My "baby boy" turned 9 today!

Yes, it has happened. D turned 9 today. I can't even wrap my mind around it, it seems like yesterday I cried at the bus stop sending him off to his first day of kindergarten. Who gave him permission to grow up so fast? NOT ME!
His daddy took him bright & early this morning (think 8 am) to Wal-Mart to pick out his b-day gift: A brand new bike! He got to pick ANY bike he wanted. He has been talking about this day for the past two weeks, ever since J told him they would go. It was so funny, he wanted it to just be him and his dad. No one else was allowed to come. He came home with a shiny new red, silver, and black bike with pegs and the works. It is FREEZING out, but he has gone out 3 times today and rode it anyway.
My youngest sister, her hubby, their daughter (9 mos old), My middle sister, her fiancee, and her son (17 mos), and my mom & dad all came down for the weekend to celebrate. We had cake & ice cream last night (homemade cake: chocolate with chocolate icing). D originally planned on having a couple of friends stay the night on Friday night, but Thurs. he was sent home from school with a very sore throat and fever. I took him to the dr. Thurs. afternoon and it was strep throat. He has been on antibiotics since then and seems much better, but we had to call off the sleepover "just in case". I didn't want him passing it on to anyone else. Thankfully none of the rest of us has caught it. (knock on wood)
The boys, J, and my dad are gone right now to the mini golf place, for a boys' outing. They have an indoor blacklight course so thank goodness they won't have to be outdoors. My mom and K are napping in the recliner. So all is nice and quiet for now.
I took several pics yesterday and today, I will get a few of them up here later, when I get a chance to edit them.