Recapping Boston's 5th Birthday!

Boston's 5th Birthday was October 27th. (and yes, I'm just now getting around to blogging it.)

On Boston's birthday, his Gammi took him to the circus. (that explains the tiger face) Then, we had dinner with the Cersey's at Boston's favorite restaurant of all time - Chick-Fil-A!!

Boston wanted to have his birthday party at his house. So, we rented a 5-in-1 inflatable jump house with a slide. I should have taken a picture of the whole thing because it was massive.
Boston also requested to smack a pinata at his party.

Boston's Gammi made him 2 cakes this year. One just wouldn't do, I guess.

The baseball cake was pretty cool, but the He-Man was the hit for sure. The candle in his forehead my favorite touch. (In case you are wondering, No, He-Man has not made a come back yet, but Boston LOVES him anyway.)

Bossy scored some sweet gifts, like this one from Aunt Shell.

Boys will be boys, I guess. Here's Caiden and Boston beating up on poor Henry. (thanks for being such a good sport, Henry.)

After a long day of crazy jumping, sliding, cake eating fun, we all started to poop out.

Boston and his daddy on his big day.

If course, I made him pose with me too.

After everyone left the party, we still had 30 minutes before the rental company came to take the jump house away. Me, Chris and Boston wore ourselves out till the bitter end. It was soooo much fun.

.... and then we crashed. Hard.

What a fun birthday!

Happy Birthday Boston Wayne Fox

I am the proud mother of a 5 year old son. Hard to believe that 5 years ago, my sweet baby Boston was born. His due date was the 20th but he was destined to be born on the 27th. His daddy and I were engaged on the 27th, married on the 27th and Chris's birthday is also on the 27th.

This is a picture of newborn Boston right after the nurses cleaned him up. He looks just about as shocked and scared as I was.

I wanted to post a few pictures of my amazing son to celebrate the past 5 years.
Here's Boston and his Daddy snoozing at the hospital before we took him home.

4 month old baby Boston. Man, how I miss those chubby arms!!

Boston's 1st birthday! He learned at an early age how to get down and celebrate, even covered in his own birthday cake.

Me and Boston on his 2nd birthday.

Boston's 3rd Birthday and his awesome Transformer pinata.

Boston's 4th birthday was all about Ninja Turtles. He was Raphael for Halloween that year.

From baby to 5, in the blink of an eye. Man, how the time flies. I feel so blessed to have been given such a wonderful son. Every year of motherhood is more enjoyable than the last. I am so proud of Boston and am grateful for every moment I get to share with him. Chris and I always say that we are the lucky ones.

Happy Birthday Boston Wayne! You are loved more than you can imagine.

Carey turned the DIRTY THIRTY!

I'm WAY behind on my blogging these days, but better late than never, right. So, in Februrary, yes, February I kissed my twenties good-bye, but I sure had fun in the process. We spent the weekend in Durhamtown.

We rented the 3 bedroom/2 bath "Feed Barn" for 2 nights. It was no 4 star hotel but we got some good laughs out of it. It was dirty and rustic to say the least. Toilets didn't always flush, it took 5 minutes for a quick spurt of hot water to come out of the faucets and no central heating/air. One of the bedroom doors actually fell off of the hidges! But it had an awesome fire pit in the back yard! The first night Tina, Justin, Shelley and Andy spent the night. The next day, we rode 4-Wheelers with Andy and Shelley and had an absolute blast!

Andy (yellow), Shelley (red) and Chris (white)

This is me and Shelley trying to get unstuck. Man, it was muddy fun.

By the end of the day, we were COVERED in mud. I ended up cutting my losses and throwing my jeans away. No worries, they were my least favorite pair.

Check out the caked MUD. I wasn't kidding when I said that I wanted to get "dirty" when I turn thirty.

Me and my muddy hubby.

Hard core Chris.

After our 4-Wheeling adventures, the Hoffmeyers and Caldwells met up with us at the barn for an evening celebration. We played games, cooked our dinner over a bonfire and made smores. It was a super-fabulous birthday.

Thanks to my awesome friends who went out of their way to make my birthday so special. I am a very luck gal. Strawberry chocolate cake... mmmmm.....

The next day, we checked out of the lovely barn and spent the rest of the day with my family. My sweet mother made me a scrumptious dinner and cake. It was a birthday (weekend) to remember.

I just love my mom and dad. Love 'em.

Here's to 30 more... and 30 more...

My Snuggle Bugs

I was so tired when I got home from work yesterday. Just couldn't get off the couch. Luckily, I had some company.

I passed out. Chris covered me up, and Stinky just couldn't resist. Look how sprawled out he is!
I love my kitty.