Birthday Boy!

Grrr I hate not knowing how to fix my pics! Oh well here are some pics of our sweet birthday boy! The first one is one of his 4 year old pics. He is growing into such a little man! He no longer looks like the baby that we brought home 8 months ago. I cannot believe that it has been that long but it is also hard to remember a time when he was not a part of our family.

The second picture is of J and his little friends at his second party. There is a great little pumpkin patch here in town so we rented out the barn and let the kids have at it. We ate pizza and then went to the pumpkin patch where they each got to pick their own pumpkin off the vine. They loved it! After that we went on a hayride, played in some big haystacks and went through some hay tunnels. The kids were dirty and having a ball. The kids also got to ride in the mule train and had fun with none of the grown ups around. After that we went back to the barn for drinks and cupcakes. We asked that no gifts be brought to J's party only stuffed animals that we could donate to the foster system here in our area. Jerrett did not miss the gifts at all and was happy to know that other kids were getting toys. We are blessed to have such great friends and that they have kids Jerrett's age to play with!

Lets see the next picture is of Jerrett and my brother Chris. Uncle Chris is Jerrett's absolute favorite playmate. Chris is so great with him. They are building with a lego set that Grandma and Grandpa got J for his birthday. The real legos not the big ones for little kids. He was so excited! For days after Chris left, Jerrett tried to rebuild everything exactly like Chris had built it. I am so glad that J loves Chris so much. He was not only my brother growing up but my best friend. He is a wonderful uncle and spends as much time with Jerrett as he can.

This 4th picture is the birthday boy and me. We had his family party at the house in the backyard. We were just hanging out here waiting on his cousins to come and play.

The last picture is what TJ and I did to J's hallway the morning of his birthday. He woke me and TJ up yelling that he needed to potty but couldn't get to the bathroom because there were balloons every where! Later that day he and Capone had a blast popping all of the balloons.

All in all it was a wonderful birthday for Jerrett. It started on his actual birthday when we loaded up and drove 2.5 hours to the airport to pick up his Granny Blood (TJ's mom). Jerrett had not met her before so that was a pretty special birthday gift as well as getting to see all of the airplanes! We got home that afternoon and just hung out at the house with Granny Blood for a while. That evening she went to TJ's sisters house to stay so we started baking. We made cupcakes and a cake for the party. Once we got the sleepy head in bed, TJ and I blew up all the balloons you saw in the picture. It felt like hundreds! The next morning Jerrett had a soccer game. His Aunt Sarah and his Granny Blood came to his game. What a lucky little boy. After soccer we came home and warmed up. About noon or so, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Chris and Grandma M came. Jerrett was so excited to see them! After lunch a certain birthday boy had to take a nap and my grandma, my mom and I went to the craft fair for a little while and the big boys stayed home and watched football. I guess the party got started around 6 when the rest of TJ's family came over. We had sub sandwiches and cupcakes. when it got dark, TJ lit the fire pit and we made smores. All in all I think that J loved it and it was a special time for him.

We are so blessed to have this little boy in our lives. His birthday is one of those days when you can't help but think of his bio parents. Do they think about him on his bday? Do they miss him? We thank God for them because without them we would not have the healthy happy, smart little boy that we have. As hard as it is to believe that we now have a 4 year old, we would not have it any other way. Jerrett is a special little guy and we love him so much!

Its been a month!

I can't believe that it has been a month since I posted last! But i promised pictures so here are some from the past few months. So once again they posted in random order but oh well. The first one is of J playing soccer. He is doing really well but wishes that he would have been allowed to play up an age class so that he could have been with some of his friends from church. He does not like being younger than they are! Jerrett has so much energy and loves to run up and down the field. He is pretty good at dribbling too which is hard for kids as young as he is. We are very proud!

The second picture was taken at the zoo on Labor Day. We drove to a town about 1/2 way between where we live and where my parents live. I love this shot of J and his grandparents. Even though we live about 5 hours from each other, I do not think that there has been a single month since he has been home that he has not seen his grandparents. And he talks to them all the time on the phone. Anytime that he does anything he wants to call his grampa and tell him all about it. Dad is so good with him!

The next picture is of TJ and J at the county fair. Jerrett loved all of the animal exhibits and the chicks were in the petting zoo. TJ and I think that J is still too small to ride any of the rides so we did not do that but we did have a blast going through all of the exhibits and petting the animals. TJ is such a great daddy. Since he works so much all the time, we try to make the time that he does get to spend with J special.

This final picture is of my Grandma and Jerrett's great grandma. She loves him to pieces and the feeling is mutual. Here they are wading in a creek at a local park. She came up with my mom to spend a long weekend with us this summer.

So on to what we are doing now... Jerrett has his new teeth in. They look great! I am so happy with the dentist that we found. We received Jerrett's new birth certificate! That was huge to see our names on that piece of paper. More than anything we are preparing for a big birthday party! I cannot believe that our big boy is about to turn 4!! It can't be. But he is this Friday. We are having a party this Saturday evening for family. He wanted to have a pirate party so we are going all out. He is pretty excited about it. Then the next weekend we are having another birthday party! This one for his little friends. I talked to a local farmer and he is goin to let us rent out his barn. The kids will go through a corn maze, go on a hay ride, get to pick their own pumpkin from the patch and just have fun running around a farm for the afternoon. I know that my little country boy will love it. Just got to hope that the other kids like it as well!

I promise that I will post pics after the party and do my best to post at least once a week. That might not happen every week but we will see! Have a great fall week!