Son L turned 11 today. Amazing. I remember each of the children's births very clearly, but his had extra drama. He was born completely blue and was not breathing. His first apgar score was 2. Within a minute or two he was doing much better, but those first couple minutes seemed like an eternity to me, as I watched from my hospital bed while a crowd of specialists surrounded him. How thankful we are that God spared L's life and blessed our family with this amazing boy!
His own dart gun. Oh happiness! He and G have matching guns now, and they had quite the dart war this afternoon!
With presents from his Washington grandparents. He loved the book and movie choices! Thanks mom and dad!
L, you are a joy and a blessing to us. We delight in the boy God has made you to be, and the young man you are becoming. May you always know how much you are loved, and may you always follow God with a whole heart. We love you!
your children are growing up so quickly! i am so used to seeing you at church with a gaggle of little ones around you. very soon, you will have all teenagers!
ReplyDeletedon't worry though.... the teen years can be challenging, but very wonderful and fun too. i guess like every phase of parenting.
happy, happy bday L!
Happy B-day L! It looks like it was a good one. May God continue to grow you and direct you as you become the man He has planned you to be. Blessings.
ReplyDeletevotemom: we will *technically* never have 5 teenagers, as G will already have turned 20 when Little Man turns 13, but I get your point. ;-) Thank you for the encouragement about having teens! We went to two parent/youth group meetings yesterday (for incoming middle schoolers and for incoming high school freshmen) and I was reminded what a tumultous time this is for our kids ~ so many changes occurring, and the stages they are in will probably never feel more different than they will in the next 5-10 years. When they were little I could lump them all together, but they are at such different stages now! (from one another)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday L!!!
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