Birthday #2: Noah!

Our 2nd nephew, Noah, turns 2 just 3 days after Crockett turns 3. Every year, it's a busy time trying to be 2 places at once, but so far we have made them all...and we wouldn't miss either for the world! On Saturday morning we packed up and headed to Dallas to celebrate Noah's 2nd birthday! It was a pretty easy drive and both boys did REALLY good the whole way. Quin might have fussed 30 minutes total, but that is a victory in my eyes. We didn't even have a DVD player....which turned out to be no big deal.

We got there as Uncle Todd and his friends were putting the final touches on a new playscape for Noah's backyard! It looked awesome and the kids had a great time on it at the party! Sweet Noah was in his ELMO shirt (theme for the party) and a bunch of his friends came to his party, even a couple little girlfriends...apparently he is quite the little ladies' man at school! The kids played, slid down the slide, jumped in the jumper, ate food and cake and made potted plants for their favors. Braidy made one for just about everyone at the party! It was pretty sweet, Nena got her's first and thought it was about the sweetest thing ever!







After the FUN party we went to dinner...and it was not so fun. Poor Quin has a terrible cough that got HORRIBLe that night, so he was barking like a dying seal, he didn't want to sit down, he wouldn't eat anything (except a sopapilla at the very end, go figure) and he wanted to be held. We have officially entered the "DO NOT GO OUT TO EAT FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS" stage. But we enjoyed our company, as Nena and Pops were there with Todd, Marci and Noah, too! That night the "big" boys (Braidy and Noah) spent the night with Nena and Pops at the hotel and they had a BLAST. THey were riding on luggage carts, running up and down the hall, jumping on the beds and having pillow fights...every little boy's dream! We were a couple of floors down from them, with a poor little baby who was feeling awful. I got some good snuggles in that night, so we definitely survived!

Sunday was Noah's actual birthday, so we opened his presents after a yummy breakfast, Marci and I hit up the mall for 2 seconds (I was dying to go to H&M...total disappointment), we ate lunch (delicious fried shrimp...Braidy helped Nena peel them), and then we headed back to Lubbock. Talk about a SHORT trip! We were there about 24 hours, but it was totally worth it and we wouldn't have missed it for the world! The only thing (or person) missing was John! He stayed home because he had a baseball game...he was missed in Dallas, that's for SURE!

Happy Birthday, sweet Noah! You are such a FUN FUN little 2 year old and we sure had a fun time celebrating you! We love you SOOOOO much and your cousins cannot wait to play again soon!