Nathan's 3rd Birthday Party

This is the last of the birthday posts! Last Saturday was Nathan's big party with his friends. We had it at Pump It Up Jr. which is an indoor facility with tons of inflatables for little ones to play on. Nathan calls it "Bounce, Bounce." His party didn't start until 4:00, but we had to spend the morning getting ready for it. Nathan, Daddy, and Uncle Chris picked up the cake, balloons, and party hats that morning. Nathan was beyond excited about his party! I planned to have the party in the later in the afternoon so that Nathan would be able to take a good nap and be in a good mood, but he was so full of energy that morning, I didn't think there was any way he was going to actually lay down and fall asleep. I was so stressed out that morning trying to time everything just right...I finally had to just make myself relax and go with the flow. One of the big reasons why I wanted to have Nathan's party somewhere other than my house was so that I wouldn't be stressed out!


Well, Nathan pleasantly surprised me. He at lunch and then got in his bed around noon like such a good boy and slept until 3:00! He slept so long that I had to scramble to get him ready!


When we got to Pump It Up, Nathan was so happy! Connor and Jack were the first to arrive, and Nathan was pretty much beating down the door to get in and start bouncing!


Here he is climbing up the big slide.


And down he goes! Nathan got crazier and crazier the more he did this slide. Pretty soon, he was jumping as high as he could off the slide and hurling himself down! And he loved it when Papa started throwing balls at him as he came down :)


Nathan and Lauren


Nathan and his other girlfriend, Kelly.


Lauren, Connor, and Nathan


Connor, Nathan, and Reece


Marla, Jennifer, and Carrie


The two grandmothers!


My sissy, Carrie and Me


Jake, Nathan, Lauren, and Kelly


Andrew


Mama getting some love from Baby Charlotte :)


Back to the slide again...they were pretty much knocking each other over to get to the top first!


And they all came crashing down!


It looks like Mama finally gave up Charlotte for a minute to let Papa hold her...be careful Papa, I'm sure the baby hog is lurking somewhere ready to snatch her away again!


After we wore all of the kids out with their non-stop running, bouncing, and crashing, we were able to get them in a group to take a picture. But Andrew wasn't able to get out of a tunnel in time so he's missing: Jack, Connor, Molly, Trevor, Kelly, Nathan, Jake, Willow, Lauren, and Reece


All of the kids were a sweaty mess! Here, Lauren, Jake, and Nathan are waiting patiently to go into the party room for cupcakes, snacks, and cold drinks!


Nathan got a little shy, but loved having everyone sing to him.


Here he is posing with his Toy Story cake. Now it's time to eat!




Robin and Willow


Mommy and Daddy posing with the birthday boy in his special throne!

Nathan had so much fun at his party, and it made Wayne and I so happy for him! The one thing Nathan couldn't wait to do was open his presents. So as soon as we got home, that's exactly what we did!


Auntie Carrie was in charge of Baby Charlotte while Nathan tore into his gifts.



Nathan got so many wonderful presents! This stack of toys kept him entertained the rest of the night! We even re-organized all of his toys on Sunday to make room for the new arrivals. Thank you to EVERYONE for coming to Nathan's party and for the great gifts. I promise you he loves ALL of them!


Baby Charlotte was so happy for her brother and I can tell she's looking forward to her first birthday too!


Carrie and Nathan


Daddy with his two babies...Just think Wayne, we now have double the parties to throw for each of them...and a wedding when Charlotte gets married! Keep working hard :)