A Happy Birthday For Me

Can you beat this picture? Don't you just want to pick up the little bear and snuggle him to pieces?

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Lately, Joe has been really loving on Andrew. He's been asking to hold him all of the time, and yesterday, he informed me that when he becomes a daddy, he can take Andrew to the doctor. "When I'm a daddy, Daddy will be a granddad. And when you're bigger, Mommy, you will be a grammie" No offense to my mother-in-law, (Grammie) I'm sure he meant to say older, not bigger!

Yes, I celebrated the third anniversary of my 29th birthday this week. Actually, we celebrated last Saturday with Chipotle, chocolate cake, well-behaved little boys and thoughtful gifts. You can't beat it. As they were singing "Happy Birthday" so sweetly, I had quite the heart swell. What a great gift, a loving husband, four happy, healthy little boys... what more could a woman ask for?
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I put the icing on the cake and had Joe spread it. Then, Patrick and Luke were in charge of putting on the candles. As you can see (if you look closely), two of them ended up upside down. It's not so easy to light frosting-covered candle wicks, but we got the job done. Patrick reminded everyone that "we haff to sing first, then mommy blows up the candles"

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No, Patrick is not going through premature puberty. That's a chocolate mustache. He got it from taking a bite out of my freshly frosted cake baby's-first-birthday-style. Yum.

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There's a ton of funny junk that the kids have been doing and saying lately, but I can't remember them all right now. Frankly, I wrote most of them down on a piece of paper. Then, we had a dinner guest over last night and I frantically hid all of our paper clutter several minutes before he arrived. Nice. That'll teach me to keep a messy house. Tony, Tony, come around....