Monday, August 2, 2010

Birthday Fun

Laura and I celebrated our birthdays last week (along with my Aunt Amy and Uncle Ross!) and my parents took us to Cheesecake factory for lunch. It's been a tradition the last few years so it was fun to do it again.

My dad took a long lunch and joined us!
Cooper, Ben, and Elizabeth. What's so funny is we did NOT plan to have the boys wear their matching shirts. We just showed up and they were each wearing them! They truly are our twins :).
Here's sweetie pie Jackson. He did a great job at lunch.
All of us outside Barnes and Noble afterward.
That night when Ryan got home, they had a Sponge Bob birthday for me (cute huh? :))
Then Cooper took the camera! I asked him if he'd take a picture of me and daddy, and he was actually able to get us in the camera and take a picture. No small feat considering the camera is so huge! After this though I couldn't pry him away from the camera. I thought I'd post a few of the photos he took along with his commentary...
(btw-not a flattering photo of me but his commentary was too funny)
"Mom, why is your mouth in an o ? I don't want your mouth to be in an o."

So then he takes this one

"Mom, where are your hands? I want to take a picture with your hands."
"There are your hands!" (Isn't he so funny?!?)

Then he took this one of Jackson
Maybe he'll be a photographer one day! Now I just have to fend him off every time I get out my camera (which is about 5 times a day). Maybe it wasn't so smart to introduce him to the camera this young!

6 comments:

Allison said...

That is hilarious! Happy Birthday to both of you of course - but Cooper and your "O" face, hands, etc. So adorable.
I can't get over Jackson's hair... he is looking so old!

The Martys said...

The Coopers pictures. They are a hoot. Looks like you had a fun time at Cheese Cake Factory. Did you get the yummy cheese cake?

I cannot believe how much Jackson has changed in month. Can't wait to see you all in a couple of weeks.

Meg said...

Happy belated birthday! or is it Belated Happy Birthday?!?! Either way, same sentiment! I'm thinkin' Santa may have to bring all these kids who have cameras pointed at them 24/7 there own inexpensive digitals to practice with. Can't beat the price of film and processing! Cooper did a great job!!

TLEB said...

He got some great pictures! Love them!!

The A Family said...

Happy Birthday! What a fun day! I think I will let Samantha pick the theme for Marc's next birthday, but I am not sharing that until after my bday this month :) I love his pics, he did a great job! We have the same issues with Samantha and my camera :)

Gretchen said...

What a great photographer Cooper is! I love the commentary you posted and even more I love the expressions on your face when Cooper snapped the pics. You guys make a great pair. :) Looks like you had a super fun birthday! How sweet that you got a Spongebob birthday cake....I wonder who picked that out? :)