As you know, we celebrated Matthew's birthday early so that Chris could celebrate with us before he left for the ship. Still, that doesn't mean I could let his actual birthday go by unnoticed!
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Posing in his 'Birthday Suit' :)
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'Birthday Boy'
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Since we're still recovering from cake overload from 2 weeks ago, we decided to simply take Matthew for his free birthday ice cream at Coldstone. He had cake batter ice cream with sprinkles.
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Jonathan really enjoyed his mint ice cream with rainbow sprinkles, too.
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Clara chose the Berry sorbet with M&M's....don't ask me, but she really liked it!
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He loved the taste, but wasn't sure what to make of the 'cold'
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Yum!!!!
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When your belly is full of ice cream, sometimes you just have to put your feet up and relax!
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After baths at home, Matthew got to open his presents from Clara and Jonathan.
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He was excited about the boxes, but that was all he needed. He didn't have much interest in opening them.
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His very own markers, so he can color with his big brother and sister.
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Now for the big box!
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He thought it was simply for climbing on. He was having great fun just climbing on and off the box!
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He finally got all the paper off (with a little help!)
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It's a tractor tent! (Now we can really race tractors!)
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He likes to just climb in it and then knock it down!
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My parents sent him this birthday suit as well.
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Happy 1st Birthday Matthew! We love you!!!
looks like someone else has been catching up on the blogs too! LOVING reading all these posts - can not believe how GROWN up Clara and Matthew look in particular!!! Can't believe it!!!! Love that Caleb and Matthew had the same birthday shirts - gotta love it!!!
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