Happy 8th Birthday Parker

This weekend, we celebrated Parker's 8th birthday!  How we have an EIGHT year old in our house is still a mystery to me!  There was a time when Parker was three when things were tough and I wasn't sure we were going to make it to his fourth birthday!  But he got bigger and matured and here we are helping him turn eight!  He's such a great kid and I'm so proud to be his mom! 

This year we gave Parker a choice between having a big birthday party with his friends or getting a new Wii U video game system.  It didn't take him long to choose the Wii U! 

We still had a family birthday dinner for him on Saturday night.  He chose spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and asked me to make a baseball cake for dessert. 

He got some great gifts from his cousins and grandparents!  He especially loved the singing underpants card from Aunt MerMer!  It got a lot of laughs from all of the kids!

On Sunday, we let Parker have Cole, Trip, and Robert over to play some video games on his new Wii U.  We ordered pizza and I made some cupcakes for the boys to enjoy.  I think Parker had more fun playing games with his friends than he would have had at a big birthday party.  It was definitely one of the easiest yet most fun birthdays we've ever had for him.

We had a great weekend celebrating our sweet boy and are looking forward to watching him grow over the next year! Happy Birthday Parker!  We love you to the moon and back!