a six year old

Really? Am I that old? Has it been that long since my little 7lb-er came into this world? The calendar says it is so and so does Streed. He is so happy to be SIX! With moving and Chip being out of town the whole week before Streed's birthday we did not have an actual party. That turned out to be a good thing because on Oct 1 Ella and Nate woke up at 4am with a stomach virus. It has since lingered. That is why I am sitting in my bed with hours upon hours with not much to do but blog. I woke up this morning feeling not quite right. Too much movement and the stomach starts to cramp so I figure I will just stay put.

Back to Streed. He got some neat toys from his friends up here. He also had some money sent to him and enjoyed getting to pick out 2 presents. He bought one the day before his birthday and played with it all day on his actual birthday (since we could not go and infect the nursery at church). The weather was fabulous. We spent a lot of the day on the back porch in the fresh air. Look at his little mind working on his Iron Man lego set.



That night we had cupcakes and sang to our little man. He loved it. And then to top it off, he and Chip camped in the back yard. It got down to 41 that night but they borrowed some real deal camping equipment from a neighbor and went out for a little adventure. They made it all night. I am pretty sure Streed slept better than Chip did.


Besides the stomach bug, we had another surprise visitor that weekend too--Clara Mae was feeling the need for some good country comfort and headed our way.