bring on the birthdays

Saturday was a crazy kind of day around here. In the morning we attended a birthday party for Liliana (James' cousins daughter). She turned two and had a party at this inflatable place, extreme fun. Gwen and Harrison ran around like crazy, and that was just fine with me.
Here is the foam pit that they had fun playing in. (the dark haired girl is a random, we don't know her, bu she seemed to think that Gwen was her best friend)
Gwen was driving the police car...well maybe just jumping around in it.
After a whole lot of fun with cousins, it was time to leave, that meant that Gwen had a melt down, seriously out of control I have no idea where it came from. James and I have never seen her cry like that. Oh well, after some good naps it was out for some shopping. Just a side note if you are going to take your kids shopping, don't plan on actually getting to shop.

James and I would enter a store and browse around then if there was something that we liked or wanted to try on the other would take both the kids and try not to demolish the store. So I spent a lot of time out and around the outdoor toys.
Gwen loved the horses of course.

As you can see we were shopping for awhile and so it was getting pretty dark, but we still found time to see more toys. Firetrucks are a big deal around our house....
And so are airplanes. On to other news Saturday was also James' 30th birthday. Where does the time go? Well this post is already long, but I just wanted to list a few things that I really like about ol' James.

1. James is a great dad, the kids hear him start to open the door and they are screaming and yelling for the dad. (pretty sure that never happens to me) He loves to play with the kids, and watch movies with them. Taking the kids to jump on our bed is one of the kids favorite things to do with him. He is also a softy, when the kids fall or something and they are crying hard he feels so bad, and will do whatever it takes to make them feel better. I love that.

2. James is a really hard worker. He is constantly pushing himself to do new things, in life and in his design abilities. Since he started working out he has only missed a couple of days (because he got sick, probably due to me and the kids being sick) That is some real dedication. I would skip all the time, maybe that is why I don't go to the gym. I like that he is a hard worker and so motivated to trying new things.

3. James is a really great support for me. Sometimes I get too worked up in the little day to day things and he is there to tell me to go out, and have fun, or to ask me what he can do to help, or see if I just want to go get a treat. It is funny that in our short married life he knows me so well, what are we going to figure out about each other in the years to come?

Oiga thanks for letting us celebrate your birthday with you. We had a lot of fun, and I am sure that Gwen wouldn't mind if you let her open all of your presents from here on out. You are pretty wonderful and I love you. Welcome to the 30's.