Kyle's Birthday Party

We got back from camping yesterday for Kyle's birthday. Thanks to everyone who came to the party!!!! When I tucked Kyle into bed that night he was super sweet and said thank you for his party and for all the presents. He REALLY enjoys the combination of camping and his birthday party. For those of you who weren't able to make it here's a little run down of the weekend. :)

We arrived at the campground Friday around 3:00. The campground itself was totally full which surprised me a bit with it being Mother's Day weekend and with rain predicted. We had enough time to set up camp and have supper and then it wasn't long after that we started hearing thunder and knew we better get things cleaned up right away. Soon we had thunder, lightening, rain and wind. Just wouldn't be camping without a good thunderstorm. lol We can't EVER seem to escape the rain when we camp. It did stop raining just long enough for us to sneak in a few s'mores for the kids before bed. But man oh man did the wind blow through the night!

Thankfully it cleared off for the party on Saturday. It was still cold and windy but at least there wasn't any rain. The guys got creative and hung tarps between the trees to make a wind break. Helped a TON. We had an AWESOME turn out for the party. A lot of Jason's family was there which was really nice since we don't see them very often. All of the kids' grandparents were there except for Warren and all of their great-grandparents were there except for Grandma Lingle and Grandpa Pfohl. Not too shabby, huh? Thanks to Angie, Robin & Gus for bringing the kids up and hanging out for the day!

Kyle is now old enough to light his own candles.


But he still gets shy when we all sing Happy Birthday to him. :)


Blowing out the candles on the cool Hot Wheels cake Katie made him.


An overview of several of our guests. See the tarps? Nothing like a redneck birthday party! lol

Kyle & his buddy J.T.

Kyle was given the gun that Grandpa Notz left him. It was a very emotional moment for all of us. Kyle knows he'll have to wait to grow into the gun but he very quickly realized who it was from and got a very sad and serious look on his face. I think he was also in a bit of shock that the gun really is his now.

Opening the remote controlled truck from aunt Katie & uncle Tim. I have several "opening presents" pictures that I'll scrapbook and then post on here.

Before we left yesterday we stopped at the opening of the cave and took some pictures of the cousins. Here's one of the group.

And another minus Jayden.


A rare pic of the kiddos together.

After we got home yesterday we unpacked everything, had lunch and then we all crashed. We were SO tired! Kyle never napped but he watched a movie and laid on the couch. The rest of us zonked though. We didn't do much for Mother's Day but that was ok with me. I was too tired to do anything. And what could be better than a nap? So today I had a dr. appointment in Davenport so I went shopping and bought a few bedding flowers as my Mother's Day present. Got a few of them planted today and will do the rest tomorrow.

My dr. appointment went well. Everything looks good. I'm measuring right on track and the baby's heartbeat sounds good. So far I've gained a total of 4 pounds. Hopefully I can keep the weight gain down this time around. We also discussed the results of my glucose test because I was curious to know if I was border line or how the numbers were. I learned that the cut off is 130-135 depending on the practitioner and my number was 123. She said that as long as I stay active and eat smart I should be able to avoid getting gestational diabetes. Let's hope! I'll have a follow up test next month sometime. Get to drink the orange stuff AGAIN. What fun. I'm just hoping the numbers will still be in the safe zone. They are pretty sure I had it with Jenevieve but it probably started later in the pregnancy AFTER I had already had the blood sugar test done. I'll probably have to test again after the baby is born too but at least they are staying on top of it.

Well, I think that's the basic rundown of the weekend. I'll post the scrapbook pages once I get them done. Have a great night everyone!!!