Jake's Surprise Birthday Party

 Pre-party

 Right before we said "surprise!"

 Tyson having to explain to Jake that the surprise party is for him.

 My sis and my Gracie bug

 My mom's parents

 My mom and dad

 My dad and his brother, Bobby

 Decorating the donuts!

 Ryleigh Kate said she only eats Krispy Kreme Donuts

 My cousin Chris's younger two boys, Spenser and Carson

 My cousin, Christy, with Chase, Connor (Chris's oldest), and Ryleigh Kate

 Walker LOVED his brother's surprise party!

 Holly and my cousin, Trey

 G Mama helping Jake unwrap his present while my bro-in-law handles a little business in the background :)

 Jake and Carson beyblade battling

 Wow, don't look too excited now, Chris!

 All of the great-grands

 Again...without the donut in Walker's mouth, though

 Opening presents at Amy's house

 

 

My big boy turns 5 on January 4th!!  I am just in shock saying that!  Anyways, Jake actually asked to go to the Nickelodeon Hotel here in Orlando instead of having a party, and I was ecstatic with his decision!  Something about birthday parties just stress me out!  Ha!  I was a little worried, though, that he'd end up regretting not having a party, so my mom and I concocted a plan to have a "little party" for him in Tifton while we were there for Christmas.  Long story short, his "little party" turned into a donut-decorating surprise party with 9 kids and 15 adults.

 

My sister was a huge help in planning the party- she actually suggested having it at the Daylight Donuts place in Tifton, which was perfect.  It was a cute set-up, a super easy party, and very inexpensive.  The kids got to decorate donuts and the adults got to eat them.  Ha!  Ok, that was mainly just me doing that. ;)  We were so happy to be able to have all of our family there for Jake's birthday; it was the first time we've been able to celebrate his birthday with our family.

 

Oh, and about the surprise- I went a little early to help set-up and Tyson brought the boys a little later once all of our family had arrived.  Jake walked in the door and was totally unphased by everything; then, we all yelled surprise and he had the most confused look on his face.  It wasn't until Tyson explained that the surprise party was for him did he get it.  Once he did, though, he just lit up and was super excited.  Overall, it was a huge success!  Jake kept telling me thank you over and over again and that I'm the best mama ever. ;)

 

More to come on Jake's birthday...