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Happy Birthday!

It’s a very special day! It’s GJ’s Birthday!!!

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear GJ aka…our favorite soccer cheerleader…

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the best birthday party guest…

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the one who is always up for a Disney trip…

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and the one who can’t help from dancing when the music comes on!

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Happy Birthday to you!

You’re our favorite person to go visit…

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and we’re so glad our favorite place in Naples is still there and ready for another trip!

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Happy Birthday GJ! We think you’re the BESTEST!!

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We love you!

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The rest of the birthday

Maxwell’s never ending birthday finally wrapped up on Wednesday of last week with his real, actual birthday day! He got to celebrate on Tuesday afternoon with Susan who is always so generous on birthdays…

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and again on Wednesday morning with the traditional cinnamon roll breakfast of birthday champions…

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and again that afternoon at school when he took football cookies.

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His class does a “birthday blessing” where each student makes a card for the birthday kid and they go around in a circle and either read their card or say something nice about him. I got to go up there for it and it was pretty sweet to watch. 🙂

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I then got to have lunch in the cafeteria with my favorite 7 year old!

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That night we all went to dinner at Mexico Lindo with GJ and Daddo in tow. We then went home for icebox cake – Maxwell’s choice!!

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Pretty much all of Maxwell’s gifts were AL football related, including some cool football player pjs that I got for him and Spence. I realized that morning that I had not gotten anything for Samantha and I knew she needed a present to open too so I sent GJ to Target to find some and, just our luck, these “beautiful” Frozen pjs were on the clearance rack with one size 3T remaining! They sure are ugly…and she sure does love them! ha!

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The next day Maxwell went to school with just about all of his AL gear on his body. Love this kid.

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A BIG happy 7th to Maxwell!!

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Roll Tide for Maxwell!

Maxwell had his birthday party last Friday at Urban Air and it was all AL football themed! No surprise there!

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We, of course, went all out with the AL theme and dressed accordingly! Maxwell even got a new Derrick Henry jersey for the party!

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He had tons of buddies there and everyone loved running, jumping, playing dodgeball, being ninja warriors, and everything else you can do at Urban Air.

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We even had eye black for everyone! Gotta look the part…

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So tough!

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Samantha had a blast just running around on her own. That girl never slowed down!

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Maxwell requested a football field cake so we had just that! We added some of our own AL players to it and it turned out great.

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I love this “I’m trying not to smile but I really want to smile” face!

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Happy Birthday Maxwell!

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I love celebrating this awesome SEVEN year old!!!

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See you tomorrow!

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This is SEVEN

SEVEN! My little baby boy is now seven…and that sounds so old. It really is true what they say, it all goes by so fast.

Just born…

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One year old…

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Two years old…

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Three years old…

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Four years old…

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Five years old…

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Six years old…

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And now SEVEN!

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Maxwell is a special kid. I know every mom thinks that but…he really is! 🙂 He’s responsible, kind, wise beyond his years, funny, personable, and generally awesome! I just love being with him and hearing the things he says and the questions he asks. He’s still very aware of the world around him and remembers everything. He has a ton of friends and seems to be liked by all. What a good, good kid he is.

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He’s sports obsessed right now! He’s going to play soccer and flag football this fall and would be playing baseball too if we let him! That’s going to have to wait until spring though. He’s happiest running outside with some sort of ball in his hands. Right now, Alabama football is king and he wants to learn all about the players and the plays. Robert is in heaven! 🙂

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He’s got his own style and wears what he loves – mainly Under Armour! The arm bands and the tall socks – all him. What can I say? He knows what he likes! He still loves Legos and everything Star Wars. He’s recently gotten into music and loves to listen to songs on his iPad through Amazon Music. I love to hear him singing with his headphones on! His favorite indoor activity is definitely wrestling with Spencer! Those two chase each other around and pile up on top of each other all day long and enjoy every second of it. They are big time buds and I love it. Samantha still has all of Maxwell’s heart. All he wants to do is hug on her and all she wants to do is tell him “no!” Ha! Don’t worry, he gets plenty of hugs and snuggles in with his favorite 2 year old. Both Spencer and Samantha think Maxwell is as good as it gets and will follow him wherever he leads. I have no problem with that – with a big brother like Maxwell leading them through life, they’re going to be more than fine.

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A little interview with my favorite 7 year old:

Favorite book? Cool Baseball Facts
Favorite TV show? Alvin and the Chipmunks
Favorite movie? again, Alvin and the Chipmunks
Favorite color? Black
Favorite song? Castle on the Hill (thank you Kidz Bop!)
Favorite number? 8
Favorite restaurant? Mexico Lindo
Favorite thing to eat? Burritos (aka Moe’s!)
Favorite friend? Lila
Favorite toy? Nerf guns
Favorite animal? Diamondback Rattle Snake (??)
Favorite dessert? Chocolate Chip Cookies
Favorite sport? Football
What do you want to be when you grow up? A football player

Silly faces all day long.

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My favorite seven year old in the whole world. I love him so so so very much and can only hope that he sees himself the way I see him.

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Happy Birthday, Maxwell!!

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celebrate!

We had a super fun weekend that included Maxwell’s birthday party! Lots more on that to come but today we have another birthday to celebrate!! It’s Mrs. Susan’s birthday!!

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Happy, happy birthday to the one we couldn’t do without! You make our lives so much more organized, so much more FUN, and filled with so much more LOVE! We hope you have a day as wonderful as you!!!!

We love you, Mrs. Susan!!

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