The BIG day finally came!

Literally the day after Christmas Cameron started obsessing about how many days it was until his birthday. Finally we were able to calm him by putting up a calender on the wall specifically devoted to crossing off the days (for two months). The night before his birthday his said his bedtime prayer and I reminded him (as is our custom) that it was not a blessing on the food, and that this was a night before his birthday prayer. This is the sweet prayer that he prayed...

"Dear Heavenly Father, and the dear Jesus Christ too...help me to have a really great birthday. Help me to not punch anyone, or hurt anyone or make anyone cry to ruin the day."

Oh what a sweet day it was...

Evan had to work late that night, so we decided we were going to have our family party with presents in the morning. I woke to Ewan and Heather sitting together on our piano bench and Ewan was telling Heather which of his most special Star Wars guys he was giving Cameron for his birthday. When Cameron got up, both Ewan and Heather started spontaneously singing "Happy Birthday" and giving him hugs and the whole morning there was just a sweet, loving atmosphere of joy! I can't help but think that part of God's answer to Cameron's sweet prayer was that his brother and sister didn't push any of his buttons:)

playing with his new "Lego Star Wars guys"

As he said he would, Ewan gave Cameron almost all of his most precious Star Wars figures. We explained to Cameron that Ewan loves him so much that he wanted to give him something, and this was all he had to give...Heather eating a cinnamon roll at the birthday breakfast.

Just before we opened presents...
Ewan and Heather got to hand Cameron the presents and they were so sweet about it.
Getting what he wanted most...a "Star Wars Lego Anakin Star Fighter with R2D2" from Nanny and Papa
Cameron's most favorite food in the world is Izzies pepperoni pizza. We went to Izzies for his birthday dinner with our neighbors Marilyn and Emma. You can see he eats very exuberantly there!