Mommy's Birthday

I celebrated my birthday at my parents' house. We had a delicious dinner, treasure hunt and then cheese cake for dessert.

Me, Nathan and all my nieces and nephews.

L to R back row: Joelle, Jaxon, Julia, Jordan, Alison, Josh and Collin

L to R front row: Jessie, Nathan, Me and Ryan

Wiggle Play Center

Nathan celebrated his birthday with his friends at the Wiggle Play Center. He enjoyed playing with his friends and cousins in the bounce house, down the slide and climbing on the playground.

Coming down the slide.

Joelle and Jordan coming down behind him.

Making a wish and blowing out his candles.

Yum! Cake!

Joelle helping Nathan eat his cake.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Nathan!

We celebrated Nathan's 3rd birthday today by going to the mall to eat dinner and then play at the play area.

Nathan fell asleep in the car on the way to the mall, so Randy and I ate while Nathan napped.

Wide awake and ready to play.

Banging out a beat on the cherry.

Riding the train.

Throwing pennies in the fountain and dipping his hands in the water.

After playing at the mall, we went home for cupcakes.

Make a wish!

I blew them all out!

I love cake!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Nathan!

Kaitlyn's 3rd Birthday

We attended Kaitlyn's 3rd birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. Kaitlyn is one of Nathan's friends from the NICU. This was Nathan's first visit to Chuck E Cheese and he loved it! It won't be our last visit.


Attempting to play skee ball.

Nathan couldn't throw the balls hard enough, so I had to stand behind him and catch the balls as they rolled back down.

Look at all the tickets that he won . . . with help from Mom and Dad.

The birthday girl, Kaitlyn, with Chuck E Cheese. She was so excited when he came over to see her. She had a celebrity moment.

Nathan and Chuck E Cheese. Nathan wasn't afraid of him, but he wasn't excited to see him, like Kaitlyn was.

Happy Birthday, Mommy!

I'm so lucky that I got to spend my birthday with my two favorite guys. They took me to the Dallas World Aquarium. I was able to enjoy the aquarium while Randy wrangled Nathan, so we didn't get many photos.

Nathan looking at the fish in the large aquarium.

Wondering how Daddy got inside the aquarium.

Nathan made a new little friend.

These little penguins were so cute. I wanted to take them home with us.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

We took Daddy to the Ft. Worth Zoo for his birthday. Our adult child, Aunt Samantha, joined us. It was very hot, but we had a great time. We brought our lunch and packed lots of drinks.


We found this pond full of fish and ducks. We feed a quarter into the machine and got a tiny handful of fish food. We each threw a couple of pellets in the water and watched the fish fight over it.


Nathan taking a much needed drink break. Check out those rosy cheeks.


Bye-Bye fish. See you next time. One thing that's great about the Ft. Worth Zoo is that there are a lot of shaded areas. We could always find a nice shaded spot to stop a watch the animals.


Nathan wasn't interested in having his picture taken with the giraffes. He was trying to jump out of my arms. Maybe, he just wanted to swim with the fish and ducks.


Nathan loved feeding the tropical birds. Aunt Samantha found an abandoned stick of bird seed, which they were selling for a dollar. Bonus!!


I just remember how hot and humid it was in there. See how Nathan is drenched in sweat and of course Randy is completely dry. Samantha and I couldn't wait to get out of there because we both had sweat dripping in our eyes. (Remember . . . it was over 100 degrees today.)


Nathan couldn't care less. He was enjoying the colorful birds.


It's so cute how Nathan is holding the kangaroo's hand.


Another place that Nathan throughly enjoyed besides feeding the birds was the children's zoo section. It was a building shaped like a barn with different activities for kids to learn about farm animals. Nathan is pushing the buttons on the wall to hear the different animal sounds.


Here he is learning about chickens. We had to drag him out kicking and screaming. He was hot and very tired by this point. It took the three of us to strap him in his stroller.


Aunt Samantha helped me wrestle this alligator. The heat must have gotten to him because he was pretty tame.


Then, Nathan hopped on for a ride. He's so cool in his sunglasses. Notice that he is out of the stroller. He must have talked someone into letting him out.


The last part of the zoo that Nathan loved was this touch tank. He had no fear of reaching in the water and touching all the sea critters. And to think . . . this is the kid who is deathly afraid of fans. Go figure!


The water was a little deep for him. It went past his elbows, but he didn't mind at all. I think he would have climbed in, if they let him. Here he is touching a starfish and a horseshoe crab.


Oh, no! What happened to Mommy?

Even though it felt like it was 150 degrees outside, we all had lots of fun at the zoo. Nathan fell fast asleep once we left the parking lot to head home. We talked Randy into stopping at Sonic for drinks to help us cool down. Then, we all jumped in the pool once we arrived home.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy Birthday, Nathan!!!

We celebrated Nathan's birthday by going to the children's museum. The museum has different stations for the kids to visit. Nathan's favorite station was the fire truck. You could dress up like a fireman and drive the truck. It also had a slide down the back.

Daddy and Nathan driving the fire truck.
Nathan wearing the fireman hat.
Sliding down the back of the truck.
The ball machine.
Making giant bubbles with Mommy.
Give me a hand.
Nathan climbing through the fence to get the kitty on the farm.
Closing the barn doors.
Getting all wet in the water room.

After dinner, we celebrated with monkey cupcakes. Nathan really enjoyed his.


Happy 2nd Birthday, Nathan.