shirt ALL day!

For breakfast we had special Mickey Mouse blueberry pancakes and sang Happy Birthday to Kaiden. He ate ALL of it!!

Of course Zachary wanted a candle in his pancake too, so we sang Happy non birthday to Zachary to make him feel special too.

Showing off his new flippers to help him swim faster!

He was super excited about his Bumblebee shoes, plus they light up!!

Showing off "some" of his presents. He also got a Bumblebee backpack, lunch box, and dont forget the sheets and blanket!

Flying Bumblebee!!! The PJ's came with two sets and I have a feeling we will be wearing these a lot!

Anyone ready to go snorkeling??? Kaiden is showing off his new snorkel and flippers. Now all he needs is a snorkel mask and he will be good to go!

The handsome Davaul boys all snuggled up.

Puppy Love

Words can not describe how much my Zachary loves our dachshund Maddie. I swear he loves on her and gives her hugs all the time. He is very gentle and is always wanting her to lay in his lap, even in the car. Which is really not possible but he tries anyway. I am so thankful that we have a wonderful and patient dog like Maddie. She basically lets him to do whatever he wants, like hugging her for a good 2 minutes. She never barks or snaps at him she will just lick him in the face or try to walk away when she is done. I love how he tries to get her to come here by patting his legs, making kissy noises, and saying "Maddie c'mere" (come here). Maddie is a good guard dog though and will still bark at anyone who comes through our door, but she is so sweet with our boys and we love her dearly! Thank you God for giving us our sweet Maddie!

He will literally hold her like this for a long time and just kiss on her. Her eyes look crazy but that is just from the camera! LOL

you can tell in this picture that she really does enjoy all the attention from Zachary.

10 Year Reunion

July 10th was Bekah's 10 year High School Reunion. WOW!!!!! She graduated from Martin High School in 2000 from Arlington, Tx with a class of over 900 people. The reunion took place in Fort Worth at the Stockyards. There were only about 150 people total at the reunion and I think that included spouses and significant others. I was able to see some old friends that danced with me on the "Sundancers" drill team. And of course I got to see people that I have not seen in 10 years. It was great getting to see everyone. However, I forgot that I brought my camera so I did not take as many pictures as I wanted to but here are some of my good friends.

Me and Nick. I think he was bored most of the time, but he was a trooper! :)

Me, Alisa (Boyd) Oakley, Carissa (Orr) Ramirez. These are my drill team girls!!!

Me and Alycia Purser, my best friend since Elementary. We got in a lot of trouble together back in the day! :)

Me and Kristi Crowder, another drill team girl!