"Soo Big!"

Guess who had his first birthday?

This big guy! Since Sam & Poppy have the same birthday,
we went out to Chili's for dinner and then came back to our place
for cake and ice cream and presents. Sam got his very own little
cupcake and loved it...



...Loved it all gone. Yeah...we ended up not getting much sleep that
night because someone had a tummy ache and too much sugar in
his system :)

I gave my dad a hand-made gift certificate for the following Friday.
We had a whole day of pampering - which he really needed. We had lunch at
Wendy's (gotta love their dollar menu). Then, we headed to see Harry Potter
& The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2. Dad had never seen it, and I had already...but, I still
cried and it still gave me chills - I love this one...it's gotta be my favorite.
After spending time with Harry Potter, we headed up the canyon on dad's Kawasaki Vulcan.
After a nice and pleasant time looking at the leaves, dad had a surprise 90-minute massage
which he LOVED and then we ended the night with dinner at Wingers. It was an awesome night!

This is what Sam does when you ask him, "how big are you?"

Sam & Mimi with a new beloved matchbox car.

We are going to have a family party for Sam this Saturday. I hope it turns out ok...our house is still a work in progress and there is stuff everywhere it seems. But, it will be good to have our family over. For the party, I'm making super moist sugar cookies, my favorite home-made brownies, and possibly another treat. It's going to be pretty casual and we are not going to have a cake...but which is unorthodox. But, that's how I roll...plus Sam will have his own little cupcake and never think anything is wrong and he won't remember it the next day! Ha!

Happy Wednesday Friends!