Thanksgiving Lunch at Ben's School

Well the day before our trip to Disney, we (including Daddy) got to go to Ben's school for a Thanksgiving lunch. We even got our very own special table. We had sandwiches and cookies and all of the kids stood up in front of the class to say what they were thankful for. Some said funny things, but Ben said he was Thankful for his Mom, Dad, and Emma (Too sweet :) )!! Then we got to make a turkey out of an apple, Ben was so excited to get to eat it once we got home. Then off to spend the night at Gaga & Papa's house to be ready to go to the airport Friday morning...

Happy Birthday My Boy!!!

Today my little Boy turns the BIG 5!!! I CAN'T believe it's been 5 wonderful years since he's entered our lives. I remember the day he was born very vividly. It was a Sunday and we woke up and went to church. As we were sitting at church, the contractions began. I remember having some pretty good ones on my way up to Communion. Of course our entire church was very interested in that ;) Then after church My Mom & I went to Wal-mart (Cuz' ya know we needed groceries etc. )~that should've been the biggest clue that he was comin' that day. So needless to say the ENTIRE time I was there, I was having contractions. Chris was over at his Dad's finishing up a gorgeous bookshelf for Ben to fit all of the huge stuffed animals we had for him. SO I went over to my parents. We were supposed to be celebrating my older Brother's birthday that evening, with Turkey and all the fixins' (of course one of my favorite meals)~that didn't happen ;) ~Sorry Shaun ;)
So as the afternoon/early eveing went on and my contractions got even worse, we debated on calling Chris to tell him (as he was workin' hard on that bookshelf). We finally called and told him he better get here because we were gonna be calling the Dr. soon. He rushed over and we called the Dr. and they said to get over to the hospital right away as I was already dialated and effaced quite a lot~we found out that my Dr. had told the on-call Dr. that he would probably be hearing from me ;) So we got to the hospital and got situated by around 6 pm and my little bundle of joy arrived at 11:04 PM, weighing 6 lb. and 8 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Benny,
I hope you had a wonderful 5th birthday, You continue to impress me each and every day as you grow and learn new things! I love you with all my heart !!!

Happy Early Birthday Ben!!

This afternoon, Miss Emma Kate & I brought cupcakes to Ben's class at school to help celebrate his birthday(even though it's not until Saturday). The boys were so sweet and really enjoyed them ~I say boys because his class is ALL boys (yup 13 of them!). They all sang "Happy Birthday" to Ben and then they all ate their Chocolate buttercream cupcakes (they were Ben's request ;) )!!
What a fun time, I can't believe my little boy is gonna be 5 soon!!! ~ yikes ;)