Happy Birthday, Ben!

Today is Ben's 31st birthday! Here is a picture of me and the birthday boy. Unfortunately, Ben had to spend most of the day studying for the Series 7 exam, which he takes this Tuesday. Sad, huh? While he was gone, the boys and I went grocery shopping, picked up a yummy cookie cake from the Nestle store (mmmmm), made cards and wrapped presents. As soon as Ben got home we got the birthday celebration off to an exciting start by getting haircuts for Ben and Noah. We really know how to party! Here is a picture of the guys with their new 'dos:


We decided to have Ben's requested birthday dinner (his mom's tasty Chicken Frito casserole) tomorrow night and instead went to Sonic for dinner tonight. While we were there Noah suddenly stood up on the bench and started dancing to the music playing in the restaurant. So funny to see his little body busting a move. He also, out of the blue, started talking about how excited he was for church tomorrow (he really loves the nursery at church), saying "Church pretty excited!" and "So much fun - I can not believe it!" I hope his enthusiasm for church continues as he gets older. When we got home it was time for presents and cake. Noah was so excited about the card he made for Ben; of course, Ben loved it too. Here is a picture of the birthday boy with his little boys and the present they gave him - a scrapbook of Ben's first two years of fatherhood (all pictures of Ben with his son(s)):


As we were all looking through the scrapbook Noah kept pointing at the pictures with him as a baby and saying "Sam!" That should give you a good idea of how much my boys look alike.

Anyway, one more thing. Tonight while we were eating cake Sam rolled over for the very first time! It was so fun to see this milestone as it was happening. And, as luck would have it, I had my camera right there. Here is a picture of Sam right after his new trick (which he did every time I layed him down the rest of the night):


Way to go, Peanut!

Happy Birthday, Babe!