Happy Birthday Nick

Wow, my baby is 9 today. It's the last birthday before he gets to the double digits. The last 9 years have flown by! We were sitting here on the couch earlier tonight and I said "Nick want to know what I was doing 9 years ago right now?" I picked him up and cuddled him in my arms. His arms and legs extended well past my lap. I tried to explain to him how much easier it was to hold him with one arm when he was just 8 pounds. He is maturing into quite a wonderful young man and we are so proud of him! Happy Birthday!!!

Here's a post idea I borrowed from my sister Amy.

Here's Nick at 2 days old (7 pounds, 13 ounces and 20 inches long)




And here he is today on his 9th birthday (78 pounds and 54 inches tall)



He spent the day playing with his friend Jake and then we went for a family dinner to Outback Steakhouse. To top off his evening he hung out with his buddies Matt & Jared and played on Matt's huge inflatable water slide. Here are a few more pics we took tonight when Kelsey, Rob and I surprised him with LEGO's from Toy Story 3.











And since we were measuring Nick, Kelsey decided she would stand next to the ruler too. Kelsey measures in at 59 inches tall and 104 pounds. Where did my babies go?