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Birthday Bash

Filed under: Default — Jess @ 7:31 pm

We’ve had a lot of birthday fun in that last few months. In January, Jon (my uncle - who now lives with us) celebrated his 57th birthday. In February, Jadon celebrated his FIRST birthday (yay, baby!!). And in March, Lane celebrate his 38th birthday (don’t be fooled into thinking I’m that old too… let the record show that I am still in my twenties!).

For Jon’s b-day, we had a lovely dinner at Chili’s one night, presents the next night, and birthday cake and candles the third night - LOTSA birthday fun!

Jadon’s birthday crept up quickly than any of us could have imagined. Our baby boy… a year old already! What an incredible year it has been. He is such a happy toddler - we love him so!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY BOY!

We had a great little celebration with some friends here in Georgia. There were seven little ones, double the parents, triple the pizza, and quadrouple the sweets - just as it should be! Haha

We had a “no presents” rule (but all of the kids got to open two or three little presents I’d picked up and wrapped for extra party fun), and a “cupcake cake” so each child could have their own cake with their own candle to blow out. Birthday fun for everyone!

Jadon loooooves chocolate (don’t we all?!), and after digging in with both hands and face, was kind enough to offer bits of his chocolate to Mama. Sweet boy.

His favorite gift was a green “kickball” that is just the right size for him. His smile of delight in this first picture is from some of his first moments with his ball. Boys and balls - there’s nothing better! We also got Jadon (with Joshua in mind, as well) a “sand and water” table. Wow does that provide endless fun. Perfect for these warm summery days we’ve been having!

Last but not least, Lane’s birthday was a little lower key, but still fun! Another outing to Chili’s, with molten lava cake for dessert instead of official birthday cake (it’s a good trade-off, believe me - if you haven’t tried it, you need to!). He asked for some boring techy stuff for his birthday, which I dutifully bought him, but then I also bought him the complete series of FRIENDS (best show ever!!!!!!!!!!!) as well as the Roswell series (our latest TV interest). What’s better than hours and hours of couch time with his sweet wife?

Although it doesn’t count as a birthday, V-day should probably get an honorable mention here… since it was a celebration that fell in our first-quarter birthday months. Joshua thoroughly enjoyed all of the fun Valentines he received from his school buddies (both the cards, which he asked me to read over and over again, and the treats - which he’s still working his way through!). And Lane and I got a very special treat, as well. My incredibly generous brother, Jordan, drove 3 1/2 hours down from Columbia, SC to babysit for us for the evening. We had our first night out in recent memory, and it was wonderful. We caught a movie - simple, but such a rare treat for us these days. Thanks Jo!!

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