4 on the 4th!

Happy Birthday, Bridger Dean!

He got his big present - a new BIKE! - early, so his actual birthday was mostly just about having fun, eating his special requested "strawberry horse cake", and playing with family. And of course the presents from them :)

Trying out his new bike the day we brought it home

                                          Big boy ♥

I think he likes it :)

And then on his actual birthday, we took a surprise trip to the wilderness center to feed the geese..

My kids love the rock collecting area

 

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(Flashback... I think perhaps this will have to forever be an annul thing♥)

 Goobers

 Look at that proud little Birthday Boy!

 Silly Brudders

 "Squeeze Hug" for the Birthday Boy!! Ha!

 And on to feed those geese - that Mommy had to pretend NOT to be 

afraid of.. even when they were closing in on me... ready to attack... and I'm sure they could smell my fear... *shudder* 

Geese. No thank you.

 A quick stop at the pit to find a souvenir

 

    And then a pic on a rock... Show me your best Super Hero pose!!!

                                                            And 1 - 2 - 3 - JUMP!!

                              Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii - Ya!!!!


 




And then it was time for balloons, streamers, presents, and "strawberry horse cake" .....

 

 I think he approved :)

 Waiting for some candles... (obviously I was taking WAY too long... Ha!)

 FOUR!

 Center of Attention... hehe

 

                                  BLOW!

 Haha... Mommy bought trick candles... so he needed some help ;)

 

 Cake time!

 And after the sugar buzz wore off, it was time for bed. 

But just before I went to bed that night, when all the commotion was over, I couldn't help but remember where I was 4 years ago. (Of course... what mom doesn't?)

Bridger was my second baby - but Holden was an emergency c-section. So, Bridger was my first natural vbac. 

And that experience was the most incredible thing I'd ever done.

And while lots of it is kind of blurry...  I still distinctly remember the feeling right after it was over.  

And he was on my tummy. And I had done it. 

He was here. 

And it was exactly the way I had wanted it.

And I just kept saying over and over, waiting for it to sink in... " I had a baby... I had a baby..."

And I don't care how old he gets... that amazing memory and feeling will never change. 

I still had a baby. 

He's just big now. 

My Bridger Dean♥