Birthday Celebrations- Part 2

On his actual birthday things went a little different than we had planned. We had the older kids go to school, Shane went to work, but Sophie was off track. We had planned to meet Shane for lunch and then go to the movies but Soph started not to feel well and didn't want to go out. We started the morning with some sweet texts and messages on Facebook. Then I heard the dogs barking and peeked out the window to see Catrina and Riann hanging up the balloons. We were so touched I couldn't even go out and talk to them. Shane brought us home some lunch and I finally talked Soph to go to the movies. I just didn't want to sit home all afternoon. That unfortunately backfired and she was so worn out she stayed in our bed most of the night. (She ended up with the flu and very sick the rest of the week) We had some some sweet visitors and deliveries. We were very touched by the love and support that day. My sister Carrie, her husband Brad and daughter Gracie came over before dinner. I had asked Carrie a couple of months ago if she would help me turn Harry's shirts into blankets for the kids. We were going to do it for Christmas but then it became too much. She thought maybe she could have the tops done by his birthday but then it all came together. She spent hours working on them and they turned out amazing. The include his jerseys, t-shirts, pajamas and sheets. All things that brought sweet memories to mind for all of us. She even turned two shirts into pillows for Max and Jack's birthday. (Jack's was an angry bird t-shirt Harry bought just to wear to Jack's Angry Bird party last year and Max's was the shirt he bought for his Mario party. He always said it reminded him of the year that he and Max dressed up as Mario and Yoshi for Halloween.) We didn't make it out for dinner but got Chinese food and watched a movie together. It never goes as planned, but none of this was what we had planned.