Happy "7th"Birthday, Jaden!

Jaden's birth "day" started out by waking up to a room filled with balloons that we very carefully put in his room while he was sleeping the night before. Seeing how happy he was made the somewhat "unneccesary" cost of a ton of helium filled ballons seem totally worth it. Then I slaved over breakfast and provided him with his very favorite breakfast- cereal. I wonder where he gets this liking from :) Then off to school he went equipped with treats to share with his whole class. Sounds like it was a pretty fun day at school esp since it was the last day before the Christmas break and he came home with a birthday crown and a bag full of goodies. Later on Alison, Micah, and Dallin came over and we enjoyed pizza,salad, 7up to celebrate 7 years, cake, icecream, gifts, and finished the night with a movie. And Mom, I know you hesitated to send clothes but you can see I caught the excitement on his face when he opened that box :)Other memorable gifts- transformers, star wars legos, book of travel activities, candy, cute toy story frame, target gift card, and $. The day after his birthday, Jaden and I took a trip to target to use his gift card and this was when I realized we must be doing atleast something right.. when we got to the store I asked him where he wanted to look first and he said he wanted to look for a dress for Hailey.. I was a bit surprised.. a 7 year old going to the store to use his birthday gift card on anything he wanted and the first thing he thought was a dress for his little sister?! He didnt end up with a dress but instead found the perfect baby for her, then went on to pick out something for Mom and Dad and then finally chose something for himself. Jaden has always had a big heart, and we are sure happy he is a special part of our family.