The All in One Celebration

I get kinda gypped in the birthday and Mother's Day department. But I guess since I am an adult, I am supposed to be okay with that right?
My birthday is May 10th, the same day as my nephew Jaden's and a few days before my niece Olivia (May 18th), my son Zander (May 14th) and Julene's husband Russell is also in there somewhere too. It is also usually a few days (this year the day before) around Mother's Day. So my celebration(s) gets lost in the kid birthday parties and Mother's Day sentiments.
This year David borrowed a cool car (bright red Dodge Viper) from his friend for my birthday/Mother's Day weekend and took me out to dinner on Saturday night. Here is a few pics we shot that night:


(Not sure if my Grandma's neighbor is aware...but I believe Ron Paul is not an option anymore...)
David was beside himself with excitement driving it. Then I began thinking, how did my birthday end up being a weekend where he gets to drive the car of his dreams and have a nice dinner? The only thing I had to trump him with was a birthday card....nice maneuver there David. I remembered the first birthday I celebrated with him when we were dating. He showed up at my house with the hugest bouquet of roses I had ever seen (he got me those often back then) and then presented me with a beautiful diamond bracelet from some fancy mall jewelry store. He took me to dinner at Baci's and doted on me all night. That was after we were dating only a month! We are married now for six years....when did things change??? (I love you David, I am just teasing).
When we got home, David's mom was nice enough to have a cake and everything as a surprise for me. Unfortunately, Ashton was really sick with a fever and he wanted to sit in my lap the whole time.


After my delve into the thirtysomething pool passed without much fanfare, Sunday rolled around and it was time for our new tradition of the "All in One Celebration". My family gets together to celebrate all the May birthdays and Mother's Day (and those of us with both to celebrate get stuffed in there somewhere....not that I'm complaining...)
We headed over to Great Grandma Stone's house for the BBQ and chaos ensued for the next few hours. I can barely hear myself think when we are all together and I spent most of the time worrying about Ashton and Zander because they were both a little under the weather.

Olivia turned 2

Jaden turned 7 (notice no mention of a "Stacy" on that cake?)









And Zander enjoyed the time honored tradition of his very own smash cake for his 1st birthday. I debated whether or not to do it, because he really wasn't feeling well. (He broke out again from his helmet and besides getting spots he gets very lethargic, but that whole story will be another post).
Timidly taking the first plunge:

Finally digging in and getting his hands dirty:

Ashton also made the most of the party. He began courting the decorations. Yes, that's right. We heard him walking around calling..."Honey, Honey?" I asked him who on earth he was looking for and he said: "My balloon, I married it."




And then he began practicing polygamy:

Meanwhile, Zander decided to take a spin in the Viper:


Here is David and my attempt at trying to get a good picture together:


Finally....

And just for a good laugh...I'll leave you with this one: