Happy 5th Birthday, Joshua!

Wow! Joshua is 5 years old! What an amazing young man he is. We are so very blessed. We had some wonderful birthday plans lined up for his birthday week, but unfortunately, things did not turn out as planned.

Two days before Joshua's birthday, he came down with the stomach flu. Poor thing felt miserable. He felt somewhat better the day before his birthday, but that's the day Hannah came down with a very yucky virus. She had a fever that reached 102.5 with blisters in her mouth and red bumps/sores over her body.

We had planned on meeting one of Joshua's little school buddies for dinner at Cici's the evening before his birthday, but we had to cancel that fun outing. The day of Joshua's birthday, we had to take Hannah to the doctor 45 min. away. And being that she was contagious, we weren't even able to enjoy a birthday lunch out. Instead, we went through McDonald's drive-thru and took the food home.

It definitely was not what we had planned for his birthday. I SO wanted him to feel special on his special day, but I think he still had a little fun...




He got a REALLY cool Military airplane....






...and a real digital camera that takes videos and everything!






He enjoyed some Daddy time while eating the cake he picked out to make for his birthday....



...but, unfortunately, neither Joshua nor Hannah were able to really enjoy the cake. Joshua barely ate any of his (his tummy still wasn't quite back to normal). And Hannah, poor Hannah. After every couple bites of cake, she'd look at me and say, "Ouch. Need medicine." Her mouth really hurt from the blisters.

Maybe we can REALLY celebrate Joshua's 5th birthday once everyone's back to good health. ;)