Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Happy 25th Birthday Greg!

First I'd like to give a quick birthday shout out to my cousin, Megan. Greg and Megan share the same birthday! Anyway, on to Greg's birthday. Happy Birthday Honey! I know everyone says they have the best husband in the world, but really, it's true... Greg is the best husband!

We had planned on going to Amici's for dinner tonight like I mentioned in my previous post, but we drove up to the restaurant and guess what? They are closed for this week only to do a remodel of the inside! Ahhh! Of all the weeks! Well, we weren't about to let that ruin our night out so we headed to Applebees. Oh, and the Cheney's were kind enough to watch Parker for us while we went out. Yay! We came back to pick up Parker and surprised Greg with a cake at the Cheney's house. We planned to bake it over there so Greg wouldn't notice the smell in our own apartment and well, with such a crazy day, Mele really ended up making the whole thing for me. Thanks Mele! Also, while we were at dinner, Mele and Brian went and taped paper balloons and candy all over our apartment. Greg was so surprised! There were 25 paper balloons in all (one for each year) and each year I listed a memory from when he was that age. Of course, I really didn't have any memories of Greg from before age 14 (other than a tap dance I saw when I didn't know who he was) so I called his Mom and she was kind enough to spend some time grabbing memories from his younger years. And great news, the present I got for him arrived in the mail today! How lucky is that? Alright, I'm sure I've written a ton so I will get to the pictures now. We didn't really take any during the day so we had a mini family photo shoot to have something to post.

Parker and the Birthday Boy!
Parker was loving all the picture taking.

Greg loved this one! Every time we would count to three for a picture, Parker would yell or make a face and jump at the camera. We loved it!
Let the rough housing begin. Parker is about to get tackled.
Parker loves this game! Look at what good form he has in the air! Maybe he should be an olympic diver.
And of course, football with Daddy is always a favorite.
Parker throwing...
Parker not catching...
He's a little more comfortable in this one, but his eyes are still closed and he's still not catching it.
Anyway, Parker and I hope Greg had a fun birthday. Happy birthday Greg! We love you!


7 comments:

Lisa said...

Happy Birthday Greg! And Sarah, I love your hair!

Jamie and Preston said...

So what was greg's present?

Linda Stauffer said...

Happy Birthday Greg! Sounds like you had fun.
Love you,
Mom Stauffer

Stacy said...

Happy Bday!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Greg. I am holding your gift until you get here. Looking forward to the next two week.

Love Grandma G

Cheney's said...

We hope Greg had a great birthday. We're really sorry that Amici's was closed. Maybe next time...and we'll watch Parker again? Anyway, it was fun for you to let me help you. And you lied about the cake!!!! I just put it in my oven...that's about it!

Toni S. Cook said...

so this was the funniest post i think you've ever done all because of parker's expressions. That dive picture is hilarious! It is perfect form!! And his first football picture with his scrunched face!! Oh man it made my night, Meg and I were cracking up:) I'm excited to see you guys in a few days!