June 16, 2007 at 7:01 p.m Seth Alan entered the world.
I had no clue how my life would change, how he would make me a better person. Growing up there were some things I said I would never do....I said I would never get married. I said I would never leave home. I said I would never have children. Somewhere along the journey I realized I better be careful what I say I will never do because everything I said I would never do I have done....
Today my boy turned 10. I am not sure how time has passed so quickly. I remember him always holding my ear to go to sleep when he was little. I remember having to walk down the aisle of microwaves every time we went into a store. He knew them all by name. I remember him watching youtube videos about what to put in a microwave. I remember him carrying a play microwave around everywhere. I remember him saying my contractions for Ivan looked like sandcastles on the monitor. I remember him being fascinated with Curious George and able to recite every episode from memory. I remember when he started school. I remember when he lost his first tooth. I remember when he faced his fears, when we overcame his fears. He absorbs so much and is able to recall facts that I have long since forgotten. He is very literal. He is a rule follower. He is confident and proud. He excels in school.
He is a pretty awesome kid.
You only turn 10 once and I wanted this day to be special for him. I was thinking about trying to do 10 special things and if somehow they could incorporate the number 10 then that was an added bonus. This is what we came up with --
- He woke up to a decorated living room and singing Happy Birthday to him.
- I made him a shirt that had 10 on the front and #DoubleDigits on the back
- We went to his favorite park
-We went to the Donut Shoppe and put candles on a donut!
- We went to the candy shop and picked out 10+ pieces of candy.
- We gave him a small gift at 10 a.m
- He wanted a 10 piece chicken nugget meal from Mc Donalds for lunch.
- We went bowling after lunch - 10 pins...he got a few spares!
- We went to Adventure Landing when Dennis got off and got 100+ tokens (10x10)
- We had pizza and a family movie night.
- I made him a 10 layer cheesecake for dessert.
-Before bed we gave him a list of 10 things we like about him. Ivan, Dennis and I all worked on it together and Seth read it aloud before he went to bed.
I want him to know that we love him. I want him to know that he is special. I want him to know that he is one of a kind. I want him to know that there is nobody else like him in the world.
A few pictures from our day---
