Tuesday, November 25, 2008

You are my favorite because...

Another birthday (erm, only a couple of weeks ago...or so...), another favorite post (which I've been working on for a week!)

Owen, you are my favorite because...

You can't stop giving Mitch your birthday money. Every time you spend a little of it, you hand some over to him because you can't stand to see him disappointed.

Your enthusiasm for maps and geography facts has made me an expert on capital cities, both in the U.S. and abroad.

You share my love of Beverly Cleary, Spencer on iCarly (he totally makes that show watchable), drawing, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and sleeping for five more minutes.

When you asked me, "Are you the tooth fairy?" and I responded, "Are you kidding? I don't have time to fly around the world gathering teeth every night!" that was a good enough answer for you.

I said it last year, and I'll say it again: you laugh at my jokes, and you make jokes that make me laugh.

You have good taste in shoes.

Your performance and behavior in school are absolutely the best a parent could hope for, and you do so well because you love it, like I do.

You are proud of who you are and completely unselfconscious.

You are my first born, and there is something special about a mother's love for her first born. You introduced me to the meaning of life, and every day you are that enlightenment made manifest.

Snowball, I can't believe it's already been 7 years. In the same amount of time from now you'll be 14, and that makes me dizzy. Please don't ever leave behind the smart, funny, quirky boy I love.

5 comments:

Anne said...

I can't believe it's already been 7 years. In the same amount of time from now you'll be 14, and that makes me dizzy.

Except it will take half the time to get to 14 that it took to get to 7. I still haven't figured out the parenting time warp, but time is definitely speeding up. It makes me dizzy too. My oldest is 12.5 and I'm sure she had to have been born just last week.

Happy Birthday Owen!

Ashley said...

Aaaaa! That scares me, Anne! Don't say that!

the mama bird diaries said...

How sweet. Great photo in the leaves. Happy birthday to your boy!

Mama Duck said...

You made me cry. Ok maybe it's my hormones but still. My favorite postings are definately from your favorites series. You say the sweetest things.

Anonymous said...

Awww... happy birthday!