Belated birthday pics

Dear Aidan,

Here you are at Steer Inn Burgers when we were there to eat dinner after daddy and mommy got our hair cut at Jenny Hair Salon. You are much better today than last night. Your fever went down and you looked more awake than yesterday. I'm so happy that you are feeling better. I was worried about you all day today.

On another note, I finally got the disk from Will, JP's dad, of your birthday pics that he took. He's really into photography and he took pictures of your birthday as a favour to us. I wish he came right when the party started so he could have taken photos of the table decor and all that good stuff, but what can you do...


Your birthday cake made by Patty. I gave her a sketch of the cake that I wanted and this is what she came up with. It's basically a stack of school textbooks and notebooks and topped off with an apple.



The head table. The venue where we had the party was pretty dimly lit so it was hard to capture the room decor. Daddy and I worked so hard the night before to get it all ready for you.



Your birthday banner.



Here is your cake from the side. So many people touched the cake because they thought it was a real book!



You and your Vancouver grandma. She looks so happy holding you.



Daddy, mommy, you, and your Vancouver grandma.



Our friends Grace and Patty's family. You can sort of see the table decor, but not really! Such a shame. I worked so hard to put that all together...



Ryan, Cara, and Justine. Such a cute family.



Julie, Do Yoon, daddy, and Lana.



Our extended family. I love how they are holding up the name tags that I made.



Erica and James' family as well as Helen and Pastor Jason's daugthers.



Look how happy you are holding the balloon. It's so funny, but those balloons were so tangled up just before your birthday party began. It took mommy, daddy, Auntie Jess, and Uncle Wayne so long to detangle them. I don't even think we detangled all of them.



Our small group family.



Mommy, your Toronto grandma, and you.



Auntie Jess and Uncle Wayne.



Isaiah with his name tag on his back. So cute!



Your cousin Ethan. He is such a good boy.



This was right when the doljabi began. What will you pick?



I think I'm encouraging you to pick the $100 bill!



Oh yes! You picked a hockey stick! Your second pick was the $100 bill. Auntie Jess, who narrated the whole doljabi, said that you will become a rich hockey player. Yes!



Daddy, mommy, you, your Vancouver grandma, Auntie Jane, and your Vancouver grandpa.



Everyone look at the birthday boy!



Daddy, Auntie Jess, mommy, your Toronto grandma, you, your Toronto grandpa, and Auntie Sara.



Here we go again!



The happy family.



Mommy had to blow out your birthday candle because you didn't know how to blow it out.



Daddy's little boy.