Berfday!

Today is the C-Monster's birthday! He is turning 3 years old. This is his second birthday in foster care.

I am not an over-the-top celebrator person. I don't go all crazy over days, it's just not my style. Not that there is anything wrong with people that do! First thing this morning I did tell him it was his birthday, and that he was three now and not two! He was excited. But between then and now, somehow he got it into his head that he is "eleven" which is how old D is...not sure how that happened! I also told him we are having a birthday party for him tomorrow and he kept saying "I wanna play with mah berfday!"

So mostly I have spent today cleaning up for tomorrow's party, and baking the birthday cake! A LOT of people are coming, so I also made some cupcakes too. Can't let anybody miss out on cake, you know!

First I baked the cake and the cupcakes:


Clearly, Betty Crocker I am not (although I DID use her cake mixes, which is a step in the right direction methinks!)








































Then I mixed up a bunch of frosting:

















Then I was left with these somewhat messy looking cupcakes















And this highly unprofessionally decorated cake!















Obviously I did not have fun doing this at all. :)

I went shopping for his birthday presents last night. It's the first time we've really bought anything big and fun for the boys...well, other than the other day when I got them all easter baskets and a bunch of fun things to fill them with...but I haven't gotten to give those to them yet so that doesn't count! Most of what we have bought for them is necessities or just small things here and there. ANYWAY, I am really excited about all the stuff we got him! I bought most of it with his little brother also in mind. I am not sure if that's really the right way to go about things but I figure that if one is playing with it, the other one is going to be too, right? I don't know what Y is going to do in a few years when C starts going to school and he has to stay behind. :(

It is a BEAUTIFUL day today and I think we are all going to go to the park later, hopefully. Yesterday we played outside a bit, and C took us on an exploration of the woods that we live next door to. It was fun! M slept in the Moby the whole time, she was having none of it.

Speaking of M...she slept for almost 4 hours this morning and is napping again. I guess she and her foster mom were out late last night so she is very sleepy! I'm glad she is getting the sleep she needs and I am SO glad that she is napping well here now.

It seems like I had something else profound today, but I can't remember it at all now so...oh well! :)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The news

In the spirit of this being my blog, and knowing that if anything were to happen I'd be blogging about it, I am sharing my news. So, several weeks ago I started feeling sick. We have been so lucky this year, we really haven't been sick at all which is really saying something considering the number of people who live in this house. I figured we were due, and wasn't too worried about it. You already know where this is going don't you!?!?!? A few weeks later, I really wasn't feeling any better.  Suspicious, I took a pregnancy test. Positive! What??!?!??! Yeah. Ben is 13 months old today, and I am 8 weeks, 4 days pregnant. Due September 25.  I am still nursing Ben at least 6 times a day, sometimes as much as 8 times. Apparently I have become Miss Fertile at some point over the last 2 years, after about 5 years of being Miss Infertile. There have been some moments of panicking, like when I called my mom because I was so scared to tell Brian because I thought ...
Read more

Big News

Alright, I think I'm ready to share. I was going to wait a few more days for more confirmation, but honestly I feel like all of you that follow my blog are my friends, and so if this doesn't work out then I am going to be on here crying and everything about it so I might as well just tell you, right? In July I started feeling really ill. I was having a hard time with getting out of bed in the morning. I was also training for a 31-mile race which takes place in October, and I noticed that physically I was just falling behind.  I religiously time my runs and I could see that my paces were getting slower and slower, and in the mean time I felt like I was working harder and harder.  I never felt well; in fact I felt downright awful. I just wanted to sleep all day, or at least just lay on the couch and watch TV. I had another symptom which made me very suspicious. My boobs hurt like nobody's business. Usually this is a sign that I am about to start my "surprise" pe...
Read more

Birth Story

Image
Before I worry all of you, I want to let you know that at 5:24 a.m. on Thursday, January 17th, I gave birth to a 3 pound baby boy. He is healthy and doing awesome so far. I was exactly 29 weeks into my pregnancy. This is my birth story. The evening of the 15/16th I was having some contractions. Nothing too crazy though. The morning of the 16th I complained to Brian that every time I moved in bed I had a contraction.  After what happened last week (having contractions, went to L&D, nothing was wrong) I just assumed it was basically the same. The 16th was my 30th birthday.  I felt pretty crappy all day.  I assumed I was either starting to get sick (since my 3 little ones had been sick) or else that my body was working hard to fight off the sickness. I went to the Social Security Office to request new SS cards for the kids, came home and took a nap, and swept and mopped the kitchen floor. That was pretty much all I did, other than making dinner and general kid ta...
Read more