Party pictures...

A wonderful day it was! Jacob had the BEST time!

Our day started at 730am, when the spacewalk was delivered! He went outside in his PJ's and jumped in that spacewalk all morning. Mike and I went out with him for a while, and boy, did we get some major exercising!!! After 10 minutes in that thing we were all sweating. I guess it doesn't help that here in the south it is 95 degrees out at 8am=)

I had attempted the day before to make him a 3-d firetruck cake which I was going to put on top of a big 11x15 sheet cake. I was NOT happy with the way it turned out (after 5 hours of attempting to make it meet my expectations), so I broke down and ordered him a cookie cake. The first few pictures are of my futile attempt at his cake.

People started arriving around 245pm. We had 14 kids total and they all had a blast. Between the spacewalk, Jacob's swing set, and his new baseball tee they did not ever want to come inside! They did wander in to his room for a few minutes every half hour or so to cool down, but all in all our house (and his room) stayed pretty clean! (A successful party in my eyes).

After they played for a while, we did cake, ice cream, and presents which Jacob was completely engrossed in this year. It was so much fun to watch him get excited over each and every present! He got some really neat toys, including sports related toys which he definitely needed.

After presents they all headed back out to play. I completely forgot until there were only 5 kids left, that I had bought a pinata!!! So needless to say the 5 remaining kids made out great and got TONS of sugar to take home with them=) What we thought was so funny though was that Jacob, along with the other small children, were very picky about what candy they wanted in their bags. He would throw out the 'yucky' candy and only a select few made it in to their bags! I guess they will learn next time, when there are older kids around, you grab what you can or you won't get any!!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day. Enjoy...























A big THANK YOU to everyone who came and celebrated Jacobs' special day with us!

my last night shift....

Well here it is, 430 in the am and I am at work, obviously having a little "down time!" This is my last night shift, at least for a long while. I start the new job on Monday. Some of my good friends brought a GIGANTIC cookie cake up here to bid me farewell=(

Very bittersweet...I will miss the babes.

On another note, Jacobs party is Saturday and I have a ton of stuff to do today, no rest for the weary=) I called the local fire department today (late I know) to see about getting a real fire truck out to the house for his party. No such luck. They don't so that sort of thing anymore. Oh well, my boy will have a blast in the spacewalk we rented for him. I don't think I had even mentioned to him the possibility of a truck coming out anyways.

See y'all Saturday!

Let's party!

Here are the pictures from our day yesterday....

Despite my best efforts, this blogger does what it wants too and put the pictures in a totally random order=(

We started our morning with a breakfast fit for a king. Jacob had cinnamon toast, scrambled eggs with cheese, and a pancake! Following breakfast he requested to go and ride the carousel at the mall. So off we went. Upon arriving at the mall he ate lunch (the chicken and fruit pictures) and rode the carousel. We then went down to the play area for quite a while, then back upstairs for ice cream with sprinkles!

Last night Mike and I sang happy birthday to our big man and gave him our present (our true present to him was his new swing set, but I just had to give him something on his big day).

He was so excited, jumping all around....and then said "what is it???" I wish I would have had the video camera!

All in all, a great day was had.

Now we have to clean up for the party on Saturday!

Happy 3rd birthday big man!!!

Happy Birthday our big man! What a great day. We cannot believe it has already been 3 years!!! I will post pictures from the days activities tomorrow (mama is tired=) ).

 

a few more...

a few more of my favorites from Destin...

 

 

donate for a cause

Hey everyone....if you get a second, please visit this website and consider donating for a good cause. I have been linked to this site for a few months now (since March or so) from a friend of mine at work. This guy and his wife...and their preemie daughter have gone through a really rough time, especially in the last few months. His name is Nathan Lawrenson and this is a piece from his blog:


CFHusband Goes Bald

In support of my wife, Tricia, and in honor of both my brother-in-law, Jeff Prentice, I'm challenging my family, friends and blog readers to help me raise no less than $3000 in 1 week for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

If I can raise $3000 by noon next Friday (August 8, 2008), I will shave my head, live on the Internet at 8pm that night (all times are EST).

The LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. Last year, LLS funded more than $64 million in research, with more than $7 million going towards 18 active research projects at Duke and UNC.

LLS also provides several resources to their patients, including Family Support Groups and a Patient Financial Aid Program.

I have to warn you...I have shaved my head (and by "shave", I do mean with a razor) once before, and I've been told that I might have one of the ugliest heads in the history of the world, which is bizarre considering the rest of me is so beautiful...

To participate in the worldwide effort to make me bald and beautiful, simply Click Here and follow the online instructions.

OR

Mail a check, made out to "LLS", with "CFHusband Goes Bald" in the memo line to:

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
401 Harrison Oaks Blvd., Ste. 200
Cary, NC 27513

Every penny we raise (under or over $3000) goes directly to the LLS, and if you have any questions about this fundraiser, feel free to contact the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of LLS.


and this is his website:
http://cfhusband.blogspot.com

I also have a link to their site in the left hand column of my blog....

Thanks!