Every Day is an Adventure: Getting big!

Jaed had a birthday this last week. He turned six years old. I know everyone says this but, I can't believe how fast it went by. Right before he went to bed and hugged him and told him how happy I was the God sent him to me. I told him that his dad and I wanted a baby but for some reason God didn't send us one for a long time so when we found out we were going to have a baby we were SO HAPPY!! I told him that the day he was born was one of the happiest days of our lives. Of course, I cried while telling him and he just patted my back while I blubbered on. At the end, He said "Thanks for telling me that, Mom.". He seemed so grown up at that moment.
I know that I am harder on Jaed than I am on my girls and I make it a point to make sure I tell him that I love him several times a day to try and make up for it. He really is a good boy who tries very hard to please me. He is a big help with his sisters and loves to learn about religious things. I seriously couldn't ask for a better son!

So for his birthday, we let him go to the store and pick out several presents that he wanted. He was in heaven. Every time he picked something up and asked if he could have it, our response was "Yes, if that's what you want!" (He didn't know that Thayne won a gift certificate to the store, which we used to buy his gifts ). The next day took him to the grocery store and let him pick out his ice cream cake (one of our family traditions is to have an ice cream cake on birthdays). He picked out a very yummy chocolate cookie football cake. He also wanted pizza for his birthday dinner so we went and got pizza and celebrated it all at home. We didn't have a friend party for him this year and he seemed to be okay with it.

A couple of days before his birthday I told him that he wouldn't have to do any chores on his birthday and he was so excited he did a little happy dance. He then asked if he could pick someone to do his chores for him but I told him that Thayne already volunteered to do them. I am sure that he would have picked one of his sisters.

Jaed and his cake! We were all so excited to get a piece that we forgot to take a picture of it before it was cut.