We woke up to a soft knocking on our door. Jack always does this in the morning, so cute and so subtle. I opened the door and crawled back into bed. Most days if Trent is still there he crawls back into his own bed, and if Trent's at work he will crawl in with me. But this morning I invited him to crawl up with both of us. He cuddled up between us and talked for a straight 30 minutes about his birthday. At first it took us a little while to convince him it was finally his birthday ( His actual birthday was on the 22nd, but since his party wasn't until Friday we wanted him to have a whole day to celebrate). When we finally heard little Blake calling for me, we all got up and ate breakfast and got ready for our day.
Trent then headed off to work for an hour or so while the boys and I headed off to Jack's 4 year doctors appointment. Jack was excited because he knew he wasn't going to have to get a shot this time. When we first got there we took the elevator down (cause it's awesome) and got checked in. This time he took his shoes off, weighed in at 46 lbs (97%), and was 44 in (97%) in height. He then had his vision checked by holding up something in front of both eyes. When we got to the exam room, he jumped up onto the table.
This appointment was actually really fun and entertaining. This was his first appointment where the doctor asked him all the questions. At first, being shy and all, he wasn't answering right away - so Blake decided to answer for him, haha. "Jack, do you eat your fruits and vegetables?" . Blake blurts out, "YEAH!" . Then Jack decides it's okay to answer, "Yeah I eat carrots and broccoli." The doctor then asks, "Jack, do you know your colors?" . Blake then blurts out, "WHITE!" . Jack nods. "My shirt is orange. Mommy's shirt is purple." - When the doctor asked him to count to five he did it super fast and made her laugh. "Apparently he doesn't have a problem with counting!" She was also impressed he not only knew all his letters, but he could write most of them, and could even write his name (with exception of the letter 'K' on occasion). When we finally were all finished, both boys were ecstatic to get suckers and ride the elevator back up.
After the appointment, Trent was on his way over to check on the progress of the Roy house, so we decided to head to the store to grab ingredients to make Jack's cake for his party that evening. Once we all got home we decided that we wanted to go out to eat for Jack birthday as a family. We headed over to Apple-bees. MMMmmm. Yummy. One of the funniest parts of this outing, was that after we had eaten all the appetizers, Blake thought all the food was gone. So when the manager passed by our table to see how we were all doing, Blake looked up at him with his big blue doe eyes and firmly said, "MORE!" . haha. The manager chuckled and had them send us an extra plate of fries. It was hilarious, this darn kiddo knows how to get his way. haha!! When the food came out, we all ate til we were fat and happy. Then.. all the waiters came and starting singing a birthday song to Jack. Jack is so funny, the second he gets a little bit embarrassed, he hides his chin in his neck and looks up. Trent and I were cracking up the entire time they were singing. But he was thrilled to have the ice cream they brought him, and I was thrilled to have the triple chocolate melt down. MMMmmm hmmm.
After that we all headed over to the park. It was a great day to play, and the boys really enjoyed the slides and running around. We all raced back to the car afterwards and headed home. I realized there were still a few things I needed from the store for Jack's party (one of them being gifts from us), so I headed to the store and got all the stuff we needed. The boys cleaned up at home and took a nap while I was gone. As soon as I got home, I threw the cake in the oven, and then I had to run to the doctor really fast to get a doppler scan of my leg. Apparently since only one of my legs had swollen up over night, my doctor wanted to make sure I didn't have a DVT. But no worries, it came back negative.
On my way home I stopped by the dollar store - yup, to grab some last minute balloons for the party. As I was walking in the store, there was one of the employees at the entrance of the door trying to stop a woman from walking out of the store with merchandise! She was shop lifting!! Stuff was flying everywhere and the girl managed to get out of the store with whatever she had taken. They called the police right away. It was crazy! - But after a few minutes my brother Jason stopped by and followed me back home :) He is super busy these days with school and his fiance so we don't get to see him as much anymore - so it was great!
As soon as I got home, I switched into overdrive trying to finish the cake before the party started. Yup, should've given myself more time- haha. But as awesome as Trent is, he helped me frost the different pieces of the cake. Pieces, you may ask? Why yes, I made a 'Lego Cake' :) . It would have turned out better if I had more time to let it cool down ( frosting would've been smoother ). But hey, for a 4 year old, it turned out great!
The party started at 6. We had a lot of fun!! We used egg yolk and food coloring to paint the sugar cookies before we baked them. Although I made have been a little over excited when I baked them (they all grew into each other making one large sugar cookie), they still tasted good, and were fun to make :) We had pizza, and veggies, and when the time was right we had Jack blow out his candles. Good thing we went and grabbed our neighbors matches too, because Jack kept blowing them out before it was time :) ! We played with balloons, had great company, and watched Jack open presents. It was a very fun birthday, for a very special birthday boy. We love you Jack! You are now 4!!
Trent then headed off to work for an hour or so while the boys and I headed off to Jack's 4 year doctors appointment. Jack was excited because he knew he wasn't going to have to get a shot this time. When we first got there we took the elevator down (cause it's awesome) and got checked in. This time he took his shoes off, weighed in at 46 lbs (97%), and was 44 in (97%) in height. He then had his vision checked by holding up something in front of both eyes. When we got to the exam room, he jumped up onto the table.
This appointment was actually really fun and entertaining. This was his first appointment where the doctor asked him all the questions. At first, being shy and all, he wasn't answering right away - so Blake decided to answer for him, haha. "Jack, do you eat your fruits and vegetables?" . Blake blurts out, "YEAH!" . Then Jack decides it's okay to answer, "Yeah I eat carrots and broccoli." The doctor then asks, "Jack, do you know your colors?" . Blake then blurts out, "WHITE!" . Jack nods. "My shirt is orange. Mommy's shirt is purple." - When the doctor asked him to count to five he did it super fast and made her laugh. "Apparently he doesn't have a problem with counting!" She was also impressed he not only knew all his letters, but he could write most of them, and could even write his name (with exception of the letter 'K' on occasion). When we finally were all finished, both boys were ecstatic to get suckers and ride the elevator back up.
After the appointment, Trent was on his way over to check on the progress of the Roy house, so we decided to head to the store to grab ingredients to make Jack's cake for his party that evening. Once we all got home we decided that we wanted to go out to eat for Jack birthday as a family. We headed over to Apple-bees. MMMmmm. Yummy. One of the funniest parts of this outing, was that after we had eaten all the appetizers, Blake thought all the food was gone. So when the manager passed by our table to see how we were all doing, Blake looked up at him with his big blue doe eyes and firmly said, "MORE!" . haha. The manager chuckled and had them send us an extra plate of fries. It was hilarious, this darn kiddo knows how to get his way. haha!! When the food came out, we all ate til we were fat and happy. Then.. all the waiters came and starting singing a birthday song to Jack. Jack is so funny, the second he gets a little bit embarrassed, he hides his chin in his neck and looks up. Trent and I were cracking up the entire time they were singing. But he was thrilled to have the ice cream they brought him, and I was thrilled to have the triple chocolate melt down. MMMmmm hmmm.
After that we all headed over to the park. It was a great day to play, and the boys really enjoyed the slides and running around. We all raced back to the car afterwards and headed home. I realized there were still a few things I needed from the store for Jack's party (one of them being gifts from us), so I headed to the store and got all the stuff we needed. The boys cleaned up at home and took a nap while I was gone. As soon as I got home, I threw the cake in the oven, and then I had to run to the doctor really fast to get a doppler scan of my leg. Apparently since only one of my legs had swollen up over night, my doctor wanted to make sure I didn't have a DVT. But no worries, it came back negative.
On my way home I stopped by the dollar store - yup, to grab some last minute balloons for the party. As I was walking in the store, there was one of the employees at the entrance of the door trying to stop a woman from walking out of the store with merchandise! She was shop lifting!! Stuff was flying everywhere and the girl managed to get out of the store with whatever she had taken. They called the police right away. It was crazy! - But after a few minutes my brother Jason stopped by and followed me back home :) He is super busy these days with school and his fiance so we don't get to see him as much anymore - so it was great!
As soon as I got home, I switched into overdrive trying to finish the cake before the party started. Yup, should've given myself more time- haha. But as awesome as Trent is, he helped me frost the different pieces of the cake. Pieces, you may ask? Why yes, I made a 'Lego Cake' :) . It would have turned out better if I had more time to let it cool down ( frosting would've been smoother ). But hey, for a 4 year old, it turned out great!
The party started at 6. We had a lot of fun!! We used egg yolk and food coloring to paint the sugar cookies before we baked them. Although I made have been a little over excited when I baked them (they all grew into each other making one large sugar cookie), they still tasted good, and were fun to make :) We had pizza, and veggies, and when the time was right we had Jack blow out his candles. Good thing we went and grabbed our neighbors matches too, because Jack kept blowing them out before it was time :) ! We played with balloons, had great company, and watched Jack open presents. It was a very fun birthday, for a very special birthday boy. We love you Jack! You are now 4!!
As crazy as this day was, it was absolutely so fun. I love my little family, and it was awesome celebrating with fun people! No matter how busy our days can be sometimes, its always good to remember how memorable they can be and how much you will miss them when your days slow down. Until next time.. keep on smiling :) !
