Sam's Birthday

Sam's 28th(!!) birthday was on November 5th, just a couple days after we got home from Alabama, and low and behold, he had caught the same stomach bug that Neal had while we were there. (Somehow, it skipped me and Ivy, thank goodness!) So that Monday, he was not feeling too hot at all. He wasn't feeling the greatest on his birthday the next day either but apparently, was well enough to head down to his favorite restaurant in Knoxville for a birthday lunch at Chuy's. We did a little shopping for the birthday boy around town afterwards, then eventually headed home and just chilled.  We decided to hold off on cake and celebrating with any friends til the next evening, when he was feeling much better...

Cake time, the next day.. We had a few close friends stop by for a little while on Wednesday evening:

Sam was fairly paranoid that he was still contagious (even though it had been a solid two days since he was sick, silly guy) and didn't want to take any chances, lol... So he blew out a candle on the opposite end from where the cake was, haha. Here are his buddies singing to him:

 Ivy insisted on the silly faces. It must run in the family, lol:

Pretty low-key this year but just the way Sam preferred it. Even though he wasn't feeling quite 100%, the day of his actual birthday on Tuesday was way fun. It was nice to spend the day together without any obligations. Just a free day! Happy birthday babe! Here's to many more great birthdays to come!(..and hopefully ones without sickness, hehe.)