Birthdays

Dear Henny, 
We loaded up the car back in May and went the small town over to celebrate one of your birthsib's bday at a great park.  It was a really pretty day and so nice to share it with most of your maternal birth family.  You had plenty of kids to run around and play with for hours on end.  I was a little overwhelmed at times feeling so welcomed by so many, it felt great.  It was a lot of fun figuring out how we were going to roast some hot dogs and eating JoJo's homemade cupcakes.  

It was also close to JoJo's birthday and it was Birth Mother's Day, with Mother's Day following so I had taken you to the store to pick out a couple of gifts.  We also made her a shrinky dink necklace like mine.  She loved them! You were excited to give them to her.  

Hazel enjoyed eating as many chips as she could and being near another lil guy, bossing him, only allowing him to have the chips she gave him.  Silly girl.  

We closed out the party playing in the rain.  It is always hard for you to leave, but with the storms running in and it getting late we took off for home.  

I loved that everyone was able to be together for Josiah's birthday.  Family is nice to have, in the many ways it comes to us.
Love, Mama