owen's big day

owen celebrated his FOURTH birthday on the 13th, monday!

since i had only been home from the hospital for a couple days i had a lot of help in making this day special for him.


owen getting ready to open his presents

kevin went into work a little late and made owen a spectacular birthday breakfast!

owen...thinking HARD about that wish!

after kevin took off i got the boys dressed and my mom came and picked them up for the day. i was supposed to spend the day resting, but i was more interested in blogging, cleaning (a little), and enjoying my new baby girl. and i did sneak a little nap in there somewhere. THANKS MOM for making this day feel special for owen and helping me out all at the same time!

kevin was able to sneak out of work a little early and went and picked up the boys and took them to the matinee. they went and saw "UP!" and enjoyed it.

owen's birthday also happened to land on the second monday of the month...which is significant to the manwaring family because we have FHE together with my dad's siblings on that day. and before FHE on the second monday mom makes us all dinner. so, we just turned that gathering into a party for owen as well.

i didn't make a special cake for owen this year (i will make up for it next year), but kevin did pick up a huge cake from fred meyer that seemed to please all.

look at all these boy cousins
ogden, carter, owen, wesley, and eli

owen making his second wish for the day. one blow for each candle...we will have to work on that! (;

carter, alyssa, owen, ellie, and wesley