Braeden's 7th Birthday

Braeden turned 7 on December 4th. It's amazing to me that seven whole years of being a mom have come and gone already. I vividly remember the days leading up to his birth and the unbelievable feeling of seeing my baby for the first time. He was very excited this year because he got to celebrate 3 times! My parents joined us for dinner on his actual birthday, then we had a bowling party for his friends from school and lastly we closed out the celebrations with a low key family party. I love, love, love celebrating my children so I enjoy all of the partying as much as they do!

He loved the ship he got from Grammy and Grampa on his actual birthday!

On Saturday we loaded up and went to the bowling alley to party with his friends. Everyone loves it there because they get to bowl, eat pizza and play in the arcade. It's so much fun and the bowling alley does all of the work. All you have to do is bring cake!

On Sunday we had his family party which really confuses him because it's not just family. I don't know how many times we talked about the fact that there are some friends who are close like family so they come to the party too. Maybe I should just call it the "not-school" party. 

We tried to get a picture of all of the kids there and this was probably the best out of ten shots before they all started to walk away. 

A very happy birthday boy!!

Yes, he's actually biting the cake. It's a bit of a family thing...