Hard to believe this little guy is 9 already!  He’s actually looking 9 now that his permanent teeth have finally come in!  He is his own little person, has his own ideas and ways of doing things, a lover of sports, PS4, his mini iPad, super stats keeper, and can eat Fritos all day long.  Maybe I should’ve just gotten him Fritos instead of expensive basketball shoes for his birthday!?  He knows what he likes (there was no talking him into a different pair of shoes) and he’s a super dedicated hard-worker so he deserves a splurge every once and awhile!  

Plus, these bad boys made Drew have the best basketball game of his life!  12 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 steals.  We aren’t sure if it was him turning 9, the new ‘Champs’ arm sleeve, or those shoes that caused this powerhouse game, but either way, we had an absolute blast watching him!

As most kiddos are, he was very excited for his birthday.  Aunt Jenn has a tradition of bringing donuts…

And the sweet Dearmore’s stopped by to wish Drew a happy one…complete with Fritos of course!

The ice storm/icemageddon that was going to cripple the city never happened and every game & practice we had on the schedule for the weekend was called off.  They even moved the Chiefs playoff game and canceled church!  One thing that fake ice storm was not going to cancel was celebrating DREW!!  He requested Fritz’s for lunch (he’s a big fan of cheeseburgers)…

Drew always has a teensy weensy different idea about a birthday party than I do.  But I aim to please, so we had his party at Main Event which is new to the area, all the buzz, and right up his alley.  He invited school friends and family and we were able to celebrate Collin too!  Double fun!

and Lazer Tag was awesome!

and of course plenty of time in the arcade…

These adorable kiddos had the BEST time celebrating and the birthday boy has such wonderful friends and family!  

I recycled the Neon theme that Jake requested when he was 8 and I thought it was perfect for this crazy casino-like venue 😉

Now this lucky bday boy has bunches of gift cards that he is excited to spend and received everything he wanted on his wish list!  Can’t get much better than that!  Check out all the photos on Shutterfly:  pix.sfly.com/dVKwDu09

Since they called off school when we were originally planning to take him lunch…we decided to spoil him with two days of lunch visitors!

We have a tradition of eating Burger King on his birthday because we joke that he was almost born there!  The story is…I was scheduled to be induced the next morning so we let the kids choose where we would have our last meal out as a family of 4.  Jake chose “King Burger” as he called it at that time.  We went there to eat, threw coins in the fountain (yes the one on 119th & Strang Line Rd. has one inside) and I just wasn’t feeling well.  I thought maybe it was nerves but very shortly thereafter, Drew was born at 8:26pm at Olathe Medical Center.  My BFF, Lisa (Lee), was scheduled to be induced on January 15th as well and everything happened right as planned for her!  So these two little precious bundles were born a few doors down from each other 15 hours apart.  Happy Birthday Drew & Will!