Joergen's Birthday, Part 2

Joergen's actual birthday fell on a Monday, and since Mom and Dad were stuck at work, Joer got to party with his friends at Miss Doreen's all day.  In the evening when we were all finally together again, the celebration continued!  We saved the presents Joergen had gotten in the mail as well as the ones from us for that day.  Liam could not have been more eager to help his little brother with the task of opening those gifts, either.  This was pretty much how things went:

There was a package from Uncle Tim, Aunt Jackie, and Colin right on our doorstep when we got home that day, and Joergen couldn't wait to dive right in...

I was speechless when I opened it (and as you know, that really means something!).  Aunt Jackie had made all of our blog posts from 2011 into an actual hard-cover book, and it is just incredible.  We don't know how she does it, but we sure are grateful that she did!!  We've had so much fun looking through our adventures from over the past year.

Joergen really did receive some pretty awesome gifts from his aunts, uncles, and grandparents.  Check out his jersey from Uncle Andy and Aunt Beth!  He and Liam are now both officially ready for baseball season.

Early evening is not typically a stellar time at our house as we're all trying to wind down after a long day.  For example, what started as a quiet card-opening with Dad and Joergen...

...quicky devolved into this:

(which is really not atypical, to be honest... even when reading bedtime stories!)

Joergen was really excited to open his present from Aunt Vicki and Uncle Dick.  lights! sounds! moving things!  rapture!

Although he's still a little small for it, Joergen was also excited to get his very own superhero bath cape, just like Liam's.

The big finale was this awesome gift from Grandma and Papa!  Look out summer, here we come!!