Well my baby turned 4! His birthday was cold and snowy and we decided to skip church and spend the day at home together and get ready for his party. There was lots of things to do. Kai started his day coming out of his room to a sea of balloons on the floor outside his room, and streamers covering his door. I was so excited to see his reaction so I got up early and got in the shower so I could be done before he got up, when I got out of the shower I found him in the dark in bed with Reuben. Shoot! I missed it! I asked him in an excited voice what he saw outside his room! His reply was a somber" Mommy, you blocked my path" Yes, yes I did son, no big deal I guess. He did enjoy the balloons after he woke up a little bit but was more than happy when I offered to take the streamers down. I think he still struggles with anything that even resembles something that would keep him from getting to us. I decided to let him open one present from us in the morning but had to force my husband out of bed to join in the festivities, you can see his level of participation below.
After the present opening I decided to make a gourmet birthday breakfast for my little birthday boy and lethargic husband. After lots of work in the kitchen we sat down to a delicious meal which Kai proceeded to eat 3 bites of and hold in his mouth for 20 minutes and refuse to swallow. Good times, Good times. Oh well, Reuben and I enjoyed it. Later I decorated the dining room and got everything ready for our guests.
As you can see from the pictures it was a Thomas themed party due to the train obsession that my son has. He really liked seeing all the trains everywhere and his cake was really cute.
All our lovely guests braved the cold and snowy weather to come celebrate with us but unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of them! Once everyone started to come Kai got a little...whats the word...wild? He is a tiny tornado these days so I was a little distracted trying to keep him out of peoples bags and his fingers out of the cake!
Also you may notice that I don't have any present opening pictures, well, lets just say that was a whole new experience for me this year, gone are the days of my little Kai focusing in on one gift and me having to coax him on to the next present. This year it was on. The presents where being ripped open and thrown, discarded with not even a second glance or a thank you. Oy vey. It got wild folks. The guests sat silently by, shocked and appalled I'm sure, while I tried to slow him down and get him to show the slightest gratitude. I'm not sure having his birthday this close to Christmas is such a good idea because it seems he gets a little spoiled by all the gifts all at once. I'm happy to report though that he loves every single gift he received, and is grateful after all, he was just totally overstimulated and overwhelmed. He helped me with the thank you cards also.
All things considered it was a Birthday success, a few bumps along the way, but a success. Also Kai went in for his 4 year well check yesterday and the doctor was very pleased. His growth is right on he is in the 30 something percentile for height and weight. When we got home from China I believe his weight was in the 5th percentile. The doc says he does not need to gain additional weight anymore! His BMI is perfect! Kai is also seeing a speech therapist to see if he needs some help with his language. Kai is not very impressed and says he already knows how to talk:)
So lets see how great the fourth year goes , Kai is pretty much just a normal kid these days, he is a handful, but its good for me! We have lots of exciting things happening this year, we have the go ahead to build our house and are pretty sure we have our current house sold without even listing it! We are so thankful for all our blessing but especially for a small, energetic, crazy happy little boy!
