seven

Our sweet Andrew turned seven!

 He came downstairs to this - a bike from Grandma and Grandpa!  

We had a family party after church on Sunday (his actual birthday).

Ginnie completely rocks - it's nice to have an engineer in the family.  Our broken faucet was fixed in like 2 minutes.

 No better way to spend his day than watching the Redskins. And Tia was in town!!

 OC boys.

 Getting cozy in his new beloved Redskins blanket.

 Trying out his bike before it started to rain.  Hurricane Sandy was making her approach, so we were anticipating being inside for several days.

His party at Bounce U scheduled for the following day had to be postponed.  All of DC was hunkered down, schools were closed.  We savoured every minute of power - feverishly vacuuming, doing laundry.  The rain came, the winds picked up, lights flickered, but to our amazement, we never lost power!!  

So life resumed to normal, we put Grandma Kathy on a plane back to Seattle (much to our dismay), and before we knew it, it was party time.

 Watching the instructional video as they arrived.

 They didn't stop moving.

 Except to check out this light board.

 Will loved it too.

 Fun friends.

 Getting ready to move into the cosmic jump area.

 Conquering the cargo nets.

 This was too ironic not to try.

 Sandy was apparently much stronger ;).

 Coming down the slide.

 Crazy, fun friends.

 Sitting on his throne.

 Buddy Joseph.

 Love the open mouth.

 cake time!

 R2D2 lives on - my mom used this cake pan for my brothers in the early 80's!

 Goofy buddies.

And afterwards we grabbed Pho.

Andrew, what a joy it was to celebrate you!  You have grown up so much this year - learning to read, swim, ride a bike, earn a yellow belt in tae-kwon do.  So many big milestones.  We are so proud of your growing courage!  We love your enthusiasm, your expressiveness, your sense of humor - you bring so much joy and life to our family.  And the day you were born will forever be one of the best days of my life.  You, my boy made me mom, and you are our perfectly precious gift.  We pray that you continue to grow in your knowledge and trust in the One who loves you beyond measure, who crafted you with great pleasure.  May your life bring great glory to him!