Larkin Family: February 2012

It's finally my birthday.

Kate, Will, Hudson, Kelley, Nona and Mimi all have birthdays in November and December. That is most of the people Isaiah sees on a regular basis. He was really starting to wonder when it was his turn. He was constantly asking, "Isaiah's birthday?" or "Isaiah blow out the candles?". So when the time finally came for Isaiah to turn 3, on January 21st, we decided to go big. We did this with a lot of help from friends and family of course. Mimi let us use her backyard and she also has a friend that has this really cool ice cream truck that comes to parties. We got a bounce house. Kim Jeantet made an amazing Thomas the Train cake (Isaiah's favorite). We had all of our closest friends and family to celebrate with us (except my sister and her family, who we are really starting to miss now). It was a really special time and Isaiah had so much fun. When we finally got home from the party, we realized we didn't see Isaiah come inside the house. We had only been home for 3 or 4 minutes, but nobody had seen him. We finally checked his room. He was had come straight in the house, took his clothes off, turned his ocean sound machine on, turned out the lights, and was already asleep in bed. It was really precious. Thanks to everyone that came and made this a really special day for Isaiah and us.

I've been baptized!

It should be illegal to look this good.

Isaiah and his proud Momma.

Big sis and Isaiah getting ready for the big moment in the church lobby.

Here is our great friend Scott baptizing Isaiah.

Party time! After the baptism, the Russell family had a baptism party for Isaiah. It was so much fun to share this time with our friends and family. There are of course extravagant desserts, like the Africa cookie, courtesy of our dear friend and Zambian traveling partner, Kim Jeantet.