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February 3, 2008
A life changing five.
It's Josiah's birthday. There's only 40 minutes left of his birthday as I'm typing this. I wanted to write about my boy before his birthday is over. It's amazing looking at the pictures in his baby book and realizing how far God has brought us all together. The wierd part is Jos probably won't remember a lot of those times. We found out he was part of our life while we were in Norway and had almost no money left. Almost my entire pregnancy we were still in a tight spot and waiting on the Lord to provide a self-sustaining life. I have almost forgotton how hard I worked to get him into the world, but all I have to do is look down at all my stretch marks and remember I was almost 175lbs when I went into labor. Shizamm!
Josiah is my precious friend. I will miss him so much when he goes to school this fall. But even as I look at his precious baby dimples in every picture I have of him, I know him as a five year old boy now. He asks me wonderful questions, he remembers everyone by their first name, he asks me to pray for him, he tells me he loves me and gives me slimy kisses on the mouth. He's my boy and he changed my life forever. I am glad when I have time away from him so when we reunite he runs and greets me with great drama and huge hugs. I think he's the most handsome boy in the world. I love the glow of his coppery head of hair and the fact that his eyes are grey-blue like mine. I love how lanky he is! I love how well he sings, and that we end every bedtime ritual with our little song of blessing and sing it LOUD. Josiah always says, "I think we waked up the whole neighborhood." Sometimes he jumps up to see if he can see anyone out his window, mad that they've been woken up.
I might have been a little crazy to host a party for 4 little birthday boys this Saturday, but to me they are all worth it. Happy Birthday guys! We had a great costumey time full of running, charging, chasing, eating, and most of all celebrating! May God bring this great army of men to great faith and change this world. May they be fathers that love their sons, husbands that love their wives, irreplaceable to their daughters, and warriors for the Lord. Boys are a blessing, I have been so blessed by mine.
Happy Birthday Juden, Josiah, Elisha and Kaiden!
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dude, is my kid going to be that cool when he's five? is there any way to speed up the process? cause almost-two doesn't seem nearly as cool... :)
Posted by: jerah at February 7, 2008 12:28 AM
That is a sweet picture of you and Josiah. We had a blast with you guys this weekend. I think our little men felt pretty special.
Posted by: Linda at February 4, 2008 11:53 AM
