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It’s your birthday and I’ll cry if I want to
Today was not supposed to be your birthday. I was focused on June 15th but you had a different plan. Instead, today, and every May 20th will be a celebration for us. We’ll celebrate your early arrival, your strength, your loving spirit and your joyful soul.
Today we’ll celebrate you.
You are the baby that took away my words. You are the son that we hoped for. You are the child that laughs easily making everyone smile around you.
You are joy.
You are happiness.
You are very very busy and sometimes you make me so very very tired.
You have this habit of wanting to be held while simultaneously wanting to run from our house to California and back before bed time. It’s comical to everyone else watching. It’s a workout for my biceps. I’m thinking of trying out for the UFC before you turn two. I know your dad will watch. He’d probably bet on the Other Guy, though.
It’s ok. I still love you for it.
You keep me on my toes. You bring me to my knees. You create games out of Tupperware, tampons and recycling. You’re perfectly happy to crawl butt naked around the wood floor and drag your penis from the living room to the kitchen. Don’t worry, you don’t have worms. We checked.
You do, however, have an ear for music. When a song comes on your face lights up and you jiggle your legs until you fall. You find this so completely hilarious you have a hard time getting back up.
You giggle at everything your sister does.
She does a lot of things for you. And to you. She likes to pretend you’re a princess.
You don’t mind too much.
We enjoy you fully, our little Man Baby, the one who completed our family. We need nothing else, our snuggles are warm, our arms are full, our hearts are complete and we all adore you more than you’ll ever know.
Thank you for being you even if you still don’t sleep through the night. (I’m telling myself it’s because I’m so super cool and you’d rather be with me at 3AM then by yourself because it’s the single time each day we sit and snuggle in the quiet. And I love it, too.) Thank you for being early. Thank you for being amazing. Thank you for choosing us as your family.
We love you.
Mommy
And, to the Inernet, thank you. Thank you to our friends who held him and let me poop. Thank you to my family. Thank you to Jack Daniels. Thank you for watching him come early, go to the NICU, grow, come home, crawl, giggle, walk. Thank you for sharing this year with us.
Thank you.
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Sweet sweet sweet. You brought a tear to my eye. Congrats to all of you for surviving that first year.
That is beautiful!!
Happy Birthday!! (to all of you!)
Happy Birthday, little dude!
Happy birthday to the man baby, err, I mean MAN BABY!!!!!!!
That is so touching, Mama!
I especially love the part “you keep me on my toes. you bring me to my knees.” If that isn’t motherhood at it’s best, I don’t know what is.
Happy Birthday to your little man!
Happy birthday, Baby O!!!
The photo montage was so beautiful! And I didn’t realize how much he looks like his big sis until I saw that pic you posted up there (the one in the way cute green striped shirt). I mean, WOW.
Wow! One year already? Happy Birthday and congratulations!
Oh my! That was a fast year! Happy birthday Baby O! You have a great family!!
Happy Birthday little one!!!!! You are adorable and such a blessing to everyone! He totally looks so much like LB! cute!!!!
Wow, that first year goes by fast! It seems like it was just a few weeks ago that I was holding my 2 1/2 month old and exclaiming, “Wow, she had the baby already?!” Happy Birthday little man! And here’s to a great 2nd year.
This brought tears to my eyes.
Happy Birthday to your little one!
Awww…happy first birthday to your wonderful Baby O! I can’t believe he’s already one.
What a wonderful birthday tribute mama!
Wow, that was a fast year. Today, all of my little students sang BD to Baby O without me leading them. *surprise* I only mentioned his big day while at the calendar because a first is so special. They also made a play dough cake with candles too. Baby O, you are loved so many miles away. More than you realize.
That was so sweet. I am probably going to watch it 100 times. I don’t see me ever getting tired of it.
I feel so blessed to have been part of baby O’s first year. Thanks for letting me share.
Happy 1st Birthday Baby O!
I can’t believe its been a YEAR already! Happy Happy Birthday O!
Jenny and Bree, I KNOW. He looks exactly like LB. Here I thought it was my one chance at having a kid that actually looks like mine… DARNIT.
And thank you everyone. I’m so printing these out for his baby book. YES, he has one. .. um.. it’s my blog. But still! I will print them and put them in his Baby O box.
Has it been a year already? It seems like just a few months ago you were telling us about his birth. It’s crazy how time flies. Happy birthday big guy!
Happy Birthday Baby O! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I met you for the first time, such a tiny bundle of joy!
Happy Birthday Baby O! We love you little man. It’s going to be an exciting year ahead….looking forward to watching you grow some more! xoxo
Happy, happy birthday Baby O!! Look how big and cute he got!!
Wow! A whole year! Just like that! I can’t believe how fast it went by! (Says she… who is looking down at recently post-partum belly flab - and baby who is currently sleeping on daddy’s chest)
Thanks for sharing the journey with us, Leslie. This whole mommy thing is much more life in the trenches than anyone ever let on… and it’s nice to know I am not the only one thinking the things you actually have the “balls” to blog about! Damn you for living so far away, though… hopefully we can get together for a drink ‘fer reals’ one day!
MUAH!
~Christine
Aww what a sweet sweet vid. He’s gotten SO big and HAS IT BEEN A WHOLE YEAR ALREADY?!?! Jeeeeez.
Happy Birthday O!
Happy Birthday Baby O!
I loved the video. It’s perfect
And what a doll he is! Happy birthday, Baby O!
I am a lurker. But this post made me de-lurk. It was beautiful. It made me tear up. It made me smile ear to ear. Happy Birthday to your little man.
Happy Birthday Baby O!!!
What is already been a year? No way! Happy Birthday Baby O!!
Awe sweetie!
Happy Birthday Little One!
Beautiful photos and gorgeous tribute!!
Happy Birthday Man Baby O!
*Giggle* *Sniffle* AWWWW! What a beautiful love note to Baby O!
I love the pic where LB is kissing him on the side of the head (2nd one down). And where she’s on the blanket with him (in the video)... and where you are all smiling… and… and… I’m so glad it all turned out okay.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY O!!!!!!!
Happy 1st Birthday, little one!
Happy Birthday to him! I had a younger brother that I used to pretend was a princess, and also a dog. I love him very dearly, and he loves me. I think it’s due to all of the older sibling torture he endured, but still.
happy birthday to him! This also nearly marks the one year anniversary of my finding your blog (thanks Plain Jane Mom!)
Happy birthday to him and to you! Great post!
Happy Birthday, Baby O!
Ahh, thank you everyone. You people make me all teary. You with your reading and delurking and commenting and loving us. Man. We are some lucky people.
Muwha!
Happy Birthday little man! So many photos, so many memories! Thanks Mama Flinger for sharing…helps me feel a part of this little guys’ life, even from far away! Two wonderful kids, two beautiful children. I can’t wait to meet him!
Happy Birthday Baby O!
Awwww *sob*
Happy Birthday!
(hugs Mama)
How’d that baby get to be a year old already? He’s so cute, I could eat him.
Happy (Belated) Birthday Dude!
I still can’t believe it’s been a year, already! And that little man of yours? Looking more like a boy than a baby in that pic with the green shirt! He’s adorable!
What a beautiful post. Happy Birthday little dude!
Happy Birthday to O!
I wish I could have been there for his arrival. I love this post. It’s so amazing. You are a very very loving parent and so is bob. I can’t imagine two people better for each other and for a family. I love ya’ll to death! I can’t wait to see this amazing little man!