This one--this crazy wonderful boy--turned 5 years old yesterday. Oh how I love him.
Sometimes I think back to when we were first pregnant and at my first dr's appointment they couldn't detect a heartbeat. I went back the following week and there was a heartbeat, but it was slower and weaker than it should have been. All I could do was pray for this little baby and ask our creator God to give and sustain life. And He did. He gave Will a strong heartbeat and lots of life. And I am so thankful. I can't imagine our family without him.
We've had five wonderful years with him so it was time to celebrate!
We celebrated Will's birthday this weekend. Instead of having a big party for each child's birthday, we are planning to do a party for each of them every 4 or 5 years and on the other years just pick a fun activity or dinner to do with a friend or family. This year Will said he wanted to do something with his friends Eddie, Nolan, and JC. They are his 3 best friends, but they don't know each other so we opted to do individual activities with each of them.
We scheduled to go to the park on Saturday morning to play with Eddie. It was raining and dreary and cool that morning. You know you have good friends when they will drive 45 mins with 3 small children to play at the park in the rain :) Will and Eddie had fun swinging, climbing, running, riding bikes, and just getting dirty in the rain and puddles. And we had the entire park to ourselves (because no one else was crazy enough to go that morning.)
Eddie's little brothers Charlie and Wyatt joined the fun too.
Anna had lots of fun, although she didn't love that her pants were wet from the rain.
Will loved riding his new bike at the park. He's super fast.
And this sweet big sister has a hard time every year on Will's birthday because she wants it to be her birthday. Here she is very grumpy at the park because of some disagreements about bike riding. But she does love her brother. He's her very best friend.
On Saturday night, we invited Nolan and his family over for dinner. Will picked the menu of sloppy joes and mac-n-cheese. It was low key and the kids ran around and played and enjoyed having fun together.
Will's friend JC was supposed to come home from school with us yesterday to play. It was also JC's birthday, so we wanted the birthday buddies to have fun together. Unfortunately JC was sick, so we have to reschedule.
We ended the day with dinner at Mimi and PopPop's. Will again chose the menu, this time spaghetti with meatballs and chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
So that was Will's birthday (lack of party) celebration. I'm sure it makes my friends Rachel and Deborah cringe. They throw awesome birthday parties. We had no theme, no birthday banner, no party favors, nothing of the sort. But my boy had a great time and we celebrated his sweet life and he loved it. Good enough by me.
Happy Birthday sweet Will! We love you!!
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