Happy Birthday to my brother

Derek turned 7 today! He is a great big brother and we love him so very much! We made ice cream sundaes for dinner. They were sticky, and messy but very good. Emma even ate some in her mickey button! Above are some pictures. He got all kinds of toys, a martian maker, wall-e dancer, webkinz bat, tons of books, a bookmark, candy, and a spongebob DVD. Emma got him a notebook with Davey Jones from the pirate movies on it, he loves it, he calls it his journal. Ella got him a yoyo with a clutch in it since he has a hard time with regular yoyos


I can't belive he is already seven. He was almost born on 9-11. I went into labor sitting in line to get gas for the car at walmart. He was very stubborn and let me have 36 hours of labor, with an epidural that didn't work, and forceps to help get him out. He was a beautiful dark headed 7 lbs 7oz baby boy. His hair quickly turned blonde between his first Christmas and first Easter and Daddy now calls him a traitor. :-) He was a great baby, crying really only if he was hungry, and that was nothing a little breast feeding couldn't solve. He is a great son, and I am lucky to be his Mommy.

The kids uncle Kasey (Daddy's youngest step brother) got married today in Kansas and now they have another aunt named Amanda! That's two Aunt Amanda's I hope we don't get too confused! We really wish we could have gone up to the wedding, but we were there in spirit and hope the day went beautifully for them. Kasey is a wonderful guy, and we have not met Amanda yet but she must be pretty special, we have only heard good things.

Emma spent half the day up on the couch moving her head around, watching tv and spending time with her Bubba on his birthday. She is passed out cold in her bed now, it was a long day.