Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Evan's Birthday

Evan turned 5 years old on Monday the 9th. It is hard to believe that my tiny baby who spent 9 days in the NICU is such a big boy who can do so many wonderful things. He is still obssessed with Star Wars, and thus his birthday revolved around his favorite movies. You can tell by the look on his face in the pictures below that Star Wars is very serious business.
Here he is wearing his new Jedi costume and holding his new gun and his lightsaber is already hooked onto the belt of the costume. He is ready for action.
This is the scooter that he got for his birthday and he is holding up the musical card Grams and Grandpa sent him. It played the Star Wars theme song and Evan love it. He played it over and over and over again.

I made the cake for Evan and amazingly enough it turned out well. He wanted a Star Wars cake, so I came up with the simple idea of lightsabers to decorate the cake. He loved it.
This is a little bit happier picture of the great Jedi knight. He has had me put this costume off and on a million times in the last week.
He loves his gun from Auntie. We have taken this everywhere with us over the last week. It is definitely hard to believe how fast the last 5 years have flown by. Evan is such a sweet boy. He will start Kindergarten in the fall and it will be strange having him gone so often. He gives the best hugs and is a great cuddler.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heather, you have a beautiful family. I love Evan's serious Star Wars face...the face of a true Jedi prepared for battle. I also have a son obsessed with Star Wars so I had to laugh. He makes the same face. Too cute!

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, great job on the cake!

Lindsay said...

Yeah Heather! You fixed your camera. I love all of the pictures. It makes me miss the kids both less and more at the same time. Whenever I want to take a sick day I remind myself that I need to save them up for another vacation with you guys.

museumeg said...

Happy Birthday Evan! We love you! You are the bravest little Jedi and the best little cuddler! We miss you! Good job on the cake Heather. Love you all!

lauren said...

Yeah I think we own like 5 lightsabers - nice and calm toys. I wish I knew more about Star Wars - I did see the movies forever ago and that is enough for now.