Birthdays Galore...

Daddy's birthday dinner!

We have had so many birthdays to celebrate over the past few months. Not one of which I ever got around to posting about(well besides Hayden's of course!). So, this is my birthday post for everyone! We have gotten together and celebrated my birthday, Gigi's birthday, Grandaddy's birthday and Daddy's birthday all without me blogging about it. Shame on me huh?!? The most recent was Daddy's birthday on the 25th. This was the first year ever that he has had to work on his birthday, so the boys and I went down to the pharmacy and surprised him with a little cake and a few gifts. He loved it! We also did a celebration with the whole family at a Japanese Steak House last weekend when Grandma and Grandpa were in town for Sawyer's dedication. It is very rare that we are all ever able to get together on his birthday as one big family because his parents live in Valdosta, so it was such a nice treat to have us all in one place. Everyone had such a great time. I just knew Sawyer and Hayden were going to be scared to death at the restaurant with the fire and everything, but surprisingly enough, they both did great. Sawyer didn't even realize what was going on, and although Hayden did get scared initially, he ended up doing great!

Enjoying the chef's show...

Sawyer had a blast with Grandma!

Hayden loved having his very own chair and big boy fork!:)

Daddy's Rite Aid family!

Hayden and Ms. Jess!

Mr. Wayne helped Hayden play with Daddy's new light up frisbee!!

The yummy cake...

Daddy at work with his boys!

The boys had such a great time visiting Daddy at work. He is at a really busy pharmacy, so we don't get a chance to go see him at work very often. It was a nice treat for everyone and Daddy loved the surprise! Speaking of surprises, Matt threw me a little surprise party back in November for my 30th birthday that was in December. Everyone knows I am not big on surprises, but this one was great. I had absolutely no idea and it was so nice to get together with friends and family. He had it at the same Mexican restaurant I had his Surprise 30th back in 2009 which I thought was pretty cool. Oh, and he had our neighbor Kate make the most incredible cake. It fit me to a tee!:) We also went with my family to The Cheesecake Factory(my favorite!) on my actual birthday and to see the lights at Lake Lanier. So fun!

I told you I was surprised!

Check out this awesome cake! Y'all know I love to shop!:)

The whole group!

We let Hayden drive through the lights at Lake Lanier.
BIG deal for us and he LOVED it! I guess we'll
have to let him do it more often!:)

One of the pretty lights we saw...

Birthday dinner at Cheesecake! Check out Hayden and Uncle Danny!!!

Can you tell I love a good ornament?!?

This next picture has nothing to do with family birthdays, but we attended some friends of ours joint 30th birthday party back in November so I just had to include a pic from that as well! It was a nice night out for Matt and I with no kids!!! Doesn't happen very often around here, so we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

Happy Birthday Heather and Justin!

Now on to Gigi and Grandaddy's birthdays. We got together to have them a joint birthday celebration because their birthdays are really close together. Normally we do it separately, but this year we had to do it together because there was only one time everyone could do it. We usually celebrate by going to dinner somewhere, but we decided to do something a little different this time since we were celebrating both birthdays at once. The whole fam got together and went bowling, and then we all went to lunch together. It was nice to change it up and do something different. Everyone had a blast! It was Hayden's first time bowling and he had a great time. He was over it by the time the 10 frames were up(really probably the 5th!), but he really enjoyed it to begin with.

I guess I get my present opening skills from my Momma!
Look how excited she was over some coffee!!!

Happy Birthday Gigi and Grandaddy! We got them some cupcakes
from a place called Gigi's cupcakes in Roswell. Of course I
went there just because of the name, but it turns out
the cupcakes are out of this world. So yummy!!!

The many bowling poses! Why is it that men
always look better bowling?!?

And get way more of these?!?

Of course, I thought Hayden looked the best!

We started off trying to show him how to push it with it on the floor, and that didn't go over so well. Eventually, Grandaddy saw this little contraption and boy did Hayden have fun with it! He could push it all by himself and he would watch the ball all the way until it hit the pins. So cute!

Can you tell how tense he would get right
after he did the initial push?!?

He didn't stay tense for long! He would dash to
the side as quick as possible so he could
see where his ball was going!

Cheering it on...

Yes, he is so excited his feet are actually OFF the ground!

We will most definitely be trying bowling again sometime in the future! I can't wait until Sawyer can join in on the fun!:)

Bowling fun!

I promise I will try my best not to get so behind on the birthday blogging next time! That doesn't mean it will happen, but I will TRY!:) Happy Birthday Everyone!!!