Jackson's Big Day

January 23. 2009---It was a day he thought would NEVER get here! He has been waiting for his birthday for what seems like forever. Anna Catherine can build up her birthday for weeks after Christmas but then Jackson only gets one day of bragging rights. Poor fella!! If I had actually gone to the hospital when I went into labor they would have the same birthday. I'm so glad they don't share the same birth date!


Anna Catherine woke Jackson up before she went to school. She made a big deal about it being his birthday (I was impressed). She even offered to let him wear her "Birthday Princess" button. Luckily, I had gotten him a "Birthday Boy" button and she gave it to him to wear. It made him feel big. He was so giddy with excitement and couldn't stop saying, "Today's my birthday! I'm 4 years old now! Thank you for letting me have a birthday!" We had wrapped his gifts and hidden them in our closet floor. Rick left the closet door open and Chloe found the gifts. She had almost completely unwrapped one of them when she brought it to us. We weren't going to let Jackson open gifts until that evening but, thanks to Chloe, he was allowed to open two before AC went to school.

Of course, he had to have his name on the van too. This made him feel special!

Jackson started asking for his dinosaur cupcakes at breakfast, and again at least once every hour for the remainder of the day. Grandmother called to tell him Happy Birthday--he LOVES talking to Grandmother on the phone. He also went out to the garage several times to look at the big tent (THANKS AGAIN PAPA GATOR AND LADY!!) Jack decided to get his other two presents from the closet and put them on the table in the living room. He would look at them from across the room, go over and touch them, talk to them, sit beside them, ask if he could open them, walk away, and maybe five minutes later starts the whole process over again. He kept asking if there was an ewkasuecus in one of them (no idea how to spell the name of the dinosaur he wants). He says he can't wait to get his ewkasuecus (I couldn't find one because I only know the dino by the way he pronounces it--I'm not sure it is the correct name). He got AC's birthday hat and wore it for a while too. He told me "thank you for letting me have a birthday!" I caught him slightly tearing the paper on one of the gifts. I told him to stop and that he can't open his gifts yet. He said he wasn't opening it, he was just making a hole. "But it's my birthday!" He's wasn't this pumped for his Christmas gifts. Maybe because Christmas is for everyone and this is just for him? As soon as Rick walked in the door from work Jackson immediately began opening his presents!

THANK YOU MIMI FOR THE ANIMALS AND DINOSAURS! For the past few weeks Jackson has not wanted to sleep in his room alone and we hope new dinosaur sheets would help. He also got a dinosaur play tent for his room.

We went to Gatti Town for dinner and play time. I didn't take any pictures though. We played to same games/rides we did last time except Anna Catherine and I played "Deal or No Deal". The highest amount of tickets you can win is 200. I was down to three cases and the banker offered me 37 tickets. Rick said, "I'd take the offer". The cases I had left were 1, 15, and 200. Well, I took the deal--STUPID!!! I had the 200 ticket case. Then AC wanted to play. She said "NO DEAL" to the banker every time and her case had the maximum number of tickets in it--that's right, she won 200 tickets!! We only played games for thirty minutes but the kids seemed exhausted and kept asking if we could go home.

We had dinosaur cupcakes and chocolate chip ice cream when we got home.

Rick asked if Anna Catherine and Jackson wanted to sleep in the tent in the garage again. They did but Jackson ended up coming inside. He and I went to sleep on the couch while watching his dinosaur movie. He refused to take off his "Birthday Boy" button because that meant his birthday was over. I think he had an awesome birthday!!