Happy Birthday, WonderBoy

You were born 4,018 days ago today.
3,899 days ago, you made a crash landing straight into my arms.
On that day, I had no idea the immeasurable joy you would bring to my life;

all of our lives.

I have cherished every.single.day.



As I reflected this morning on all the WONDER that is you;
I re-read what I wrote about you exactly one year ago today.

One day you will read this blog yourself and you will know

that since the very first day you arrived on Earth, I have loved you.

There is not a moment of my life that goes by that I am not thinking of you
and loving you from the very core of my soul.



Today you are 11 years old...
and although I will never forget the precious little boy

that forever lives inside of you;



I stand in awe each day as I watch you grow

into a young man before my very eyes.

Today you insisted that we stand nose to nose and as I stared into those gorgeous midnight brown eyes of yours, incredulous at the rate you're growing,

I reminded you that height and authority do not go hand in hand.
I'm still the Boss, Baby!



These past few months you've actually skipped over whole clothing sizes.

Need I mention the shoe issue?

Your feet are growing at such a rapid rate

even I can't keep up with what size you're wearing.

It seems like I'm in the shoe aisle every week...the wrong aisle.

Try as I do, I still can't quite wrap my arms around the fact

that your foot is a Men's 10 and I can no longer shop in the Boy's department!



Your charm and charisma are no match for mere mortals.

Even the teachers that you drive crazy every single day

in school are powerless under your spell.

Believe me, I know because they always start the conversation out

with what antics you pulled that day and end with a smile and

glint in their eye telling me that even though you are such a little minx;

you are so smart and so much fun to have in their classroom.



That brings me to the way the girls in your school get so giggly around you.

I know you don't quite get it yet since you ask me

if they think you're that funny.
Actually, my dear, you're funny but you're not that funny.

It's your dangerously devastating good looks that are

leading them down the Giggle Path.
I'll bet your name is written on the inside cover

of every girl's notebook in the 5th Grade (a dozen times each!)

as they dreamily doodle what their own name

would look like with your last name attached to it.



Prince Charming, indeed.

So, we celebrated a little differently this year than we did

for last year's birthday and actually spent the whole weekend

just doing all your favorite things.

(pictures to follow)

Wouldya do me a favor, my Darling...SLOW DOWN!

I want to continue to savor every minute of your childhood

because as I have seen these last 11 years;

it is flying by at lightning speed.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOY WONDER!

We love you,
Mama, Papa and your little Sweetie Pie