Happy Birthday to Garrett!

Today was the big day! Garrett has been SO excited for his birthday this year and I think it's safe to say today definitely did not disappoint for the little man! He was so much fun and loved all of it. He's been talking for weeks about the cake, candles, balloons, presents--all the good birthday stuff.

Does anybody remember how 3 years ago today my mom was driving me to the hospital at 6 AM on a Sunday morning because my water broke a week before my due date and Greg was sick in bed with the influenza??? Good times, good times! It was a little wild and not exactly how I had envisioned our whole parenthood journey would begin, but we lived to tell and having this little fellar (and his sister) in our family has been the greatest joy of my life.

Garrett could hardly sleep last night because he was so excited to open his presents, so we figured we better let him open a few before Greg left for work. We woke him up early and you can see for yourself how thrilled he was. (My camera batteries died right as he was waking up, but listen closely and you can hear him yell, "Let me sleep!")




Now prepare yourself for about a billion birthday pictures--minus my commentary. (It's late and I'm tired. Garrett's big day wore me out! I can only imagine how he must feel.)

Here's Garrett blowing out his candles--and burning his finger. Awesome.

Much, much, much thanks to everybody who helped make Garrett's birthday great. We love you all!

P.S. And a big shout-out to the lovely ladies at The Sisters' Cafe for the Tonka truck birthday cake idea. A huge hit! (It worked out perfectly because I saw this cake on their blog a few months ago and knew Garrett would love it. I told my sister about it and she said, "That's great, because I got Garrett a Tonka truck for his birthday on some after-Christmas clearance." YAY! Thanks, sisto!)