Well, it is Steven's 10th Birthday today. Wow 10 years has flown by fast! I can remember just like it was yesterday that I was carrying him home from the hospital. I tell him every year on this birthday about the day he was born. My mom always did that to me and I loved it. You would never know it to look at him now, but he was a little baby 6 lbs. 9 ounces. We always called him bird legs. But boy look at him know, he is almost as tall as me. He was excited b/c today he got to pick everything that he would get for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We have heard for a week (numerous times during those days) just what he was having:) Breakfast--Bacon, egg and cheese bagel from McDonald's, lunch--bologna and cheese sandwich, and for supper--chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, corn and cole slaw. We also surprised him with a cookie cake and a couple of presents. We are having his party on Saturday, so everyone else will come then. I think that he loved the whole day. I know that I have thought back to many memories that we have made over the last 10 years and think about how my boy has grown in many ways.
I got this idea from someone else's blog. It is a letter to Steven on his birthday.
Dear Steven,
Wow, where has 10 years gone? You are no longer in the single digits, it is doubles the rest of the way. I think of the moment we found out I was pregnant for you and how excited we were. Then when you actually came into the world (I did think sometimes that I would be carrying you around inside of me until you were 10--LOL), I knew that the love I had for you was not like anything I had ever felt before (but I felt that really before you were born). I knew when I seen you were everything I had dreamed of and more. You were such a wonderful baby. Then later the 2 and 3 year olds crept in and I don't know if wonderful would be a word that always described your actions--LOL (ex. coloring on the walls, potty training, climbing everywhere), but that smile seemed to get you out of a lot of trouble. Then, a couple of years later off to school you went and my eyes were filled with tears. You have seen many things in your 10 years. You have at to experience things like hospitals and nursing home and even death that most kids experience only as adults, and you would just "go with the flow". I will never forget you at Ohio State Hospital going to Grandma's room by yourself. I guess it was dad and I that was lost huh? You have always been a smart boy (sometimes to smart for your own good--LOL)and we are so proud of your academics, you have really shown a lot of maturity with your school work. You have also become a big brother in two little siblings in a pretty short time and you have embraced that pretty well. Sometimes, I know that the adjustment has been more yours than anyone's, but each time you have welcomed them with open arms and always excitedly asked when you could have more brothers and sisters. You have a tender heart and that shines through. You have your moments like any child, and growing pains creep in. I love when we sit or drive and talk about different things that are going on, and how you laugh at the silliest things. You have such a wonderful sense of humor! You are also so kind and gentle to help the people at the nursing home and your grandma. I never hear you complain when we go to see her.
I know that the next 10 years will be fun, exciting, and yet challenging and at times heartbreaking, but you are one of a kind. If you keep God in your heart and your mind there are numerous possibilities out there for you. He has great plans for you (you know I can still see you in the secret service one day, or in a political type job--You are my Jack Bauer--LOL). Remember I am always here for you and always will be. You are a great son and I love you. Happy 10th Birthday my AFC!! You are one of our three gifts from God!
Love,
Mom
P.S. I do have baby pictures, they just aren't on disk yet!!
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