Cole turned 3!

Yep he's three and we made sure the birthday boy felt special on his big day! If there is two things Cole loves it's Birthdays and Christmas. I assume its the receiving of presents or it could be the balloons its a toss up still at this age. But the joy in his face makes all the hard work of putting a party together so worth it!
We spent his actually birthday day at the Aquarium, both Hubs and me took off and invited some of Cole's friends to join. Its one of Cole's favorite places to go so it just seemed fitting to go on his birthday. We had cake and spent the evening with family opening up presents.

 At the Aquarium

Birthday Morning Balloons

   

 This year I really tried to make his birthday party all about Cole, keep it low key and very kid oriented. When I asked Cole what kind of party he wanted this year a couple months back and straight away he said shark. I incorporated sharks of course throughout it but it had more of a water theme feel to it. It being summertime what could be more perfect than a water slide and sprinkler!?! The kids played hard and seemed to have a blast running around in there bathing suits. It was a wonderful day and I can't believe he's three. My baby is three! 

 Aunt Coco did a great job with this Shark cut out!

 

Happy Birthday Cole!

You gave us endless happiness by just coming into our lives and with each Birthday of yours that happiness only keeps growing. We are so proud of you. Happy 3rd Birthday Cole !!! xoxo - Daddy & Mama  

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Happy Birthday Cam! We love you so much and can't wait to celebrate this weekend!  

Cole's 2nd Birthday Party!

I was torn on what do for Cole's birthday party this year. I didn't want it to be as big as his first birthday party but I wanted to make sure we made it special. Of course once I picked out a theme I became a bit carried away with it all. I think most mom's do. I went with a fish theme and it turned out great! The night before the party there were huge storms that knocked out most of MD and VA's power...the birthday party gods must have been looking down on us because we didn't lose our power! We did have to move the party inside due to it being a balmy 104 with the heat index. Woof. Of course that also meant all water related things for the party had to be thrown out but it didn't seem to matter the kids still had fun! We let the kids have full range in the basement (amen we had it finished this year)with all the toys. And once again Cole enjoyed having over 30 people sing him Happy Birthday...I think he loves having all eyes on him!

So now picture overload...you think with all the pictures I took i would have remembered to take pictures of the details but I didn't. Oh well :)

 Here is some pictures of the desert and food tables.

 

Cole's Cake- Hubs did a pretty good job! 

I'm so grateful for everyone who came and made it such a special day for Cole and us!

 

Cole's birthday shirt from Etsy.

Gone Fishing- my DIY game -super easy!

My amazing ladies

Cam, Cole and his Aunt Brooke

All the kids lounging at the end of the party

 

Cole is 2 !!

Last Thursday Cole turned 2! I wanted to make the day extra special so the night before Hubs and me snuck into his room and put balloons all over the floor. When he woke up the next morning and saw them he was beyond excited! Lots of smiling and giggling took place, its crazy how the small things seem to mean so much! I took video of it so if i ever get around to it I will need to upload it.

 

 

His birthday was very hot like a 100 degrees hot so we decided to stick indoors but we did make a special visit to Toys R Us for some new train gear for his beloved train table. Then we had lunch at chick fil a before heading home. Homeboy must have known it was his special day because for the first time ever he decided NO NAP! Really?! Mama still needed some quiet time so we watched some Toy Story 2 and waited for Daddy to come home from work. Once daddy got home it meant gift time! We got him a new Strider bike...the one with no pedals. I wasn't sure what to expect but after a week its clear we made the right choice he's already moving around well on it!

   

 We invited over our family to sing Happy Birthday and have some cake with Cole. This by far was Cole's favorite thing about his birthday. Not only did he sing along with everyone but after blowing out his candles himself he requested we do it again. And again. In total we sang and lit his birthday cake 5 times that night. Ha ha ha. God love him he sure makes life fun!

 

 

Tonight …We Are Young

So we set the world on fire. Yea so maybe were not that young but we sure did enjoy ourselves! Truth is the older I get the less and less I care about birthdays. I suppose its natural ,what’s so fun about turning 32?!

Well this year instead of the usual birthday dinner , Hubs pulled together a few friends and we headed out to Canton. St. Patty’s Day never disappoints. I seriously loved singing and dancing the evening away to some awesome live music. It really does something sweet to your soul. Just letting go. Enjoying the moment.

These girls made it one memorable birthday! I’m beyond grateful to have you all in my life.

 

 

 

I may have enjoyed the moment to much. The next day I paid dearly. Seems the older I get the harder it is to bounce back. But I wouldn’t trade that day for a minute!