7 years ago

7 years ago today at about this exact moment I was getting ready to push. For those of you that know the entire story, you know that the pushing never got me anywhere and that at 11:30 that night they delivered our 6lb 11oz baby boy by c-section. I was barely even awake to see him for the first time. But the moment I saw him I loved him. This year Drew's birthday is extra special to me because he is not just 7 years old now but he is 7 years old and has Jesus in his heart! I would like to take a few moments to just describe Drew to you now so that one day he can look back at this and read about who he was at 7.
Drew is a very sensitive young man. He likes to please people and do things well. He does not like to fail at things. He is always full of energy, from the time he gets out of bed until he goes back into it at night! I would say that one of your favorite things to do is play video games, especially the Wii since you got it. You still have a beautiful singing voice and you love to sing in the car on the way to and from school. You have one very good friend at school, Elijah. And you have a very good friend at church, Dominic. And, your cousin Ben, is still your best bud! You are a great big brother. You look out for JC and are quick to alert us if he is doing something dangerous. But you are also a typical big brother that LOVES to aggravate. You are doing excellent in school, straight A's. You are pretty good about doing your homework and do not really struggle with your classwork at all. You are a happy, healthy, fun little boy! We love you!!

Today I took lunch and cupcakes to Drew at school. It was fun and he was very excited. We had enough cupcakes leftover to have a little "party" tonight at home. We took Drew out to dinner at the Cracker Barrell. It ended up being a pretty late night, but it is his birthday and it only happens once a year. We came home and had cupcakes after the boys took a bath.

This is Drew with his birthday card from us. It said "Catch a load of fun for your bithday. Would you like flies with that?" He thought it was funny!

JC was not happy because we would not just let him have the cupcake. They had just finished their baths and he would have required a second one if we had allowed him to just have it. Jim was trying to help him eat it and he was throwing a fit. He almost went to bed without the cupcake but he finally gave up and let Jim help! The joys of an almost 2 year old!