Today is Bruce's last day of being 9 years old...
Tomorrow he will be 10 years old and I am pretty sure I will officially feel old!
Here are some Bruce facts!
-4th grade
-A/B Honor Roll student
-Great Reader
-Can shoot a bow, throw a football and throw punches... and he does them all pretty well!
-He is friendly and doesn't know a stranger
-He went from getting in trouble everyday at school because of his attention span and talking to behaving everyday!
-Bruce has started to do laundry and other chores to help around the house more
I could probably write for days at least to name all of the things that Bruce does and accomplishes, but I won't do that! I remember January 27 every year since 2005.
2005- Bruce was born after 13 hours of labor
2006- 1st birthday party, and he started walking shortly after
2007- 2nd birthday party at Ryan's and he started sleeping in a big boy bed!
2008- 3rd birthday, no party, just Matt, me and Bruce at Chuck-E-Cheese!
2009- 4th birthday party and I was due with Levi in 2 weeks (and now they have birthdays exactly 4 years and 2 weeks apart).
2010- 5th birthday, Matt was in Haiti, Poppi and Lolli came for their first visit to NC and the first birthday that we celebrated in NC.
2011- 6th birthday, he got money and started the Red Robin birthday tradition and themed birthday parties! We had a Cars party this year (and it was a joint party with Levi).
2012- 7th birthday and we celebrated with a dinosaur themed party Arkansas! Actually, 2 dino themed parties, 1 in AR and 1 in NC. We also did bowling and Red Robin!
2013- 8th birthday and we had a superhero party in Missouri and Red Robin before we traveled.
2014- 9th birthday, superhero party again, but in NC. Red robin on his birthday! And he prayed for snow for his birthday and got it! 2 weeks later Levi prayed for snow for his birthday and we got it then too!
2015- The first year since 2010 that we won't have a party, but I have other plans! :)
I was 18 when Bruce was born and I wouldn't recommend that to anybody, I would say to wait until marriage, however, in my situation that has already happened, I do not regret it for one minute! Having Bruce helped me to grow as a person, a Christian and become a great mother for him and eventually Levi. Bruce has always been the person to keep me on my toes, and his attention issues that we have dealt with this year has been no exception! I am so glad that I am his momma and he is our first born!
And to add, Bruce told me the other day that he was going to get married when he is 20 years old, which is only 10 years away now. I told him that he better get a job and start saving for it now! Why are the boys both in hurries to grow up??? I will remember to savor these next 10 years though, just in case!
26 January 2015
10 January 2015
28 is just 1 number
I have always had a pretty good memory. My memory is especially good when it comes to things that no one else typically remembers and random facts about things. For instance, just the other night we were watching ESPN and they were talking about the gold jacket ceremonies and Kurt Warner's name was brought up. I turned to Matt and said that Kurt Warner used to play arena football and I don't know why I know that! He said that he thought it was CFL that he had played so I looked it up to see if my memory really was so random. I was right. Seriously though, how does my mind remember that but I can't remember how to multiply fractions?
I remember most of my birthdays. I say most because I don't remember the first 4 at least. 1 year on my birthday John Candy died (he was an actor and I loved his movies, Uncle Buck for instance), another year we went to discovery zone and a different year I had a birthday party in April when it was warm, even though my birthday is March 4. I have always loved my birthday and loved getting older each year.
Since becoming a mom I have had my birthday on the back burner and we don't celebrate it as much. I don't let that bother me though, but probably because we go all out for the boys birthdays who are just 6 and 4 weeks before mine! The first birthday of mine that we celebrated in NC was one of my favorites! Matt missed Bruce's 5th birthday and Levi's 1st birthday after deploying to Haiti within hours after an earthquake struck. We didn't know when he would be home or how long he would be gone, so I figured he would miss all of our birthdays. After 6 weeks of being gone he was home unexpectedly days before my birthday! The next year he was deploying to Iraq in May and had to go to JRTC before hand. We knew he would be gone the month of March and surprisingly he left a few days after my birthday instead of before. There have been a year here or there where he was in the field in the spring, but not on my birthday! I think it is funny that the only birthday, holiday or special day that he has NEVER missed (as of yet) has been my birthday!
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The funny thing about that is that my birthday isn't treated very special. Don't get me wrong, the boys and Matt make my birthday nice by going out to eat and letting me buy whatever I want, but no parties, no cakes or anything too extravagant! I love that we celebrate my day in a low key way and don't do it big, because then I would feel that I have to make all of their birthdays even more special!
In 53 days I will be 29 and I am hoping that Matt's arm is healed enough to go out to eat and see a movie as a family! The last year in my 20's is going to be a blast! I wasn't a typical person in their 20's because I became a mom when I was almost 19 years old. I have grown so much since becoming a mom almost 10 years ago (wowza, I feel old), but I would never change that or I wouldn't be me!
I remember most of my birthdays. I say most because I don't remember the first 4 at least. 1 year on my birthday John Candy died (he was an actor and I loved his movies, Uncle Buck for instance), another year we went to discovery zone and a different year I had a birthday party in April when it was warm, even though my birthday is March 4. I have always loved my birthday and loved getting older each year.
Since becoming a mom I have had my birthday on the back burner and we don't celebrate it as much. I don't let that bother me though, but probably because we go all out for the boys birthdays who are just 6 and 4 weeks before mine! The first birthday of mine that we celebrated in NC was one of my favorites! Matt missed Bruce's 5th birthday and Levi's 1st birthday after deploying to Haiti within hours after an earthquake struck. We didn't know when he would be home or how long he would be gone, so I figured he would miss all of our birthdays. After 6 weeks of being gone he was home unexpectedly days before my birthday! The next year he was deploying to Iraq in May and had to go to JRTC before hand. We knew he would be gone the month of March and surprisingly he left a few days after my birthday instead of before. There have been a year here or there where he was in the field in the spring, but not on my birthday! I think it is funny that the only birthday, holiday or special day that he has NEVER missed (as of yet) has been my birthday!
sine
The funny thing about that is that my birthday isn't treated very special. Don't get me wrong, the boys and Matt make my birthday nice by going out to eat and letting me buy whatever I want, but no parties, no cakes or anything too extravagant! I love that we celebrate my day in a low key way and don't do it big, because then I would feel that I have to make all of their birthdays even more special!
In 53 days I will be 29 and I am hoping that Matt's arm is healed enough to go out to eat and see a movie as a family! The last year in my 20's is going to be a blast! I wasn't a typical person in their 20's because I became a mom when I was almost 19 years old. I have grown so much since becoming a mom almost 10 years ago (wowza, I feel old), but I would never change that or I wouldn't be me!
07 January 2015
What the what?
In 20 days we will be the parents of a 10 year old! WHAT? When did this happen? Only a few years left until middle school and teenage hood. I remember when I turned 10 specifically because I was 2 whole hands old! Haha! And my favorite number was 13 and I was even closer to 13 once I hit 10! 2 digit birthdays to me meant that you weren't a little kid anymore. Now that I am about to the mom of a 2 digit number kid I want to think that he will be a kid for quite sometime still, but I know it is just a matter of time now.
Bruce is a great kid. Don't get me wrong, he gets in trouble on the daily and has more attitude than I did at this age (and I was known for my attitude unfortunately) and he is sluggish when I am high speed. Despite the normal kid stuff and the extra Bruce aloofness he puts off at times, I am blessed with a sweet and caring boy (well 2 actually, but this is about the almost 10 year old this time). Bruce is smart and considerate and wants everybody to like him. He has started standing up for himself and is so complimentary and respectful. One funny thing, he is just like a mini Matt. No, seriously. He acts like him and does the same kinds of things that Matt does and did (and some are things that he hasn't seen or heard Matt do).
Bruce likes to watch football and is starting to understand it too. He cheers and jeers and enjoys watching! He has also started to learn how to play football with Dad in the backyard. He wants to play in the fall and we are excited that he has finally wanted to play a sport and doubly excited because he wants to play a sport and that Matt and I both love too. He wanted to be a RB, but he throws the ball so well! You would think that he has been playing it for years with the way he throws the ball. Bruce is in 4th grade and I cannot believe that he that old! It makes me feel even older each year on his birthday. We are very proud of Bruce and who is becoming and we look forward to seeing what this year brings for him!
Bruce is a great kid. Don't get me wrong, he gets in trouble on the daily and has more attitude than I did at this age (and I was known for my attitude unfortunately) and he is sluggish when I am high speed. Despite the normal kid stuff and the extra Bruce aloofness he puts off at times, I am blessed with a sweet and caring boy (well 2 actually, but this is about the almost 10 year old this time). Bruce is smart and considerate and wants everybody to like him. He has started standing up for himself and is so complimentary and respectful. One funny thing, he is just like a mini Matt. No, seriously. He acts like him and does the same kinds of things that Matt does and did (and some are things that he hasn't seen or heard Matt do).
Bruce likes to watch football and is starting to understand it too. He cheers and jeers and enjoys watching! He has also started to learn how to play football with Dad in the backyard. He wants to play in the fall and we are excited that he has finally wanted to play a sport and doubly excited because he wants to play a sport and that Matt and I both love too. He wanted to be a RB, but he throws the ball so well! You would think that he has been playing it for years with the way he throws the ball. Bruce is in 4th grade and I cannot believe that he that old! It makes me feel even older each year on his birthday. We are very proud of Bruce and who is becoming and we look forward to seeing what this year brings for him!
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