Happy Birthday, Lucky!

Today is Lucky's third birthday. It is hard to believe it has been three years since he was born.
We celebrated on Thursday by going to Chuck E. Cheese's to play and eat pizza.

Lucky only played 3 or 4 games/rides. He would get stuck playing on one thing. This was one of his favorites.


Today I was not able to go to church because I have strep throat, but I sent my boys so they could sing to their daddy on Father's Day (Thank you to the Willicuties and the Foys for sitting with my boys at church so I could stay home and get better!) While they were gone I made a cake for Lucky.


He was so happy to have a Wow Wow Wubbzy cake. It was a last minute decision for me, but he loved it.


He (and his brothers) loved his gifts too.


I had a little bit of extra cake and frosting so I made this for El Guapo, just for fun.


I saw a cute idea on a random blog yesterday. A little girl was turning three and her whole family wrote a list of three things they loved about her. Just in time for Lucky's birthday...

El Guapo's list:
1~ I love his little side smile (smirk) that he gives people when he is being shy or stubborn. Cara captured it while taking our family pictures.
This is pretty mild, it is usually a little bit more drastic, but you get the idea.
2~ I love his love of technology. (Lucky can do anything his eight year old brother can do on the laptop, Wii, DS, etc. It is pretty crazy to watch, actually.)
3~ I love that when his brothers are sad he will say, "You want your daddy?" or, "You alright?"

My list:
1~ See #1 on El Guapo's list.
2~ I love his little voice and funny things he says. I don't know if it is just because he is my youngest and the other boys had younger siblings by now, but he is just so baby-ish to me still. I am loving every moment that he is still young. I feel like I hurried the other boys along too much.
3~ This could really be the #1 favorite thing for me. I LOVE his kisses. This boy can pucker up like no one else I know. I love his lips. He is just so sweet! I wish I could bottle his little kisses.

Ned's list:
1~ He's really funny.
2~ I love that he tries to make me feel better when I am sad or hurt.
3~ I like that he shares with me.

Dusty's list:
1~ I love that he has candy and he shares it with me.
2~ I love him when he shares his toys, his new present toys.
3~ I love when he says he will share things with me.
LOL! :)

Threes

They say that trouble comes in threes. After this past month or so I would have to agree.

1--Right around the first of May El Guapo broke a part of one of his teeth off. Three days later he looked like this:



And, as with many things, these pictures do not do it justice.

El Guapo had an abscess tooth. I have never seen this man in so much pain. I sat up with him late at night, watching him writhe in pain. I decided that this is what it must feel like to watch your wife be in labor. It is horrible to feel so helpless.

He went to the oral surgeon and had a drain put in and was put on antibiotics. The next week he had a root canal and still has to have another one done in the near future.

2--El Guapo had an extra day off last week to make up for the fact that he had to work on Memorial Day. So nice! We decided to take a little road trip down to a place called Meers. The post for that fun adventure should have looked like this post over at my friend, Cara's blog. Instead our day went like this:

El Guapo calling AAMCO Transmissions.

Watching the traffic quickly go by while we sit still. :(

Thank goodness for Sprint TV on El Guapos phone.

Waiting...

We never got to Meers or the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Our good friend, Mrs. Morty found a babysitter for her children and traveled an hour or so (each way) to come and save us. (THANK YOU!!!) She didn't even complain when we stopped to eat at McDonald's (not even a close replacement for Meers) to have lunch.

At least where we got stuck was a really pretty place.



Doesn't that picture of El Guapo and the boys make you think of Little House on the Prairie?...

We did have a little bit of entertainment while we waited for the tow truck.

The wind.

Mrs. Morty's cute baby girl.

She won a thumb war against Ned.

Hand clapping games.

We have had problems with our van's transmission for the last few years and knew it was just a matter of time before it broke down. It is nice to have it fixed, and it only took 3 days. Not too bad.

3--Dusty has always had not-so-great teeth. His mouth breathing from allergies and all of the medications he has had to take have not helped that out at all. Last fall he had to have a crown put on one of his teeth. When he went in for his regular check up in March the dentist said that one of his fillings looked a little loose and we should keep an eye on it and get it fixed when we could. He did not complain about it and I forgot about it (shame on me!) so it never got taken care of. About a week and a half ago he complained that his tooth hurt, right where that tooth is, which happens to be right next to the one with the crown. Two days later I was helping him brush his teeth and I noticed that his gums were bleeding. I looked and saw, above his crown, a bump on his gums. He, too, had an abscess tooth.

When he had the crown put on he had a TERRIBLE (to say the least) experience so we knew that next time he had to have anything major done in his mouth we would have to put him under for the procedure (ugh! as I type that it just sounds awful, but I don't know what else to do). They are going to fix everything that needs to be done, all at once. That will be nice for him.

All of that stuff cost a very pretty penny. If only good news came in threes!