Joseph's Birthday

Samuel bought this panda bear for Joseph with his own money from a garage sale, he was very excited to have bought his older brother a present he likes!!

Austin bought Joseph these figurines for Joseph from a game store, she also helped to get him a game called forbidden island, she is such a sweet, giving girl.  Joseph loved his presents from his siblings, and Joseph and I have had fun playing the game he got!

The birthday boy and his balloon

At Joseph's birthday party, we played "minute to win it" games.  This one was where you had to stack baby blocks on a plate on your head, and get this to stay stacked for three seconds, and you have 1 minute to accomplish it.  This is Joseph and his friend Josh trying to complete it.

Austin is trying the game, she was pretty good at it. 

In this game you have to take a spaghetti noodle and put it in your mouth and use it to pick up 5 penne noodles without using your hands in one minute. 

This is Joseph's cousin Jamen, he is doing the game where you have to seperate the M&Ms by color into each bowl before a minute runs out

Betsy is  doing the stacking cups game, you start with one blue cup on the top of 40 red cups, and then you alternate hands taking a cup off the top and moving it to the bottom, the goal is to get the blue cup back to the top position before the minute is up.

Joseph is swinging the bat at the pinata

This is Joseph's Reeses Peanut Butter Ice cream cake that I made for him, it was delicious

Caleb got a fun ride from his daddy

Here is Joseph, Austin, Betsy, Samuel, and Caleb with their cousins from Tooele, UT Bradyn and Aleah.  Their Grandma Kathy brought them down for a suprise visit, it was sure fun to see their Grandma and cousins!

Joseph had a really fun birthday.  I love Joseph so much, I can't believe my little boy is 10 years old already.  I still remember the day I gave birth to this scrawy little 4 lb. 11oz baby.  I remember how even though he was the tiniest baby in the nursery, he had the loudest cry.  I remember he had jaundice, and we had to stick him under the billirubin lights and we had to cover up his eyes, and put him under them in just a diaper, and just let him lay there, soaking up the light, while he cried.  I remember we had to feed him through a tube and our fingers, becuase he was too little to eat very well.  Then he started growing like crazy, tripling his weight before he was 2 months old.  As he got older, I remember how much he loved to go outside, and play at parks, and play with cars, and build towers, and of course was still the loudest screamer around.  I remember how frustrated he would get when he couldn't talk and use words to communicate with us, and how excited he was to go to his special pre-school to help him talk better.  I remember what a happy little boy he was and how his laughter was infectious.  I remember how when it was time to take the training wheels off of his bike, he took off on his bike before I could even try to teach him how to ride it, and he did just great!  I remember one Sunday he sat down and colored an entire coloring book for hours, and how he loves to sing and dance, Hip Hop is his favorite.  I remember how friendly Joseph was, and how he would go up to anyone and start talking to them.  I remember he was an escape artist, and could get out of any place he was put.  I will never forget how Joseph compared repentence and sin to boogers, and the analogy he gave me.  I am so proud of how Joseph is growing and learning to be a better person, he is always moving forward, and growing to be a better person.  He still has a long way to go, but he is getting there, and I love him with all my heart.