My Other Baby...Carter Ryan

Carter's birthday fell in the middle of the week and it happened to be a busy day. They got out of school a bit early and their cousins were visiting on their spring break, so after homework was finished, we went and played at the park!

Always fun to bury our biggest cousin in the rocks!!!

The cousins actually spent the whole evening with us...Carter opened presents and...

we had his favorite meal PIZZA!!!!

And what birthday would be complete without the traditional birthday hunt?? :)

This gift was a new pair of cowboy boots and could possibly be his favorite...Who knew...So glad we went to all the extra work to find his size...apparently sz 7 is never stocked. Like Anywhere!!!! But, the Silver Spur  and 2-day air later and we had the perfect gift! Which by the way, are already much loved!!! :)

We actually celebrated with friends the Friday after his birthday because they didn't have school.  They had some hang out time playing wii and Ds...

while Emily decorated his Goldfish cake. We thought it would be perfect because Goldfish are his favorite snack.

Not pictured is the awesome squirt gun, water balloon, slip and slide battle they all had in the middle of March no less!!What an awesome birthday present!!

So opening presents again; this time from friends and grandparents.

He's a happy boy!! Later that night we all went to John Carter 3-D. One of Carter's favorite pasttimes is watching movies so we hit the big screen. We ran out of time for cake and ice cream, so we had cake for breakfast!!!

What an amazing birthday week! I can't believe my other baby is into double digits now! 10!! It just can't be! I remember when you followed your sister around everywhere and answered "I don't know either" to everything!! We love you buddy and hope you found your birthday as fun and special as we find you!! Here's to many more Amazing birthdays!

My Baby...

My Baby turned six February 28!!! He's not much of a baby anymore. Casey wanted a birthday party at our new house with his whole class of kindergarteners. So, that's what we did. He picked out a dog cake pan and I tried to stick to that theme. When it came time to decorate it, I told him he could help me, but I set the chocolate frosting down and walked away....

So, I gave in and let them decorate with a few pointers! It was a shaggy dog and they loved every minute!

The boys and Grandpa and Daddy decorated the garage...I got some game ideas from a friend at work who has a kindergartener also and of course Pinterest!

I think they all had a good time. I was saved by my 12 year old daughter, though!! We had 15 minutes or so left and the kids were really wound up and I didn't have any other game ideas...she took control and had them dance and freeze when she stopped the music! They loved it!!

Grandpa and Grandma gave Casey a rocket for his birthday so we went outside and played after the party...

So, I had some pictures of Tuesday night, Casey's actual birthday, but the server keeps rejecting them! Go Figure!! Casey picked hot dogs and macaroni for supper and he ate on the birthday plate. We sang to him and opened presents!! Of course there was a hunt which is what we do on birthdays, don't you know? And he got a remote control helicopter that he'd been wanting!! Fun! Fun!

Don't know what we'd do without this little guy!! Love you Casey!