Fabulous FOUR!

My sweet Harrison turned 4 last week and I still can't believe just how big he's getting! He's been so excited about this birthday and we've been counting the days until the big event. Unfortunately, he & Charlotte got a bit sick during the middle of the night leading into his birthday so we ended up scratching all the big plans for a lazy day at home. It ended up being the most perfect day! We stayed in our jammies for most of the day, played with his new toys and loved on mimi & grandad who came up for the big day.

First things first: opening gifts! This birthday was the "thomas birthday." Pretty much everything Harrison got was Thomas -- with a little toy story thrown in for variety. :)

He got a new Thomas Sodor Shipping Company, Gordon, Thomas Puzzles, Thomas Books, More Thomas Take n'Play and a Toy Story Shaving Kit. :) Here he is shaving for the first time. The "shaving cream" was blue & it turned his face a lovely shade of light blue for a few days. :)

The rest of the day we just relaxed and let him play with his toys. He was more than happy to do just that! Harrison's one request was to go to Red Robin for dinner, so we headed out there for an early dinner. By this time he was getting so sleepy from the rough night he'd had. I was hoping he'd make it through dinner.

But, no luck! He was fast asleep by the time our food arrived.

Thankfully this little nap did him A LOT of good! I was afraid he'd be upset he missed his dinner, but he seemed more than happy to head home & have some cake. When I asked Harrison what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he immediately knew that he wanted the same Thomas cake he'd had last year. OK. That was easy. :)

It ended up being the perfect birthday for this boy! I'm glad we'd had a party the week before since he ended up being a bit under the weather on his real birthday. I do think we have a Red Robin re-do coming our way though.