Happy 37th Birthday Daddy!!

Boys, thank you so much for giving me a great birthday "party" last night. Mommy has been sooo sick this week, and we decided not to go out anywhere to eat. We decided to ust stay in and spend my birthday together as a family, and I am so happy that we did. We rented "Igor" from On Demand, and and we piled up together on the couch to watch it. Cody and Riley lasted about 10 minutes with it before they were bored and wanted to do something else. We ordered pizza from Papa Johns, too. It was delicious! I honestly could not have asked for a better birthday!! Thank you boys for making me the luckiest daddy in the world!! I love you!!

Jen, I love you, too. You are the best!! I read something the other day that said, "some people are just put on earth to give life to others". I am so fortunate that God sent you to me, because you give me "life". I love you soo much! Thank you!

Snow Day

Boys, what are horrible couple of weeks the past two have been. Jay has been out of school for 9 days with strep throat and the flu, Cody missed a couple of days of school with a fever, Riley has had a fever and runny nose for a week, Mommy has mono, and Daddy went to the dr today with strep throat. But, the good news is that everyone seems to be getting their strength back, and it is SNOWING today!! We got ya'll bundled up and took you out to play in it for just a few minutes. We figured that even though you have been sick,it hardly ever snows around here, so we didn't want ya'll to miss getting to play in it. The flakes are sooooo big. Jay tried to catch the snowflakes in his mouth. Cody and Riley made snowballs and tried to hit me with them. Mommy looked like a little snow bunny. Ya'll were so excited when it started to snow....Ya'll kept begging and begging to go out and play in it. I bet that your school gets called off tomorrow, so that means more fun in the snow!!! Love you!

Valentines Day 2009

Tonight for our dinner...I had a candle lit dinner with the 4 most special people in my world.....yes it was Valentines day, and it wasnt the most romantic thing but it was perfect for me. See I know that it wont be long till you three will be having dinners with other Valentines....I know how precious this time is, so as I sat at the table with Riley burping, Cody making a mess and Jay asking 100 questions, I looked at yall in the candle light and thought......this really is LOVE!! And thats what Valentines is all about........PS For the future NEVER buy your wife flower seeds for Valenties Day!!

Cody's 6th Birthday Party

Cody,

I cannot believe that you are 6 years old!! Pretty soon you are gonna be driving and dating girls. You are such a good little boy. You are funny, creative, and sooooo adventurous. I believe that you could take anything and make something out of it. You love to make "stuff"...doesn't matter what it is...just Stuff. We had your birthday party at Chuck E Cheese at 4pm yesterday (Saturday). I hope that you enjoyed it, because we are NEVER doing it again!! There were SOOOOO many people there that they actually stopped letting people inside unless you were there for a party. When we left, the line to get in was lined up all the way around the side of the building. All of your cousins came (except for Gigi), and you had some of your friends from your class: Austin, Wesley, and Sam. You got a medal to wear around your neck (you haven't hardly taken it off in 2 days) and you got 100 free points. You used those points along with the ones that you earned playing the games to get you an orange wristband with a soccerball on it, and you woe it to church today. You are so funny about stuff like that!! You are so proud of yourself whe you accomplish anything, and it just shines off of you. Mommy and I love you so much, and we are so blessed to have you as our son. It is children like you that make Mommys and Daddys have tons of babies. You are an absolute pleasure to have around because you brighten everybody around you! I cannot wait to see what the rest of your life has in store, because I know that God has big plans for you!! I love you so much! Happy Birthday, son! Love, Daddy.

Happy Birthday Cody-bug

Happy Birthday Cody-bug, I can not believe that you r 6 today. Sadly, you are sick youve had croup and now you have a upper resp-infection. I hate for you to be sick anytime, but esp/today of all days. You still wanted your chinese food for dinner, you have wanted that for your birthday dinner since you were about 3. I just got done laying down with you, and we said our little saying that we say every night..I love you most....no I love you most...uuuuuuuuuuuuu. I just kissed your little head for the millioneth time, and I close my eyes and I promise I can see everyday of your 6 yrs of life...I can see all of it. I can feel them laying you on my chest, you looking up at me for the very first time...you did not even cry...you just looked at me and that was it...true love...perfect love. I love you Cody-bug....Happy Birthday!!