Happy Birthday Daddy and Joseph!

It was the week of Birthday's at our house! Wednesday was David's birthday. He's 26 now. Crazy how fast time goes by! Joseph helped me make daddy breakfast in bed. We brought him his breakfast in bed and gave him his birthday presents. Joseph and Anna got him a "Cars" game for the Wii. ( Anna with a flower in her hair that is about as big as her head) I let Joseph pick out any game he wanted. It wasn't really a shock that he picked out a game with "Speed" on it. I got David a electric razor. Later that day we went to visit my dad. He had surgery on his ankle on Tuesday to remove some bone spurs. My mom had to go back to work so we took the kids over to see grandpa. Anna had her 2 week check-up later that afternoon. She's gained a pound! She's 8 lbs 10 oz now. The doctor said that everything looked good and she's growing great. (Joseph had a long day of shopping. He needed a nap and so he just closed his eyes) She moved from the 30 percentile to the 50th! Later that night we had our weekly game night. I made a Banana Cream pie to share. David would rather have Banana Cream pie than birthday cake! I of course forgot to take any pictures of David's birthday. Friday night I got to see my Aunt Laura Kaye and my cousins from Oklahoma. We played games that night. It was so fun to see them. Laura Kaye was married to my mom's brother, Gary, who passed away from a brain tumor 2 years ago. 3 Summer's ago Gary and Laura Kaye spent a few months with us while he underwent treatment at the Huntsman Center. We got to know them pretty well during that time. Since he passed away his wife and family moved from Idaho to Oklahoma so it was fun to spend time with them again. Saturday I went and ran errands for Joseph's party. My sister Ashlie ended up spending the night both Friday and Saturday night to help out. (Joseph's birthday treats. Aunt Ashley made the cookie bouquet and Amy made the awesome cake and cupcakes.) I don't think I could have made it through Costco and Walmart with out her and my mom! It's a lot harder to go places with 2 kids! You should have seen the back of the car. It was so packed full of stuff! This afternoon we had a party for Joseph even though his birthday isn't until this Friday the 10th. We had a hard time deciding when to do his birthday party. David works 15 hours on Saturdays so that left Sundays. With next week being Easter that left today. We had a Mickey Mouse party. We did it at our house and used the group room. ( Joseph blowing out his 2 candle) We had hot dogs which is one of Joseph's favorite things. Our friend Amy made him the cutest Mickey Mouse cake. Check out the picture. Yeah she's pretty talented and does cakes on the side. So if anyone has a special event coming up and you need a cake let me know and I can direct you to her website. Her specialty is giant cupcakes. We also had a pinata. It was fun. We used a golf club to hit and that made the Grandparents nervous. Looking back on it now it is pretty scary to give a 2 year old a golf club and tell him to swing it in a room full of kids. But lucky for us no one got hurt. The younger kids didn't quite get the idea that you have to hurry when the candy falls out. ( Dallin helping Joseph open presents) But the bigger kids were nice enough to share their candy. Joseph got some really cool gifts. He was so excited and luckily his cousin Dallin was there to show him how to open his presents quickly. He ended up being pretty spoiled. We had so much fun and it was great to have access to the group room. It's crazy how many people we had. Joseph loved playing with his cousins. It was funny to see all the boys together. Joseph is pretty loved. I can't believe that my baby boy is almost 2 years old! I feel so lucky to be a mom. Joseph is such a good boy. He loves being a big brother. He calls his baby sister Nana. There are times I look at this little boy and think about how much I love him. It's amazing the love you feel for your child and it's amazing how you can feel that love for the second one too. (Boy cousins Taylor,5, Dallin ,2, and Joseph) Joseph is defiantly a special boy. Our next adventure will be potty training so wish us luck. I am also so lucky to be married to David. It amazes it me that I am more in love with David now than I was 5 years ago when we got married. He is such a great dad. He never complains about helping out with the kids. I love him so much. I am so grateful for both my birthday boys!