02/05/12 - Happy Birthday Donnie!

My Blog:  http://maryanng.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy-birthday-donnie.html

We celebrated Donnie's birthday a day early with a special birthday dinner last night. &amp;nbsp;The kids decorated the driveway with very sweet messages done in chalk to welcome his arrival. &amp;nbsp;I fixed NY Strip Steaks, asparagus, &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/04/roasted-potato-wedges/&quot;&gt;PW's Roasted Potato Wedges&lt;/a&gt;, salad, sauteed onions and squash, and of course for the finale his favorite...a carrot cake from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stickboyfuquay.com/&quot;&gt;Stick Boy Bread Company&lt;/a&gt;.

I gave him 4X6 &lt;a href=&quot;http://fotomom.smugmug.com/Children/Shots-to-Print-2011-and-2012/21137657_mWkkLR#!i=1681617469&amp;amp;k=Z5RdGhj&quot;&gt;prints&lt;/a&gt; taken over the past 3 months of all the fun things we'd done and some Alabama Crimson Tide logo items. 

There was a special card too:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://fotomom.smugmug.com/Inspirations/Inspirations/10386893_GcQ4rP/1691957885_7SCrvS7#!i=1699354589&amp;amp;k=q6S2g6C&quot;&gt;SmugMug Link&lt;/a&gt;

He was such a good sport about the homemade paper Birthday Boy hat:-)

Here's a cute video with the boys singing Happy Birthday:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/2mEXNrjYZf0&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;

The cake had special star candles and other candles that had colored flames. &amp;nbsp;It was pretty and everyone was patient while I got the picture and angle I wanted. 

For someone that means so much to me and who has been there for me during all my struggles in the past year, I definitely wanted to let Donnie know how much he's appreciated and loved. &amp;nbsp;I think if you ask him if he had a good birthday he'll give a resounding yes. &amp;nbsp;Here's to &amp;nbsp;many more wonderful celebrations in our future birthday and otherwise.

Thanks for your supportive comments on my Valentine's Day Card series...

HAGD and enjoy the Superbowl!
Maryann