it's stinkin' cool, batman!

My sweet friend, Becca, made this darling cape for Dawson's birthday. I gave it to him tonight because we've been so busy all day moving and packing and unpacking and moving.


This is all completely candid, nothing of it was staged. It was such a perfect gift for this 5-year-old and Becca did a FABULOUS JOB! There's no way in heck that I could pull that off, especially in the short amount of time that SHE did!!

Way to go, BECCA!!!

He closed his eyes and held out his hands,
He opened his eyes,
And you should have HEARD the delightful squeal! He's showing me the Batman side.

I told him to turn it over and it's SUPER DAWSON on the reverse! He got such a kick out of that!

He's sleeping with it tonight, he already had to same some damsels in distress and help some old man. (okay, he wasn't THAT old, he helped Ryan).

Go, SuperDawson!

bon anniversaire a dawson!

One-thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Six days ago, I was in labor. I had the easiest of all my labor and deliveries in Downtown Boise. I had painful back labor, but my epidural actually somewhat worked (neither of the other two worked) and I had this blond baby in my arms. He hardly ever cried, sometimes I'd pinch him just to hear him make little babyish sounds. The sweetest little boy was born into our family. He is still my happy-go-lucky kid and is very docile. I am so thankful that he's apart of our special family!

Ryanna loves her younger brother!

Flash forward to today! SUPER DAWSON!

Dawson even helped make his own birthday cake, which he absolutely INSISTED on cracking the eggs!

We had BBQ ribs on the grill and some other yummy food for a very special dinner. (YES, it was my first time making ribs and they turned out quite delish, thank you very much!! Go ME!)

Dawson couldn't wait to open his toys! He could see through the tissue paper, this one is his new Buzz Lightyear, KARATE chop action figure!


Holdaways gave him this awesome tool set, which is quite a HUGE HIT! Carter is green with envy, and Dawson shares with him. It's cute to see them fight over the tools!
My folks gave him this junior sized Rip Stick! The wheels light up and everything.

Happy Birthday to you, my Sweet Awesome Dawson!