My Oldest Turns 7!

Oh, how could it be that I've blinked my eyes and my precious, tiny, bald firstborn has blessed our lives for 7 years already! I couldn't believe it as I watched him romp and play excitedly with the friends at his party....

He arrived 4 weeks early, scaring the daylights out of me (and I'm sure dh also, although he stayed strong to keep me stronger). But thankfully, he was healthy and the most beautiful thing I had ever seen (to date, anyway)! I remember worrying that his feet were blue - they whisked him away from me over to examine him since he was early - but realized it was the leftover ink from his footprints. When they finally let me hold him (what an eternity that felt like), I couldn't take my eyes off of him!

I never expected this boy to look like me since his daddy has more dominant Romanian genes. But we have found over these years that he doesn't only look just.like.me but he acts just.like.me as well! Sometimes this is wonderful for me, since I find myself understanding him better than anyone else. And other times, it frustrates me to see him making the same mistakes I have made! He often cries when something is too hard for him or can't put his thoughts into words.

He amazes me in so many ways.....

• his curiosity is insatiable - his favorite question right now is "How did it?"
• he loves to figure out how things work (Legos, rc cars, ANYTHING his daddy is doing)
• he wants everyone else to be involved in every aspect of his life - he wants to be with others
• he cannot resist the urge to tell others the 'right' way to do things (much to Reagan's dismay!)
• he loves to help others - "Look Mommy, I loaded the laundry for you!" (nevermind that he didn't notice the diaper that somehow got in the basket!)
• he loves, loves, loves to read
• his energy is non-stop - so typical boy
• he is always hungry - I am so thankful that he is not a picky eater
• he LOVES babies
• he is sensitive and caring
• he is growing too, too, too fast!

We took him to a gymnastics gym for his party. He and his friends had so much fun running/jumping/bouncing around (even though he was running a fever when we got there) that we barely made it home with him awake. He wanted a Transformers theme - although he's never seen the movie or the cartoon. So, although I told myself I wouldn't, I made him an Autobot cake myself (after he saw this one and had to have it). Strangely enough, he received a tons of LEGO sets (perfect!) but not a single transformer! He was so excited to share this fun with his friends and he was so thankful for the gifts he received!

Dh and I let him open our gift earlier - an RC truck. I love that he's getting old enough for big boy toys that he can use with his daddy! He'll use this every time they go to the air field (dh flies model airplanes). We also got him a gift card to B&N - I was glad that he enjoyed choosing the books on his own and doing the math to figure out which ones he could afford with it. I was also pleased with his choices!

It's always such work to coordinate a day like this. But it is so worth it when we hear him say, "That was the funnest birthday party ever Mommy!"

Now if I could just figure out how to keep him from continuing to grow up....