i seem to have issues with dragging birthday celebrations out into the rest of the month, and sometimes into the next month…[this may or may not have been the case with my bday, if you recall this post, and this post, and this post…haha.]  but in my defense, we did celebrate my brother’s birthday late, and with this week being so busy with school stuff and interviews and trying to lose the pounds i gained after eating my way through spring break…

i know.  excuses, excuses.

anyway, here are some photos from our little family birthday celebration for mike:

{our outdoor kitty, nibbles, managed to look tremendously bored throughout the entire celebration!}

{we were all giggling at the third hole in the liner of his new swimsuit… very mature, i know!}

a fun time was had by all!  well, all but one.

we felt bad because we were leaving for chicago early the following morning so we had to take little lucky to the kennel before it closed for the evening, which meant that he didn’t get to partake in the celebration.  and he of all people [er, individuals] LOVES parties.  specifically those that involve opening presents, because that’s one of his favorite pastimes.

poor little guy!  we really missed him and his expert gift-unwrapping skills that night.

no chance we’ll let you miss out on the fun next time, buddy!