Birthday Festivities

Happy Birthday!!

Dalton turned 7 on December 13th (actually born on Friday, 13th--one of the luckiest days of my life). When I first heard his heartbeat on the ultrasound machine, I was so overjoyed. I had two miscarriages before I got pregnant with him, so he was my miracle baby. Every year he celebrates his birthday opening presents by the Christmas tree. Must be like having a double Christmas for him. I'm so proud of the little guy he has turned out to be.

Just as I said, here's Dalton and Olivia by the Christmas tree before opening gifts.

It was so great to hear Dalton read all his birthday cards. He can read anything, it's amazing. Thank you Mrs. Lesley for seeing his potential and pushing him to read. He loves it.

On a side note, Dalton took a trip to the orthodontist on Monday. He has to have braces/expanders put on the top of his mouth to correct a crossbite. He has to wear it about six months. He will be a trooper, he always is. Olivia has the same problem, so in a couple of years, I'm sure I will be going through the same thing!!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

I know it's past Thanksgiving weekend, but thought I would post anyway. We went to Indianapolis the weekend of Thanksgiving to visit Brian's cousin and some of his other relatives. While we were up there, we took the kids to two different places that kids definitely have fun. The first one was called "BouncerTown". It was like a huge Chuck E. Cheese plus inflatables. They had a great time. The second place was called "Incredible Pizza". Incredible Pizza was incredible just like it's name. They had indoor mini golf, indoor bumper cars, indoor go carts, indoor (kid sized) bowling and a huge area that had nothing but games and a huge (you guessed it) pizza buffet. When you came in the door, they asked how much you wanted to spend and they loaded a card, which you used to swipe all the machine and after you swiped it, it told you the total remaining on the card. So, no messing with tokens. I thought it was very high tech. Check it out if you are ever in Indianapolis. www.incrediblepizza.com. They also had face painting. Olivia got a big butterfly painted on the side of her face for a mere $2. All in all, a good time.