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I don't feel like word can ever do justice to how I feel each year on Cohen's birthday. Emotions and memories from the day of his birth and the months leading up to can be extremely overwhelming. They of course are mixed with an incredible joy and awe of all that God has done in his and our lives. And never far from my mind, especially on days like this, are the women, the mothers, I've met who's little one's celebrate their birthdays in the lap of Jesus. And I hope I never spend one of Cohen's birthdays without those thoughts. Not because I want to remember sad things on his celebration day, but because I hope I never forget what a blessing each birthday, each day is with both of my children.

And what a cute little blessing this birthday boy is...




We were at my Mom's house for Cohen's birthday. We had traveled to the beach with some college friends the week before( such a fun time!!) and were in Columbia on the way back to celebrate Chris' grandmother's 90th birthday!!! Cohen's birthday was also on that Saturday so we had a birthday party for him at my Mom's house that morning before all the other festivities started!!

It took a good bit of preplanning to throw a party out of town, after being out of town the week before. But I love a good birthday party so we pulled it off!! Cohen loves Mickey Mouse so it was sort of a no brainer to pick his theme.

We were all sleeping in the same room so we had an early morning "Happy Birthday" wake up call!!


He got his door decorated even though we weren't at home:


The cake.... I have to say I would not be sad to never have to use black icing again....yuck, such a mess!!


Some of the food and decorations we made...






Cort's decorating contributions....

Each child got a pair of Mickey Mouse ears when they came in. A few actually wore them :)!
It was great weather so we moved much of the party outside. The kids ran around in the front yard, we played a mickey bean bag toss( which sort of reminded me of that old show Bozo the Clown, with the Bucket Bonanza game. Does that make me old?), and climbed trees!!






The kids also sat for longer than i expected they would at a little coloring and sticker table we set up.



Blowing out the candles..

and digging in...



Opening presents...

And who can resist a good kiss from a great grandmother (MeMe)..

Oh, I can't believe how much both of my boys are growing up... 5 and 3!!!!
I'm bummed that I didn't take picture of the birthday invitations we made!! I have an extra one somewhere but can't seem to find it. They were super cute ( in my opinion :))!!