Beau's 6 Year Celebration!!

Well, I guess our baby Beau is a baby no longer! Beau was our only baby that wasn't allowed to come home with us from the hospital. He had to stay for a week in the NICU so that he could breathe on his own. At the time it felt unbearable but now it seems like a speck of time!

On July 23rd our Beau turned 6! He is really a bubbly, loud, crazy, bundle of energy and we adore that about him. He has little to no inhibitions at all which is good and bad. The bummer is that he gets a ton of spankings, but the good side is that he is the most affectionate of the kids and is not afraid to show it. He has great comedic timing and often provides the comic relief to tense situations. We love his heart for God and others, he's a real blessing to us. On the morning of his birthday he got to open his present from Grammy & Grandpa - a cool Iron Man guy!! He also opened his present from us which was his very own Bible! Once the kids actually learn how to read we always get them their own nice Bible. He really liked it and enjoys being able to have his own Bible to take to church.

Then of course it was pool time! Travis took the kids to the next door neighbor's pool while I got ready for the party. I think they had fun.

Jack is wearing a life vest? Why? Good question. No idea.

This is the first time Maizie would let go of someone's hand in the water. Now she swims in the life jacket on her own! Woohoo!

An example of Beau's insanity. He's doing a front flip off the side of the pool (with Dad's supervision of course).

Party Time! This is the line for the pinata. This thing would not break! It went through the entire line almost 3 times. Awesome!!

Beau did no damage.

Finally, an hour later - CANDY!!

Cupcakes! We had a jumper in the back too but for some reason I didn't take a picture of it! Bummer! But all the kids had a super fun time. It was our first "school friends" party and it was a really good time for everyone.

The present mob.

Ahhhh.... now rest time.