Today is Nicholas' 4th birthday. I can't believe it!! Where did the time go? Four years ago it was Easter Sunday when Nicholas decided he was ready to join our family. Thankfully I had a nap earlier that afternoon because he decided at about 10:30pm that it was a good time to get things started. Chad had to work an overnight shift that night (of course) and had already left. My sister Michelle came upstairs to see how I was doing (she lived in the apartment underneath us at the time) and my contractions started getting stronger and closer together. We left for the hospital calling Chad to meet us there. The hospital was only 20 minutes away. Michelle and I got there and I got changed. 15 minutes later my water broke and I was in serious pain at that point. I had an epidural within 20 minutes (so grateful for modern medicine:) After that things kind of slowed down which was good. About 3:15 I started pushing and Nicholas was born at 3:43am, 6 lbs. 13 oz, 19.5inches. It was the greatest experience of my life at that point in time. He has brought me such joy and I am so thankful to be his mom. Back to his 4th birthday, Chad and I stayed up until 12:30 this morning putting together his birthday present. We bought him a play kitchen. He LOVES to pretend to cook and since my kitchen is very small I'm hoping this will encourage him to use his more. He was so excited when he saw it. We also got to go to a kite festival at the playground right down the road. We got a kite at Target and it was a lot of fun. Both the kids got into it but it was sooo windy it kept crashing or getting tangled. Since we had his birthday party last week with our extended family and friends, I just bought a small cake to celebrate today. Happy birthday baby boy!!! We love you:)
Nicholas when he first woke up.
Ripping the sheet off his present. He was very excited to have his very own kitchen.
Flying our Woody and Buzz Lightyear kite.
A guy flying 3 HUGE kites.
Nicholas taking a break.
Jacob and Nicholas making Daddy do all the work.
They were pretty good about taking turns.
Jake flying it all by himself. Shortly after I took this he let go and Chad had to chase the kite down.
The Birthday boy!
Happy 4th birthday Nicholas!!
Nicholas when he first woke up.
Ripping the sheet off his present. He was very excited to have his very own kitchen.
Flying our Woody and Buzz Lightyear kite.
A guy flying 3 HUGE kites.
Nicholas taking a break.
Jacob and Nicholas making Daddy do all the work.
They were pretty good about taking turns.
Jake flying it all by himself. Shortly after I took this he let go and Chad had to chase the kite down.
The Birthday boy!
So Cool!! I love you and your boys. I'm glad that Nick had a great time!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool kitchen! My little Trever loves to cook, too. What a great idea to get Nicholas his own kid-sized kitchen. He definitely looks happy to have it. What a fun family birthday party!
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