Happy Birthday Chad!

Happy 30th birthday Chad! Poor guy, he had to work all day, but we didn't let that stop us from celebrating. We started off the morning with Chad's favorite buttermilk pancakes with Nana's yummy syrup!

Later that evening, we surprised the birthday boy with a trail of notes (up the 3 flights of stairs to our front door) telling him many of the reasons why we love him. He said it made for some good reading! Then he got to break through the door to our birthday celebration.

Here's Emily's ode to Daddy. I thought it was really cute!

We had a delicious dinner: shrimp and pasta

Only one guess what was for dessert...

That's right, Chad's favorite German Chocolate Cake!

Make a wish!

Everyone really enjoyed the cake and ice cream.
Emily gave a two-thumbs-up and said very excitedly,
"Good Job MAMA!" We all had a good laugh!

Annie liked it too!

Party time!

My parents bought some party horns for Annie's birthday.
Emily decided we needed to get some for Chad's birthday too.

Chad let his eager "helpers" join him in unwrapping his presents.

We ended the night with the girl's favorite game...Hot Dog!
(Chad wraps them up in a blanket like a hot dog and tickles them.)

Happy birthday Chad. Hope you had a fun day.
We love you!