Celebrating Reid's 4th Birthday!

This is the first year that Reid has really gotten excited about his birthday.  He's been talking about it for a few weeks and he was just SO excited to turn four.  It was fun to watch him anticipate his big day!

Reid woke up to his presents and a special breakfast treat waiting for him.  

Chris picked up his favorite treat from Panera (a chocolate chip muffie) and we also let him have a few m&m's.  You only turn four once!  

He asked for two specific things for his birthday.  One was a Spider Man toy.  He learned about Spider Man from school and even though he doesn't even really know what it is, he really, really wanted a Spider Man toy.  The other thing he asked for was a police car.  Uncle Thomas took care of the Spider Man thing, but we got him the police car.  This series of pictures makes me so happy...

Reid really wanted to have his party at Inflatable Katy (aka "the jumping place").  He had a blast with his friends and it was super easy for me! :) 

Reid's favorite part was definitely the slide!

When it was time to go into the party room for pizza and cookie cake, our sweet boy started getting really nervous and uncomfortable.  He does not like being the center of attention AT ALL.  He had already told me that he didn't want us to sing to him and I assured him that we wouldn't, but I guess having all of those people in a room just for him was a lot to take in.  He ended up not eating his pizza or his cookie cake that he was so excited about. :/ 

This one, on the other hand, thoroughly enjoyed the food! ;)

I love this picture of Reid and his sweet friend, Clara...

We came home from the party and let Reid open his presents from his friends and then we all rested up a little bit for round two of celebrating!  

Our family came back over for dinner and quality time with the birthday boy!  

He was excited about his ice cream cake and especially excited about blowing out the candle and requested to do it twice!  We weren't allowed to sing, but we were allowed to clap.  Go figure. ;) 

Meanwhile, someone else was perfectly fine stealing brother's unwanted attention.  

Our tired, but blessed little family with our birthday boy!  

It was a FULL and wonderful day celebrating Reid turning FOUR!

Alli and John's birthday present for Reid was a special outing.  The weekend after his birthday, they went to Little Beakers, which is a science lab, and then out for lunch and frozen yogurt.  He and the best day!