Five years ago today Child #3 burst forth into our lives. Literally. My bag of waters only broke when the OB popped it as he was crowning (Child #3 was nearly born in the caul). The Boy nearly shot out past him once it broke. The nurse squealed and threw her arms underneath the OB's to make sure he didn't slip though, it was that suddenly.
My labor was pretty quick... about 6 hours. Half a dozen pushes... He was born at 41 weeks plus 3 days... (give or take a few days)... because you know they only really determine EDD by throwing a handful of chicken bones into a corner. ;-)
So we were blessed with a second son as our third child. "Fiery one"... oh so appropriate. He has a fiery love of live. He's my 95% boy... he's happy 95% of the time... just have to watch out for that 5%, its wicked!! The only other name that might have been appropriate for him would have been Calvin... as in Calvin & Hobbes. He's got the thatch of blond hair too.
So since it was HIS day, he got to decide where we would go.
First stop was the Downtown Farmers' Market. We enjoyed Bacon & Blue Cheese Quiche, Caramelized Onion Quiche, Raspberry & White Chocolate Scones and the all time favorite the delicious Ginger Scones. I craved those scones my entire fourth pregnancy! Soooo tasty. We also enjoyed fresh lemonade and hibiscus iced tea. We ate under the almost 2oo year old Texas Live Oak trees. Beautiful day in the shade. Otherwise it was HOT! It got up into the 90s again.
After the Farmers' Market we did a couple of quick errands and then it was off to Terra Toys. The kids all love going to Terra Toys which is this wonderful local toy store. Its nothing like ToysRUs. They carry all these amazing toy brands that are just awesome. There are tons of things to play with so you get to try out the toys. Since it was Aidan's birthday he got to pick out a special toy. He picked out these 5 magnet balls. They are about the size of a large gumball. Everyone else got a little treat too.
Then it was back to the house to pick up the 6 qts of soup so we could then go to the Soup Swap with several of my Mama friends. The kids all played outside with some of the other kids that were there. Its so wonderful to see the kids playing with other children of all different ages. Especially younger kids. Child #1 is sooo sweet with some of the littles. Lots of fun was had by all... good snacks, good wine, good conversations and lots of good soup with my wonderful Mamas.
Then it was dinner time. Child #3 picked going to Culver's for dinner. Hamburgers, root beer and frozen custard! Happy happy boy.
He was so sweet as soon as we all started eating he was offering bites of his hamburger to all of us. Then after dinner it was custard time. We got three custards to share. One Vanilla, One Lemon Ice with raspberries and a Chocolate Heath Crunch which was the birthday boy's choice. All three children happily offered bites of their custards to each other and shared them all around with Child #4 .
Makes a Mommy's heart so proud... my littles are turning into such kind and generous little people.
Finally it was back to the house for presents.
Overall, I think it was a very good day. Next week we'll have the birthday party with lots of friends... it was suppose to rain all weekend so I pushed it back a week... not a drop of rain today and doesn't look like it for tomorrow now either. UGH!
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