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Another special day…

it’s Seth’s birthday!
Brayden & I love you so much & you are such a wonderful father/husband to us!!! Thank you for all that you are & all that you do for our family! Today is such a special day since it’s your birthday…but since it’s not going to seem very special…I wanted to surprise you with a special post! (he has to work & Brayden & I are going to be gone most of the day)
I couldn’t ask for more in a best friend or husband, but you continue to impress me as a daddy, too!!
A little story about how awesome he is, and this is just one little example that made me smile (a lot) so I thought I would share it. Most of you know how much my child loves hot dogs/turkey dogs. He also really enjoys “cooking” lately (cooking to brayden is mostly cutting things up which he likes to watch & if it’s not cutting it involves stirring with a spatula or spoon). At dinner time Brayden chose to have a hot dog (big surprise), but then he was VERY adamant about helping to cook it. Well, if I had been helping him with dinner, I probably would have shown him how I make it in the microwave…but not Seth. He grabbed Brayden a chair, got all of his tools & went to work chopping & sauteing/frying that hot dog! It sounds so silly (& it was actually quite silly to watch, too), but it meant SO much for me to witness that moment between them!! Here are the pictures (I mean, did you think I could resist photo evidence? Do you know me? )

Happy Birthday, babe, we love you!!!!!! (Warning…there are a lot of pictures here…I mean a LOT!)

Whew! What a big boy!

Okay, so I realized the other day that I still haven’t put up any pictures from Brayden’s birthday party! We had a fun time despite some craziness with runaway balloons, kitchen/baking malfunctions, crazy weather (ranging from heat to wind blowing smoke/ashes from the grill to down pour of rain with subsequent humidity instead of cooling off), etc. Brayden had a good time & we had time with friends & family, so overall it worked out!
I finally took Brayden for his two year old well visit at the doctor. He was not a big fan of pretty much anything we did while we were there (after we left the waiting room where he was playing), but after some “excitement” & many tears we found out his stats. No surprise, but he is a big boy! So here are the specifics: weight 32 1/2 lbs. (88%), head circumference is 50 1/2 cm (87%) & height 37 1/2 inches (off chart). Literally, off the chart, that’s what the nurse wrote down, I had to chuckle! You know, he must get it from his super tall mommy & daddy! Hee he! Other than that, every thing looks great & as the doctor & I discussed, he’s got the “acting like a 2 year old” thing down pat! Enjoy his party pics below!

As a side note….here is proof of some of the chaos in the kitchen! Can you tell mommy had too many things on her mind with party planning, cake making, packing, moving & daddy being at work…etc!?!? Whew, this is the first little fire I’ve ever started & I hope it’s my last! This made for too much excitement during nap time when all I was trying to do was be ahead of schedule! Thankfully, I was able to get everything under control & with some help from mom get everything cleaned up & start the cake…all before Brayden woke up! Enjoy the laugh of why you should bake cupcakes/cakes outside of the carrying container!?!?!

So very, very behind…in everything…including posting!

Seems to be the theme of life around here these days…being behind at everything (or at least feeling that way)! Anyway, I had compiled some pictures a while back, so I thought I would update with them. They are from a pool date with Brinn & Kaitlyn, my cousin’s wedding/trip to Concord, more rain boot pictures (with newer boots, since they were such a hit! ) & more mini-golf!
Hope everyone is having a great summer! FYI, we are in the new house now & sort of getting settled. We are enjoying it, but it will much better when our motif is much less “a la box” than it is at the moment!!! Enjoy the pics!