Owen,
Today we celebrated you
and your amazing 5 year old self!
It's surreal to think that you are old
enough to be 5!
I mean 5 is big kid territory!
I look at you and this big
kid you have become and I
am amazed at how much you have changed.
In my mind you are still that apple cheeked
baby boy with the bluest eyes I have ever seen!
But you are no longer that baby...
those apple cheeks have been replaced
with the face of a big boy...
a 5 year old.
Sigh....
day at the Musuem of Science
in Raleigh!
We had so much fun
having a lunch date....
laughing when Gavin dipped
his elbow in the ketchep...
walking in the rain under
your spider man umbrella...
at the dinosaurs!
You could tell us which ones
were meat eaters!
There were so many fun
things to discover there!
On the way home
I took tons of pictures!
I wanted to remember you
just as you are!
Just as you are at this moment
in time!
It's the only way I know
to stop time....
taking pictures is the only
way I feel like I can capture
the memories!
The memories that I want
The memories that I want
to hold onto for a lifetime!
I wanted to remember
the way you like to crawl under
the bike racks.
Someday soon you won't even fit!
I wanted to remember the way
you like to play with your dad.
I wanted to remember
all of your funny faces
you make!
The way you crinkle up your nose...
the way you give me the "cheese" smile
even when you don't want me to take your
picture!
I love that you will let me take your
picture just because you know how
happy it makes me.
This picture below
reminds me of the joy
you bring to our family!
You bring us so much joy
with your laughter...
your sense of right and wrong...
your larger than life heart!
You make my heart grow with
the kindness you show others!
Owen...
you wear your heart on your sleeve...
and that's ok!
Don't ever let anyone tell you it's not!
I love that you experience such strong
emotions!
Because that means you experience
happiness times 10!
I know you do by the way your eyes sparkle
and your laughter fills the room!
I want to keep you little
forever...
or at least a little while longer!
The picture below reminds me
of how soulful you are!
Those blue eyes of yours
tell exactly how you feel!
Owen you are a beautiful person
both inside and out!
The pictures below remind me of
your fun side...
your grumpy side...
your silly side...
and the way you look when
you are truly having a good time!
That look of joy is like nothing I
have ever seen!
So after all of the presents were opened
and the birthday candles were blown out...
after all the fun of the day you turned 5 was over.
After today had turned into night...
and we only had our memories...
most special day so that I could
look back and remember when!
I could remember when
this 5 year old boy ...
so much laughter...
so much joy...
the best hugs on earth...
the loudness of a boy...
the burps of a teenager...
and all the love a mother
could need!
I love you so much...
more than you will ever know!
I hope you remember that you are so very
special to me!
After all you made me a mom...
5 years ago in a little tiny room
on the east side of NYC!
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
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