What a difference a year makes. I am humbled to be posting pictures of another special birthday for our sweet Cannon boy.
I truly never thought we would be blessed enough to have him with us as we celebrated this year. We made sure it was a very HAPPY birthday celebration. We wanted to keep it small since Cannon isn't always in the partying mood. We had a good time with our "Little Man" in grand fashion- complete with ties and mustaches.
After releasing lanterns and singing "Happy Birthday!" we had a great time snapping silly shots in the photo booth!
Erin was so wonderful to record another special song to play as we let the wish lanterns go. this year's choice was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Our hopes were to release the lanterns in our yard and play the song on our CD player, along with her song from last year "You Are My Sunshine" but the wind had other ideas and we had to walk down to an open field to release the lanterns. I took my laptop with me to play the songs but the speakers just weren't loud enough for anyone to hear it. We played the song once we came back to the house and everyone loved how beautiful it was. Once I can get the file to be the right size I will upload it here for you to listen. All the gifts received were full of thought. Cannon was given his favorite lip balm that keeps his lips oh so kissable and the softest blankets to wrap him up in.
He was given a coupon to Mixbook to make another blog book, which has been one of our most treasured gifts from last year. These scented fresheners were also a great idea for Cannon to enjoy the smell of yummy vanilla sugar.
Uncle Greg sent colorful balloons that kept Cannon's attention and they floated above him throughout the day.
A beautiful bouquet to bright Cannon's day.
A cuddly stuffed bear for Cannon to snuggle with and some generous donations to the Menkes foundation.
9 comments:
Happy birthday to such a sweet spirit! Can't wait for you guys to move into the ward:)
Oh, Natalie! Oh wow! Would you just be my next door neighbor so I could learn from you daily!?? This is such a treasure. You just know how to celebrate and I am so glad you all had such a great day with Cannon on his big 2. Wonderful!! I am so happy for you. xoxo Jerami
What a sweet celebration for the sweetest little guy we know. Truly, there is not a day that goes by that he is not in our family prayers, and gratitude for his sweet example. Love you ALL!!
Such a special birthday party for such a special little guy! Natalie, you always think of such beautiful ways to honor Cannon's life. And yes, we all love how much he means to us and how much he has taught us! He is such a courageous, gallant little spirit. We love you, Cannon Boy! Happy Birthday!
You are so lucky to have him! WHAT AN AWESOME LITTLE MAN HE IS! Looks like he had an awesome birthday. What fun! You really know how to throw a party. You should go into the party business. Love you!
We felt so lucky to be part of that special celebration! (Rachel Quigley)
Natalie and Kent,
What a blessing to have dear, sweet Cannon in your life for two special years! You and your little family are such an inspiration to all of us! Love prevails everything, for sure! What a wonderful celebration for little Cannon. You are an amazing party planner, Natalie! Our thoughts and prayers are with you always. Doug and Joyce
What a blessing that must be to have another year with your sweet little boy! Your such a sweet mother and he is blessed to have you! Can't wait till you move to our ward:-)
Aww how cute. Cannon is getting so big!! What a fun party. You are always so great with your parties. Hope you had a special day little man.
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