First on his birthday list was golfing with Dad. Jeff and Ken go golfing around 6am during the summer while the weather is nice so taking Andrew was simple enough. Andrew was so excited to get to go he was up at 3am and ready to go. We had to tell him to get back to bed for 3 more hours. He went to his room but I don't think he slept. Jeff said he had some good shots and had a lot of fun with the big boys.
Next up was roller skating. This is his new favorite thing to do. He hated it at first but has grown to LOVE to skate. Every chance he gets he asks to go out skating. We invited Grandma and Papa along. Grandma thought she'd skate with us but found that her balance has changed. She only made it one lap around with Jeff's help and turned in the skates. We still enjoyed having her and Papa there to keep us company.
Andrew took frequent trips to get water and decided to let other people around know that it was his birthday. He was pretty cute but he even interrupted a paid birthday party for someone else to let them know it was his special day too. Andrew got nice and sweaty and enjoyed skating it up.
We let him open his presents later after dinner out. My Dad sent a birthday box that included a fishing vest from 4 generations. I loved the sentimental part of it and Andrew thought it was cool too. He got stocked with toys and got everything he ever wanted.
We ended his actual birth day with cake of course. We thought about making one but all he really wanted was to go pick one out at the store. We showed him several options and he settle on a chocolate chocolate cake from costco. They had regular sheet cakes but he said those were too kiddie looking. He picked the more adult looking cake and loved it.
As an actual birthday party we really don't usually do these for him as he has a summer birthday. It's tough because we can't invite school friends and he only has 2 church friends from his class. We decided to invite those 2 church friends and make it a party at Wild Waves. Andrew was over the moon with this and couldn't wait to have his friends come just for him.
Only one of the boys could come and we decided to go for it. We made it a party day and had a great time. We did both wet water rides and dry regular rides. We packed it all in to our party day. Andrew loved having a friend along. I think it made him feel really special.
Lastly since Andrew turned 8 he was able to get baptised in our church. I'm not sure how he felt about the whole thing. He was soooooo hyper it was hard to tell. Several days before the baptism we met with our Bishop to just interview Andrew and make sure he was ready. The Bishop told us that in the 5 1/2 years of being a Bishop Andrew's was the strangest interview he has ever had. Let's just say we took a wrong turn during our visit when they kids busted out knock knock jokes. It was interesting to say the least. The Bishop gave us the go ahead so it must have been okay.
Andrew had seen Megan get baptised so he knew what to expect. Jeff still tried to prep him and he did great. He was a bit hyper while we waited but once it was over he did just fine. I was really proud and relieved it all went well. Andrew was so cute after giving hugs and just being a whole new boy. Eight is definitely great for him.
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