Birthday Number 4!

Hard to believe, but on February 23rd, Tilson became a 4 year old! It seems like just the other day that Josh and I were trying to figure out how to strap him into his car seat so we could take him home from the hospital. Just for the record, it took us 45 minutes, and we still had it wrong. We were trying to shove his legs through the straps instead of putting the straps over his legs. It took us about 3 months before the lightbulb finally came on and we figured it out. I must have misplaced the instruction book that came with him when he was born. Anyway . . . We sure do love our funny wild child! Life definately got more exciting 4 years ago!!

My mom has always made a birthday cake for my brothers and me. Even now that we are older we still get homemade cakes. It has always made me feel so special, and it's one of my favorite memories of growing up. So . . . it is something I continue with my own family. Tilson requested a basketball cake for his birthday this year. Believe it or not, my cake decorating skills have actually improved in the past 4 years!(you should have seen birthday #1) I probably should have drawn the net on paper first because it looked a lot better in my head, but hey, I'm kind of a "wing it" type of girl.

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

When you sneak licks off the cake all afternoon, it's really hard to enjoy your actual birthday slice!

"Finally!"