Team Johnson!: Happy Birthday Myles

Today is an amazing day - 6 years ago, our first born son came into the world. All morning long I kept saying "Right now I was in labor in the hospital." or "Right now I was pushing, trying to meet you." or "Right about now you were born!". The day almost seems surreal. I went from being a regular old individual, to a Mommy. Talk about a rush of emotions! I sure wish we had a digital camera back then. But in the "olden days" of 6 years ago, we didn't.

So tonight as I was deciding what to blog about, I thought I should take a picture of a picture where Myles was mere minutes old.

Isn't he so cute? I remember his cry was so adorable at that moment... :)

But now flash forward to current time, and I have a sleeping 6 year old upstairs in his bed. Amazing. He needs 2 hands to show someone how old he is! Amazing.

We all spent the day together to celebrate his 6th birthday. The morning started off as usual. He was up at 6 am (yippee!), and he had 2 breakfasts by 8:30 am. He must have needed that for his 9:30 swimming lesson that Erik took him to. On the way home they picked up 2 donuts - one for Myles and one for Holly. Then we got ready and headed to Northtown mall to walk around a bit. We visited with all the cute baby animals at the pet store, and also ate lunch there. Myles requested Tacos. That's my boy!

Next it was time to head home to play for a bit before rest/nap time. Myles chills out in his room, and Holly naps. We all love this time! As soon as we were all up and running, we got ready for the real fun... swimming at the Grand Rios Water park! What fun that will be! Myles was thrilled that we were going to go to a water park. None of us had been there before, so that made it extra exciting. We got there and it looked awesome! The kids ran around the large kid area and had a blast! Holly stuck close to us, but Myles is another story. He is harder to track than Bigfoot. We lost track of him once and boy did he get a lecture when we found him. It was only 90 seconds that he was gone, but it could have been a lifetime if you had asked me! Once we were all versed in the rules (NEVER LEAVE THE KID AREA!!!) we went down the water slides with the kids like a million times, and floated around the lazy river with them on the inner tubes. Next was dinner at their cafeteria - chicken strips and cheeseburgers! How healthy! We then went back for more swimming and lazy river time. Myles ran into one of his Adventures Plus teachers, so he thought that was so cool. By the time we wrapped up and got home, it was 7:30 pm. The kids had a small snack and then got ready for bed. It was a fantastic day, and I know that Myles is looking forward to tomorrow when we have some more celebrations planned (cake and gifts with the family).

Enjoy the pictures and video below of our Water Park Adventure! And Happy 6th Birthday to my little boy Myles!

Look how cute and happy Myles is - he said this was the best birthday ever!

Holly got chilly, so she warmed up a bit in her towel. Notice the head wound on the right side of Holly's forehead? Yeah... she totally fell of the bench in the locker room and hit the floor face first. She needs to learn to stick her arms out and brace her fall with her hands and not her face....