Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Boy

It's hard to imagine that you are 3 today!!! Where has the time gone? We feel so blessed to have such an amazing son. You bring more joy to our lives than you can possibly know.

Here's an interview we did with Dane about some of his favorite things.

Who is your favorite friend? Kellan
What is your favorite color? broooo (blue!)

When you get big, what do you want to be? I want to get a big toy when I get big. I want a big toy called a fire truck.

What is your favorite toy to play with? A firetruck
What makes Daddy happy? I do (So true and very sweet!)
What makes Daddy sad? When I'm loud
What makes Mommy happy? I do make mommy happy. Sometimes firefighters make me happy.

What makes Mommy sad? When I cry.
What is your favorite food? Chicken Nuggets
What does Mommy do that is funny? Crying that's funny (I do this really loud pretend cry and Dane gets me a bottle - he thinks it's a hilarious.)
What is Mommy's favorite thing to do? Your favorite is to play princess (hmmm.....we've never played princess before!)
What is Daddy's favorite thing to do? Have chocolate ice cream (he's got him nailed!)
What is Mommy really good at? Making cookies
What is Daddy really good at? Making ice cream (hmmm...have I missed something here? Maybe he should have said getting ice cream out of the freezer! ;) )

What do you like to do outside? Play firefighter

What is your favorite dessert? Chocolate. I want chocolate after dinner.

What do you think is scary? A sea lion. I don't know what else is scary.

What is your favorite animal? A piggy cow

What do you love doing with Daddy? Mowing the lawn.

What do you love doing with Mommy? Going to the park.

Sun, sun, sun!!!

Where have we been?

Playing in the sun, that's where. :)

And right in the midst of this beautiful weather my family arrived and we've been busy scaling large mountains to get to beautiful blue glacial ice caves, flying to lodges, watching Orcas frolic in the ocean, and of course, playing firefighter over and over and over again. ;) (I'll post pictures of all of our wonderful adventures soon!)

And now school has started, so life in the Hubert household just got a little crazier.

Here are a few photos of a recent trip to the beach with our friends Mindy & Delayna.

This is Diver Don and he made Dane's whole day.
Let me explain...

We've recently been playing "scuba diver & water" where we dive to see ocean animals (all in our kitchen) and Dane puts on all of his gear (a snorkel, slipper flippers and of course, scuba goggles.) So Dane was quite excited to see a REAL LIVE diver. We watched Diver Don put on all of his gear and then go for a swim in the chilly Alaskan water. Dane was pretty enamored with the whole process and Diver Don was a great sport letting us watch him dress & letting Dane touch all of his gear.

They're finally here!

After 27 hours (yep, you read that correctly!!) Grandpapa (my dad), Grammie (Pilar), Uncle Lee, Auntie Stephie and Uncle Chris arrived from Connecticut. It was a grueling trip on their end, but we are sure happy they endured it. We've been having a blast! Dane sure is loving having constant playmates. :)

Today we went to the Shrine of St. Therese. I think it's safe to say everyone was amazed by the beauty and serenity of this amazing place. Here are some photos of our afternoon.

Grandpapa taking it all in.


A peaceful moment for Uncle Lee


My big brother (Uncle Lee) and me.

Auntie Stephie got this uber cute picture of Dane!!

Grammie didn't waste even a minute - she got right into Grandma mode the second she got here and the kids loved it. :)

The pictures below were taken at the Juneau Airport when Dan went to pick up the gang.

Uncle Chris being a goofball. It's hard to get a serious picture of this guy!

I had to include this handsome picture of Lee!!

Grammie and Dane all tuckered out!

*All pictures taken by the lovely Auntie Stephie!

Sunday Snapshot

Look at those chunky hands!!!!
I LOVE 'EM.
This pic was taken on the airplane on the way back from California.

Movie Monday (plus a bonus picture!)

Jaeger learned two new tricks while he was in California. Here's a picture of one...

*pulling himself up and standing, not playing the xylophone (although, hopefully one of my children wind up with some musical ability! Jaeger is named after his musical great-grandfather, so maybe he'll be the one.)

And a video of the other (Jaeger did already know how to crawl, but he was famous for the "army crawl" and never really got on all fours until our CA trip.)

Sunday Snapshot

I think we've actually recovered from our California trip and we can get back to some normalcy in our lives. ;) Which means we can get back to our weekly blog treats. (Don't worry though, I still have some more great photos from California - the Orange County Firefighter Station, Disney Downtown, and Dana Point just to name a few.)

Dane recently discovered LEGOS and his deep deep LOVE for these little men. We actually had to drive to the LEGO store in Downtown Disney to get these beloved men, but it was worth it as Dane just can't get enough of them. Notice that all of them have a helmet with goggles - a requirement with any person Dane now plays with. (I guess Dane just wants his little men to look just like him - helmet & goggles on 24/7.) He loves lowering the goggles and taking the helmet off and on over & over & over & over.....

Happy Birthday Chunk-A-Monkers!

It's hard to believe that you are already a year old sweet Jaeger Ray. It seems like just yesterday I was holding you in my arms for the first time. You are still just as happy as you were that first week home. All we have to do is look at you and you'll smile! And, boy, does that smile melt our hearts. I never tire looking at it, but I'm quite thankful that you've finally decided to only get up once a night to see me these days. (The every 2 hour thing was growing old!)

Here are some things you adore:

Dane, Bailey, gazing out and pounding on the window, baths, swimming in the pool, sitting outside on a sunny day and watching all the neighborhood kids whiz by on their bikes, anything your brother is playing with, door stoppers that go "boing", opening and shutting doors, the TV remote control, the phone, your new found freedom of standing, the drapes in Mommy & Daddy's room, listening to Mommy sing, watching Mommy dance, pounding your hands on the bathtub, all electrical cords & outlets, and of course....peek-a-boo

Your favorite foods are:

Blueberries, prunes, hot dogs, peaches, Pirate Booty, cheese & bananas (although you can't have those anymore, which is why we're having to add prunes to your daily diet! Thank goodness you like them. ;) )

Some of your least favorite things are:

Most vegetables (Dane you are definitely not!), getting out of the bath tub, having your diaper changed, your brother taking a toy away from you, and to my horror - reading (I sure hope this changes as I am a reading specialist!! You literally push the book away when I try to read to you.)

And here's what we adore about you:

Your Dairy-Queen smile, how happy you are about almost everything, watching you touch something you know you're not supposed to and turn to us while giving us that incredible smile of yours, your sweet giggle, your chubby hands wrapped around a bottle of milk, your adorable biscuits, and those Hubert cheeks perfect for a million kisses a day.

Happy Birthday to you Jaeger Ray. We love you!