Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Happy Birthday to YOU!

Nick's birthday was last week, the 28th of April. We (the kids and I) were so excited to celebrate with him! One, because birthdays are just fun and especially fun celebrating someone you love and making them feel special. And two, because it was the last day of Nick's Dental Boards and he would be done with all testing and requirements for dental school that day!!

We got everything ready for him while he was gone testing. We set up some gifts-- I tried to do 28, since it was his "golden" birthday, 28 years old on the 28th of April. Half of them ended up being candy bars I think.. ;) Anyways. While the kids were down I started making his cake. Can I just say I NEVER make a cake from scratch. I did this year though, that's how much I love my husband. It actually wasn't too hard, and it was Delicious!! Here is the recipe I used:

http://www.howdoesshe.com/german-chocolate-drizzle-cake/

After I baked the cake I lied down for a nap. Nick got home shortly after that. We had covered all of his gifts on the couch with a blanket, so that he wouldn't see any when he got home!

We waited for Katelyn and Jacob to wake up from their naps before opening gifts because I knew they would be SO sad (Katelyn especially) if they missed that.

Katelyn was so happy and so ready to celebrate! She loved giving daddy each gift and telling him what each one was.
 All set up before we covered it up
 The kids wanted a pic too, they deserve it since they helped me so much :)
 Jacob playing peek-a-boo.
 Katelyn getting a present for daddy

 She made a special card and picture for him

Later that night we had dinner. Nick made his own birthday dinner. Yeah, I know, it shoulda been me, but he wanted steak and NO ONE makes a better steak than he does. It was delicious. I've never really been a steak person until I met Nick. He cooks them SO good!

After that we sang to him and ate some cake. 
 The birthday cake, yum!

 Katelyn helped Nick blow out the candles
 Nick insisted he light his own candles, and he was super excited about it. Haha.
 Make a wish!
 Me n the kiddos
My sweet boy pre-glasses. Such a happy kid.

We hope Nick was happy too ;)
It was a good birthday. We are so lucky to have him in our lives and are SO happy we are just about done with Dental School! I'm so proud of all of his hard work, seriously, so proud.

FOUR
4
CUATRO

FOUR MORE DAYS PEOPLE!!!!!!! 
Can't wait until graduation :)

4 comments:

Casey said...

Wow, congratulations! And happy birthday, Nick!! Good job making it special for him Dana. :-)

Teague & Jakelle said...

Ok I'm sorta sad to say I've kinda left the blogging world...I forget to check blogs anymore, but I love reading yours. Looks like you made Nicks bday so fun! Did you cut your hair? It's super cute! And your kids are adorable! I'm so excited for you guys that nick is finally done with school! YAY!

Ben and Raquel said...

OH MY GOSH, I just got really really excited for you guys to graduate! Happy Birthday, Nick! It looked really fun...I love how excited Katelyn was giving him presents and holding the cake. What a cutie! Haha, is that a back rub shirt for the kids to drive cars on? I've been planning on making Ben one for his b-day too! We miss you guys. :(

The Walsers said...

Good job baby girl on the birthday gifts and planning! Looks like you all had fun. Can't wait to see you all! I love those kiddos :)