It went much better than last year. In fact it was a wonderful day! Last year Jaren was injected with 8 different diseases in the form of 4 vaccination shots the day before he turned one.
Note to future parents... not a good idea. You end up with a very cranky baby.
But today, it was wonderful. We had a nice stormy morning that lulled the boy to slumber until almost 9 in the morning. Mommy and Daddy got to sleep in too. When Jaren finally did awaken, all he wanted to do was sit in front of the window and watch the "windy!" and the "raining!" as well as the "thunder!" and the "lightning!"
We had family over for dinner and cake. Both of Jaren's Grandparents and all of his Aunts and Uncles were able to come. I LOVE having family so close.
Because Jaren has a thing for Thomas the Tank, Seth and I decided to splurge on the boy and buy him a TON of Thomas the Tank. Before today, he only had one train.... now he is set for life.
Well I'll bet we will getting more track.
Because Jaren has a thing for Thomas the Tank, Seth and I decided to splurge on the boy and buy him a TON of Thomas the Tank. Before today, he only had one train.... now he is set for life. Well I'll bet we will getting more track.
Jaren found the unwrapped gifts in our closet on two different occasions. And on two different occasions we had to drag the kid screaming "My Thomas! My Big Thomas!" out of the closet.
Now they really are his, I hope he sleeps better tonight.
The best part was how Melody and all the boys got together to try to figure out how to put all the pieces of the track together
They got themselves quite a track. It is 10 pm now and Jaren is still playing with his new trains. They are all called "Thomas" as of now.
They got themselves quite a track. It is 10 pm now and Jaren is still playing with his new trains. They are all called "Thomas" as of now.
Jaren also got a 3 dimensional "Thomas Cake" It has been so warm and humid in Iowa recently, Thomas kinda melted a bit on the drive home on Saturday. It didn't bother Jaren at all! He loved it! He also yelled "NOOO!" when I cut Thomas in half so we could eat him. I was afraid he would be traumatized for cutting his best friend in half. He quickly found that Thomas was very yummy!
I'm glad that Jaren's Birthday turned out so well. I feel bad that the other non-Thomas presents got over-looked by the two year old. Seth and I sure appreciate the tokens of love. Thank you all.
I'm going to be stepping on trains for the next three weeks! I guess I'll have to open my eyes when I wake up in the morning from now on.
Hey, sorry we didn't make it down. I struggled through church with a massive headache and then went home to take much ibuprofen and go to sleep for a while.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had lots of fun though!
He is changing and growing so much! Thanks for sharing the pictures!
ReplyDeleteJodi