Glenn's birthday and Picture Wednesday

Glenn turned 30 on Monday.  We celebrated all weekend.  I've been asking him for weeks what he wanted to do for his birthday.  He vetoed the birthday party and several other ideas I had...and then Friday night decided that what he really wanted to do was to go to a water park on Saturday.  So we did.  Luckily for us, Stephen Cluff was willing to come with us.  The ladies in his family were busy but they let him come hang out with us for Glenn's last minute birthday party at Water World.  It was awesome.  It was the biggest water park I've been to and there was so much to do.  My plan was to hang out with the little boys all day and let Glenn and Stephen hang out and ride tons of water slides.  That's basically how it worked out, but they did check in often and gave me a couple of good breaks.  Glenn, Tate, and I even got to ride a big tube ride together while Stephen watched Finny.  The guys had tons of fun and I think we'll definitely go back there next year.  

Unfortunately the only pictures I got of the day's festivities were of Glenn and Stephen on this body surfing ride.  

 On Sunday we were invited to the Garvin's for dinner.  My cousin Lindsey and her new husband were there and we all had a lot of fun teasing, laughing, and chatting for hours and then ended the night with a little birthday cake.  Tate helped blow out the candles.  

 On Glenn's actual birthday the boys and I brought another cake to his work to share with work friends.  And this year we decided to throw in a good old fashioned candy bar poster.  Why not?  Tate was pretty confused/frustrated, that we taped all the candy to the poster.  What a waste.  Finn couldn't take his eyes off all the bright crackly things that probably held something delicious.

Some of the guys eating cake.

 I think the most special part of this birthday for Glenn was the notes he received from friends and family.  I had asked 30 people to send me a little note with something they liked about Glenn and every one of them responded.  We gave him the notes throughout the day in batches of 10 so we could spread them out a little.  Some of them were really sweet, some were really silly, but they were all so appreciated.  He loved reading what people had to say about him and he thought it was pretty amazing that so many people wrote to him for his birthday.  So a special thanks to everyone who wrote!  He really loved hearing from you.
When Glenn got home we got a sitter and went out to dinner.  He wanted sushi, so we got sushi.  All in all, I think it was a pretty fun day for Glenn, which, of course, is the point.  I'm so glad that he's mine.  He's such an amazing dad and husband.  He works so hard to take care of us and he certainly deserves to have a special, all about him day!

Here's little Finn's picture Wednesday this week.  He's 34 weeks old now.

 He's all over the place this week.  This morning while we were eating breakfast he was crawling under the table and under every chair.  He's getting a little faster every day.  Sometimes he gets frustrated and just stays in one place and yells, and sometimes he'll get in gear and crawls all the way across the room to get what he wants.

 He gets in his crawling position a lot, but most of the actual movement is still in his little scootch.

We sure love this little boy.  His sweet smile lights up his whole face, just like the other men in the family.     I sure wish he'd slow down the growing a little bit.  It seems like these sweet little baby phases are going even faster than they did with Tate, and that was quite fast enough for me, thank you very much!