Officially Five

Since we celebrated Gray's birthday a week early with his friends, we had a pretty low-key day on Sept. 1. Each day in-between the party and his actual b-day, he would wake up and ask if he was five yet. Then when the day finally arrived, he slept in as we eagerly awaited giving him his new bike and a few other presents we had held back to make his actual birthday special.

Pappa and Susu were also visiting from Mississippi which ensured that the birthday boy was properly spoiled rotten. I didn't realize until afterward that I only got three pictures the entire day, none of which included us with Gray or any of his grandparents. I've really gotta get better about taking pictures.

Helping daddy make his favorite breakfast...pancakes!

Great Grandmama with Nora who stopped by in the afternoon for cake and ice cream

Yet another birthday cake. This one was a homemade strawberry cake courtesy of Susu and it was delicious!