Sutton's 7th Birthday Party

This year, Sutton's birthday fell on a Saturday, so we got to have his party on his actual birthday! Adam and I photographed a wedding the day before, so we were scrambling all day Saturday to get everything ready. Sutton was busy chilling out, being a 7 year old (playing with a fidget spinner).

We did Minecraft as the theme for his party, and I'm not really good at party decor, so I just made this banner out of scrapbook paper we already have.

The party got off to a little bit of a rough start. Ren wouldn't let me put him down because I'd had to wake him up from his (3 hour!) nap and so he was grumpy. He let my mom take him for awhile, but kept coming back to me. Finally, a slice of cheese in a bowl and a shady spot did the trick. After he had a snack, he was good to go.

We got a stock tank pool a couple of days before because we'd been wanting one since we moved out here. Adam also made a gigantic slip n slide out of plastic sheeting that included a ramp and went down a little hill. That was the big hit of the party. We also had a little sprinkler thing, and some water balloons that Ren kept getting into before he was supposed to. Haha. I didn't take any pictures of that stuff because it was busy! But here's the present and food tables.

Potion of Healing was strawberry lemonade, and Potion of Fire Resistance was orange Gatorade.

And here's a little video Adam got of Sutton trying out the slip n slide before the party.

Soooooo many people came out, we probably had 50 people out here. We loved all the love that Sutton got! He got hurt on the slip n slide towards the beginning of the party and was having a hard time getting over it. Between him and Ren, I was worried for awhile that none of my people were having a good time! Cousin Aubrynn helped Sutton forget about it and get to his good old laughing self again.

Sutton had requested sandwiches for supper. So we made a bunch of meat, cheese, mayo and peanut butter + jelly sandwiches, which are his favorite. We ran out of food! Luckily, Adam had brilliantly ordered some pizzas. Those were cleaned out as well.

After that, he opened presents. He got lots of good stuff...including a giant bag of cheese popcorn.

I tried to take pictures of everyone sitting around, watching him.

Then it was time for cake! Adam and I made a creeper cake, plus some cupcakes. Those little red bags in the back had a white stripe across that said TNT (like in Minecraft), and had a minecraft fidget spinner and a minecraft ring in them.

We tried for a cousin picture.

Here's Sutton and Ren with Sutton's kindergarten friend Damian and his sister.

Another friend, Charlie, who was in Sutton's kindergarten class, and his pre-k class the year before.

Sutton's 7th Birthday Video

Here's the annual birthday video! I figure this year you can actually understand him completely so you don't need the translation. :)

Click here to see his 6 year old video.

Click here to see his 5 year old video.

Click here to see his 4 year old video.

Click here to see his 3 year old video.

Sutton is SEVEN!!

Sutton turned seven on Saturday! It's so crazy that I have a 7 year old. I just think back to the valley of wanting a baby so badly, and having to wait so long. And now here we are 7 years later, parents to the most awesome boy on the planet.

Sutton is funny and contemplative. He's very sensitive and things affect him deeply. He loves Jesus and teaches me what that love should look like more than I think I teach him!

He loves Minecraft, and especially watching Minecraft (Stampy Cat) videos on YouTube. He loves swimming, ninjas, legos, peanut butter on waffles (that's his breakfast every morning), Hershey's milk chocolate bars, Gatorade, jumping on the trampoline, reading books with mom and dad (especially non-ficton ones about space and animals), eating mac n cheese at Doc Greens or chips and salsas at Chilis, playing with his friends, and seeing his grandparents. He loves animals...especially our cat Sammie. He says he wants to be a vet when he grows up. He's smart and does so well in school. He is kind, and he really thinks about how things will affect people's feelings. He is the best big brother but he also fights with Ren like nobody's business (driving mom crazy). How do you explain your child in a paragraph?

We took some photos 2 days before his birthday to document him at this age. What a handsome kid! (Making collages takes time and I don't have much time at the moment, so I'm posting these each individually!) This first location is extra special because it's in our little town...a spot I've been eyeing for awhile, but it was perfect to use for Sutton.

That night I was also taking some photos of a couple of our friends' daughters in wildflower fields I'd found around town, so I drug everyone around with me, and we took a few of Sutton at the fields as well.

Had to add little bro into a few! Look at those identical cheeses! Ha!

 

I will hopefully get Sutton's birthday video made soon and will post that in a separate post!