Christian's 7th birthday!

Seven sounds so big to me. I can't believe my first born is seven years old. I can't believe that it was seven years ago I became a mom. Seems like yesterday. Where does the time go? (sniff sniff)

July 8th Christian woke up to a surprise breakfast of strawberry muffins (his favorite) and we sang Happy Birthday. Check out that "bed head".


Christian wanted to go to Van Buren for his birthday celebration and had a few requests on his list....off roading, chicken legs for lunch, police stuff for presents and go swimming. With the help of our amazing family, he got all his birthday wishes to come true!

Christian with his gifts from Mom, Dad and Andrew. :) Even though we weren't having his party until Saturday, I let him pick out one gift to open on his birthday.

Andrew was standing by to see the surprise...

I love this look of surprise when he got a gift sack full of police cars!

NYPD police car set. 'Cause that's how I roll. ;)

Friday night, we met up with some of my friends Beth and Dawn with her kiddos at Pizza Parlour in Van Buren. A place that brings back lots of fun memories...and good pizza. ;)

Kinley and Andrew "dining" together!

Presley and Christian (I think Christian is giving Beth a hard time in this pic)
I wish I had got one of Dawn, Beth and I but we were too busy talking and taking care of the kiddos!

Saturday morning, Christian got to go "off roading". Pops took us all out in the Trailblazer to some family property where Uncle Will built a cabin for hunting. Christian loved going through the rough gravel and dirt roads to get there. Andrew had fun too!

Pops and Christian

Christian on the porch of Uncle Will's cabin in the woods

Jim admiring all the rustic touches that Will added to the cabin. We loved it!

The boys making themselves at home in the cabin. This couch used to be Jim's parents when he was growing up. It got passed down to us when we were first married and now Will made a home for it in his cabin. Glad to see it has survived! haha!

Andrew checking out the ladder to the loft where the sleeping area is located.
Christian thought the cabin was awesome and could not wait to spend the night out there with his Uncle Will.

Time to head back for the birthday party!

Time for the big reveal of the big present Jim and I got for Christian...

His own police car! He wants to be a police officer when he grows up! Of course, that changes from wanting to be an ice road trucker or storm chaser but at the top of the list is a policeman. :)


It has two seats so Andrew can ride too! With a 150 lbs weight limit, I could even drive it! These boys will have fun with this car for a long time! Christian LOVED it!

It even has its own sirens and loud speaker. He spent the rest of the morning writing us all tickets and patroling the driveway. :)

Ready for opening presents!

Andrew was excited to help his big brother with his gifts! He kept saying "WOW! WOW!"

Christian was so excited to get his Lego police station from Pops and GoGo!

And Lego firetruck from Uncle John! (Andrew shouting "WOW"!)

So happy to get "cash" from Aunt Kimberly and Uncle Wrenn!

A big bag of fireworks from Uncle Will!

And a few other surprises too!

Time for cake!

I designed this cake myself! I got a couple Hot Wheels police cars, badge, and toy handcuffs to make a "police" cake that Christian wanted! He loved it!


Grandmother and Andrew enjoying their cake together!

Playtime!

Time for a swim!

Getting kisses from my sweet boy!

Christian loves to jump in the pool!

Andrew taking a water break

That night, we went to dinner at Cracker Barrel, Christian's choice. He says he loves "country cooking restaurants". That's my boy. ;)

Later that night, Jim and Christian let off all the fireworks that Uncle Will gave him. This picture cracks me up of them looking down at a little flame that I think was a snake. Christian's favorites were the small fountains and giant sparklers.

When we got home on Sunday, Christian could not wait to get started on his Lego kits!
Thank you to all of our wonderful family for making his birthday celebration so special!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN!