My Boys and Me

We had a Prince themed party for Mikey- perfectly suited for his “all about Mikey” little personality!

OK, so it is not “official” until tomorrow morning at 7:57 (I am not in denial or anything), but our baby boy is now a toddler!  Since tomorrow is going to be a busy day, and since we have already celebrated at his Birthday party last weekend (which was a HUGE success- despite illnesses), I thought I would post an entry today.

I’ve actually been meaning to write ALL week, but my only day off from last Saturday until this coming Sunday was Tuesday and I spent it catching up on sleep and laundry!  I think we ought to vote to add at least 3 more hours to every day, then I might not be behind in EVERYTHING- even the things I LOVE to do.  I am 6 weeks behind in my People magazine reading (I was behind 8 weeks until this morning- I am babysitting for a baby for 10 hours today and brought EVERYTHING including my laptop with me so I could get caught up.  The baby is sleeping now and I am taking the quiet opportunity to write this).  I am working for Holly at least 3 days a week now (some weeks 5 or more) and on the days she does not need me, I either give myself a break (and Mikey a break from daycare) or work a little extra for the sitter service.  This week Megan (owner of the service) needed me today, Sat night and Sunday night and of course the extra money is nice.  We have booked a 10 day vacation to Disney for the end of July so the extra money I am making by working so much will be useful.  Anyway…..work and my lack of time and energy to do anything other than work is NOT what I wanted to write about……..

We had an AWESOME weekend despite my Mom having to miss out on the festivities due to illness and Mikey deciding to pick his Birthday party weekend to run a low fever (due to teething) and acquire conjunctivitis (eye infection- he couldn’t OPEN his eye Saturday morning) and have to kept at a distance from the guests at his party!  We couldn’t have asked for a better day.  The weather was gorgeous, my Dad did an awesome job at the grill, Terry and Peggy made some AWESOME sides, the older kids played baseball in the backyard (despite already having been at the field for 5 hours earlier that day for each of their games) and it truly made me realize just how much I love my family and friends and how much I treasure each as a blessing to my life and the lives of my family.  Thank you SO much to everyone who has helped celebrate Mikey’s special day whether at the Birthday party or through special cards, gifts and kind words.  Mikey is so appreciative of all the love God has surrounded him with!  Here are some highlights of the day!

This is my FAVORITE- for those of you who knew Braeden as a baby, you know that he would NEVER have put his hands in a cake.  He didn’t even want to get dirty on the playground.  I told you his baby brother was opposite.  Thanks Publix for the free baby cake- Mikey LOVED it! 

Before:

After:

We had a Prince themed party- Daddy is holding his back (he MAY be a toddler now, but he is not THAT skilled yet)

Mikey said, “If I can’t get close to my guests because of my eye funk, then I am gonna hang out in my two thrones- the water and my swing!”

You can see his drowsiness in this picture

Happy Birthday sweet, precious little boy!