Happy Birthday Auntie Laura and Cousin Jeff

Happy Birthday to two of our favorite people. We hope you both have a wonderful day today and always. Here's Jumpin' J enjoying the wonderful weather your birthday has brought to Massachusetts!!!



Check out the Cookie Monster shoes!! (Almost like Jimmy Choo's right Auntie Laura?)

Happy Birthday Uncle Jeff

Happy Birthday Uncle Jeff!!! We hope you have a great day!!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Gary

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!! Have a super dooper day and we hope we get to see you soon!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Potter

Happy Birthday Grammy! We hope you have a fabulous day and we will see you this weekend for a fun time on Block Island!!!

Pickles and a Concert

Yesterday my brother and I took our mom, aka Grandma Laurie, to a Chicago concert for her birthday! Since J's dad is on a business trip J got to tag along, well for dinner anyway...


Then J stayed at Miss Laura's house (one of Grandma's friends) while we went to the concert! I hadn't realized that Grandma saw them in the 70's too so it was like a flashback for her. And since Uncle Andrew and I were almost the only people there under 50 it seemed like there might be some serious flashing back going on. But it was great! They played a little of their really early stuff for Uncle Andrew, some of their 80's stuff for me, and all of their great 70's stuff for all of us! Did you know that Chicago has the second highest number of albums after the Beach Boys, guess we were raised on the classics!!! Happy Birthday Grandma!!

Happy Birthday Auntie Donna

Happy Birthday to Daddy's sister, Auntie Donna!!! We miss you tons but hope your new job is going great!!! We love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Today is Daddy's 32nd Birthday!!!

Why My Daddy Is the Best In the World
By Jumpin' J

* Tickle Monster with his hand
* Baseball with Daddy
* Frogs outside
* Foosball downstairs
* Story voices - Fee Fi Fo Fum
* Sing Songs
Ring the rosey
Pocket posies
Ashes Ashes
Fall Down
* Animal Noise - Coyote!

What Does a 2nd Birthday Look Like?

7:15 am: wake up, turn on fishtank in crib, play with teeny beanies
8am: Mom gets you up and you go downstairs for juice and a waffle
8:30am: temper tantrum because you want to wear the grasshopper shirt, you win cause it's your birthday
9am: watch Sprout on TV
10am: leave to go to the playground
10:15am: guy at Dunkin' Donuts gives you extra munchkins because it's your birthday
10:20am: arrive at playground and immerse yourself in playing and eating munchkins
11am: chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and smiley face rings on them

11:15am: eat the frosting off your second cupcake
11:40am: eat the frosting off your third cupcake, it is your birthday after all

11:45am: run around like a crazy man covered in chocolate

12:20pm: throw temper tantrum because we have to leave to have lunch and take naps, lose this battle!
12:30pm: get home to see the bus pulling away, mini temper tantrum, sugar is wearing off!
12:35pm: go with Mom to the mailbox to see if you get mail! You got a catalog, very exciting!!

12:40pm: Upstairs for a nap you go but when Mom changes you, you beg for a book
12:45pm: Mom reads you "Happy Birthday Thomas" and then you and Bethy take a nap!
4pm: get up from said nap with chocolate still on your face but feeling refreshed

4:05pm: run outside to play with Troubles 1 and 2
4:15pm: off in the car to dinner with the girls
4:45pm: chaos reigns at Uno's with a magician who makes balloon animals

6pm: save Uno's from the terror and head home to eat more cupcakes
6:30pm: just enough cupcakes for everyone to have one

7pm: talk to Daddy on the phone, we miss him when he goes on trips
7:30pm: after three books a tired little boy goes to bed

Happy Birthday Auntie Erika!!

Happy Birthday to one of our favorite people! We love you very much and hope that this year is even better than last year!

Happy Birthday Grandpa J

My Grandpa's birthday is today and we wish him a very happy one!!!

Jumpin' J was wondering if perhaps he could DRIVE your Porche next time he sees you. He really wants to be a race car driver these days and thinks that it might help him practice!

Happy Birthday Auntie Fruitcake

To a fabulous friend, Happy Birthday! We hope you visit again soon!!!

Happy Belated to Pops and Auntie Kim

Between working on Daddy's secret project, getting geared up for our trip, and activities to do, I have slacked off in the Birthday department this week. To rectify that:

Happy Birthday Pops
Happy 30th Birthday Auntie Kim

Here's a sneak preview of your birthday presents!!!

Happy Birthday Brad

Happy Birthday to Jumpin' J's big cousin, Brad! We hope that you have a fantastic day!

Happy Birthday Trouble #2

So our neighbor and one of Jumpin' J's best friends turned 3 on Thanksgiving. Yes, Turkey Day!! A very special Happy Birthday to her!! Here's a picture of T2 and J helping me make deviled eggs to take to our Thanksgiving feast.

Happy Birthday Uncle Deano

Happy Birthday to Uncle Deano! We are lucky to have you as a friend and family!!!

This is Daddy, Big Brad, Uncle Deano, and Jumpin' J at the Xmas Eve party 2007!

Happy Birthday Jeff!

Happy Birthday to Jumpin' J's big cousin Jeff!! Hope you have a great day!!!

Jeff is very very nice and lets J climb all over him like monkey bars! That's a really great cousin!

Happy Birthday Auntie Laura

A very special Happy 30th Birthday to Auntie Laura!!!

Here's Laura and Jumpin' J when he was just born!

And here's one a year later at his first birthday!

Thank you for your friendship and thoughtfulness over the years! We are very lucky to have a great friend like you, Laura!!! We love you!!!!!

Happy Birthday Uncle Jeff

Happy Birthday to Sean's oldest sibling, Uncle Jeff!!! We hope every day is like your birthday!!!

Here's one of Jumpin' J and Uncle Jeff from this past weekend! Uncle Jeff kindly allowed J to climb up and down on him and read him books.

Happy Birthday Katie

Happy 30th Birthday to our friend Katie!!! Welcome to the next decade of your life!!!


Check out Katie's blog at Katie the Writer

Happy Birthday Drew

A very big happy birthday to Cousin 'Drew!!!