five years ago...

just over five years ago...

God gave me this beautiful baby boy.

who owned my heart from day one..

so very sweet, loving, sensitive, and emotional.  repeat, emotional.

always a bit mischievous...

...usually covered in dirt...

with a smile that can put me in a good mood any day.

on his big day we celebrated from morning to night!

it just so happened to be grandparent's day at school,

so that morning he got to go to school with Nana, Poppy, and Granny

(Granny was gone when I took this pic).

then we went to lunch at his favorite restaurant

with Nana, Poppy, and Daddy,

and he opened up some birthday presents!

that afternoon Nana and Poppy brought his present over--

a brand new bike!  he was ecstatic!!

that evening we had a fun birthday party at jump zone!

anderson spent most of his time playing hockey...

...with lots of fun friends!

he chose a hot wheel cake...

they really enjoyed it!

it was a super fun time with his friends...

and a great celebration of an awesome FIVE year old boy!