Derek's 4th Birthday Celebration!

Since Baby Boy Barbag is due around Derek's birthday, we decided we better celebrate a bit early!  Derek had a great 4th birthday at Monkey Joe's!

The happy Birthday Boy!

Josh helps Derek with his numbers.

Ready to party for #4!

We've got the balloons blown and we're ready to head over!

Derek's 4th Birthday Celebration!

It took a while for Josh to realize there was more than the school bus up front!

Courtney and Lucas sure had fun!

It was hard to get shots of the birthday boy.

He was too busy monkeying around!

Pizza time -- Derek got to sit in the BIG birthday chair!

Josh approves of the festivities.

Go B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

Sharing the big chair!

Monkey Joe brought Derek a birthday gift!

Cake time!

Then it was back to play time:

Landon and Derek were inseparable!

As were Papa and Josh!

Once we got this little monkey INSIDE the bouncehouses -- he wouldn't leave -- not even for cake!

Daddy and Grandma enjoy the scenary.

As do the Navarette Girls!

He keeps going and going and going and going....

Of course, there's always time at the very end for a little cake:

Some serious cake-eating going on.

Do I have some on my face?

Let's GO BANANAS!!!

Too pooped to party!

The exciting caravan.

Thanks for celebrating with us!

After heading home and opening some presents, both boys took a much needed nap.  Then, they were busy worker bees helping Mommy and Daddy to put together a new dresser for Josh's room (his old one is going into the new baby's room)!

First they helped assemble.

They had a lot of fun!

And they carefully put each drawer in its proper place.

Mission Accomplished!

 A great day for a birthday!!!