So I am a few weeks behind on events. No surprise with my now 3 year old running
around. Did you catch that, yes I said
3! I know it is so hard to believe
Daniel is 3 years old now. He is getting
so big so fast. Everyday it seems I am
putting more clothes away that are to tight, to short or all around to
small. He is so smart and funny and is
turning into an amazing young boy (notice I did not say man, we are not rushing
that one). He is no longer mommy’s baby,
but insists he is a big boy. He is very
opionated and knows what he wants and is not afraid to make it known
either. I am so proud at the big boy he
is becoming. Some of his personality
traits that have become very apparent this past year: He is a charmer, a flirt
and loves to make people laugh. He will
put a show on for you like nothing you have ever seen. He still gets shy and holds on to our legs
when he doesn’t know someone. He is so
smart and picks up on things very fast (sometimes way to fast for my
liking). He is such a joy and brings
smiles and warmth to everyone he comes in contact with.
For his birthday (March 9th was his birthday,
told you I am way behind) he got to have an Alvin and the Chipmunks party. The cake was amazing (thank you Audra and
Mikaela once again) with a stage, all the chipmunks and instruments. You wouldn’t think it would be hard to find
Chipmunk’s themed party supplies but it definitly was. There is nothing out there. Daniel’s favorite part I think was playing
with all his little friends. While we
were singing him Happy Birthday he sat there and rolled his eyes, he is so
dramatic! You can see video of it below (thank you Ryan for all the pictures
and video).
It was such a sweet
day.
On Daniel’s actual birthday he got to pick what we had for
dinner and if we stayed home or went out to eat. He wanted to stay home (he is really turning
into quite a homebody) and wanted us to bring dinner home. So we asked him what he wanted to eat, for
those of you that know Daniel you might have been able to guess his answer –
Chicken wings, the kid loves ranch chicken wings. So I picked up Quaker Steak and Lube on my
way home. Before dinner Mark asked him if he wanted to pray, here was
Daniels prayer “Dear God, thank you for my birthday and thank you for my family.
Amen” Melt my heart! He is such a sweet boy. That brought tears to my eyes and made this
mommy heart full!
I thank God everyday for this gift of this sweet boy. For those big brown eyes and little chocolate
fingers. For the gift of getting to be Daniels parents. Everyone says how lucky Daniel is to have
found his forever family. I say how
blessed and lucky I am that I get to be his mom. It truly is a gift that keeps on giving. On his birthday I take a moment to stop and
remember the woman who had to make the decision to give her son up for
adoption. A decision that had to be in my mind the hardest decision of her
life. A decision that not only changed her world forever but changed ours. Because of this decision we get the joy of
waking up to this sweet face, the sweet giggles, the sweet hugs and kisses and
the sweet dance moves (oh the dancing makes me laugh just thinking about it)
every day. A decision that I will be
forever grateful for, as she gave us the best gift of all. The gift to get to be
Daniel’s parents. The gift to hear him
say the words “I love you with all my heart”, the gift to hear him call us
mommy and daddy. God sets the lonely in
families and when you answer that call he gives you the best gift of all. He knew Daniel would be our son and he knew
he was the perfect one for us to all our own.
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