Happy Birthday week Campbell family!! I feel horrible that I dread this week every year. Ryan was joking with me the other day saying that I purposely had 2 kids within 5 days of his birthday to make his day less special. It made me laugh because we are so different. Birthday’s have never been a big deal to me and now that I’m an adult it’s just another day in life. I’d rather celebrate only the big one’s, the 0′s and 5′s. But no worries, I’ve learned after 11 years of marriage that this week, is a big deal and we celebrate all week long!!!

Ryan’s birthday is the first of the bunch. He turned 34! Wow! I’d like to say he’s old but it’s a touchy subject, for me. When your married to a man who is 4 years older than you, yet you have people think that he’s your child’s brother not father, yet they know I’m the mom, it starts to get to you. lol. Age has been very kind to him and he is a very good looking 34 year old! I took him out on a hot date, to dinner and some downtown Portland clubbing. It was a good time getting out and being “normal” 30 somethings! lol. Later in the week we celebrated with the kids. I made his fav cake, lemon cake, and it was soooooo good.

We celebrated Leah’s birthday the same night. She doesn’t like cake or cookies or candy, or anything sweet, so why go to the trouble of making 3 cakes in one week?

Her favorite part is blowing out the candles. We had to relight it at least 5 times so she could do it again. She was blowing so hard that she kept blowing her bangs off of her forehead, it was so funny.

Leah made a haul this year. She got new boots, a doodle bear, 2 princess dresses and the movie Rio. It was an off night for her, so she wasn’t happy at all. She didn’t give a second glance at the presents but LOVED all the cards and slept with them that night! (Though we did watch Rio a millions times the rest of that week!)

I can hardly believe that my baby is 5 years old! (carrying her cards around!)

Last but not least Ayden turned 8 years old! I’m always surprised at the unsettling feeling I get when it’s Ayden’s birthday. Jackson is my oldest, so I expect him to get old, but Ayden still seems like my sweet little boy and I don’t want him to grow up! I just can’t believe he’s 8, where has the time gone?

We did a big party for him this year. We did Sunset Lanes  bowling(like Jackson’s) so he could get his VIP gaming card. He could hardly wait all week for his birthday party to come. Saturday morning he was bursting from the seams for it to start! He had a great time hanging out with his friends and messing around.

Sunday morning on his actual birthday we celebrated with his favorite breakfast, breakfast burritos w/bacon and hash browns and he opened all of his birthday cards from his family. He got 80 bucks! Holy Cow!

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