February, Part 2: Johnny's Birthday and Conclusion

Above: Johnny wanted a Power Rangers cake. This is what I made for him. I ordered the edible picture online, and seriously, the picture alone was a hit. The boys thought the edible picture was super tasty and they couldn't get enough of it. I'll have to do more of those in the future!

Above: Here are my boys admiring Johnny's cake first thing in the morning.

Above: I dropped my camera on President's Day when we went to the new museum at Thanksgiving Point. At the time, I thought my camera was fine. But after taking a number of blurry pictures, and on closer inspection, I discovered that a screw had popped out, the casing of the camera was slightly open, and the flash no longer worked. As a result, the pictures from Johnny's birthday didn't turn out so hot...which makes me sad, but at least I got a few decent ones!

Above: Poor tired Daddy. The boys are bright eyed and bushy tailed though!

Above: Nammy came up to see us after church and to open presents with us. Here is Johnny inspecting Nammy's presents.

Above: We love our Nammy!

Above: Nammy picked out the coolest play dough toys for Johnny!

Above: We had a fun night playing with play dough after Nammy left.

Above: The boys both got a pad of Crayola metallic paper and special markers that don't draw on anything but that paper.

Above: Johnny got some new shirts just like Peter had on his birthday. Johnny loved his shirts.

Above: Johnny also got a scooter just like Peter had on his birthday. Johnny's scooter has three wheels though because he's still little. Oh, I love him!

Above: He'll get on it eventually.

Above: The aftermath.

Above: Again, the boys couldn't wait until after dinner to have cake, so we sang "Happy Birthday" to Johnny after lunch time.

Above: I love this guy so much and I can't believe that my boys are already five and three years old. My life has changed so much since they came to be with us. I don't know what I would do without them and I wouldn't trade them for the world.

February, 2014: Part 1

Above: We opened the month by having a Minion Birthday Party to celebrate Grant's, Peter's, and Jonathan's birthdays.

Above: Sadly, I didn't get very many good pictures at all. I was kind of tired that day. It's too bad too because the boys were so happy and Nammy had decorated the house so cute.

Above: We made minion cupcakes for the boys...which they simply dismantled and kind of ate.

Above: Well, I found out on Peter's birthday that I was pregnant. This picture is from the second pregnancy test I took. We told your family when I was about 7 weeks along. Two weeks later, at our first pre-natal appointment (on February 25th), we found out that we had lost the baby. It was one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever experienced. I will write a blog post about that experience specifically a little later. I am just putting this information in here for the sake of family history and timeline.

Above: Jeremiah had to be out of town for a business trip over Valentine's Day. Between Nammy and I, however, I think we did a pretty good job of making Valentine's a fun one for the boys. :)

Above: I got each of the boys a Skylanders action figure.

Above: Nammy got the boys some Duplo Legos.

Above: As you can see from Johnny licking his lips, they also got plenty of candy.

Above: I love this happy guy.

Above: I love this sweet dramatic guy!

Above: I gave them some Valentines that had some window clings in them.

Above: The boys had a fun time decorating our windows on Valentine's Day before Peter went off to school.

Above: Pretty good work, eh?

Above: I went (and took Johnny) to help out at Peter's preschool with their Valentine's Day party. That is Jonas (Peter's best bud) hamming it up in the middle of the picture. Peter is in the background decorating his cookie.

Above: Johnny had a fun time making a Valentine's doorknob decoration.

Above: Peter just wanted to eat his candy hearts the whole time.

Above: On President's Day, Mimi and Papa took all the cousins to the new children's museum at Thanksgiving Point. The cousins had the museum all to themselves...and they had a blast. This museum is seriously cool.

Above: That would be Peter waaaaaay up high climbing on the ropes course.

Above: In the little kid city, there is a theater. Peter and Ty put on a play for me, Johnny, and Mimi while we were there.

Above: Bravo!

Above: Encore!

Above: Johnny had a great time running around with me, Mimi, and Papa.

Above: While Peter was off playing with the cousins, Johnny and I visited the pet clinic and took some animal x-rays.

Above: Mr. Ferret, there is no fracture.

Above: Kitty, your bones look healthy!

Above: Good times with our cousins at the new museum!

Above: Experiencing tornado force winds in the wind tunnel!

Above: Johnny is getting so big! Look at him chow down on this burger!

Above: My favorite royalty! I sure love this Pete of mine.

Next up...Johnny's birthday!