Category Archives: My Kids

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Wordless Wednesday – Thomas Jefferson

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(*The first few seconds is not Alex, he starts at 0:09*)

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

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(Note the mustache, he was digging the mustache!)

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Happy Tenth Birthday, Alex

Dear Alex,

Today you are ten.

It seems like such a big number.

Ten.

A whole decade.

Ten.

Double digits.

10.

You aren’t quite a man, but not quite a child.

Ten.

I never imagined ten years ago when I birthed you how different my world or the world in general would be.  I found out I was pregnant with you just days before September 11th and so much has been changed because of that day. But so much more has been changed because you are in our lives.

In the ten years of your life we have lived in three states.  You turned every age from birth to eight in the state of Texas, the age of nine was spent in the state of California, and now ten comes to you in the state of Florida.

You wrote a story about yourself in which you said you were born on February 1, 2002; a cryless baby in Houston, Texas.  Well it was actually Katy, Texas but close enough. And as for cryless, well you hardly made a noise. You were always smiling and happy.

Always smiling.

Ten.

You are one of the brightest ten year olds I know, you are one of the brightest kids I know. Your wit and smarts and humor is what makes you so amazing and I hope that you never change. You have a charm about you that attracts everyone to you, even in a room full of 100 people.

I love you, dad loves you, your brother loves you, and your sister loves you.  And yes, yet again; you have won the heart of the four-legged family member in our house as you have become “Yogi’s boy”.

Happy Tenth Birthday, Alexander William James

February 1, 2002

February 1, 2012

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Wordless Wednesday – Remembering

Kemah Boardwalk - Rich & I - 1999

Kids - Halloween - 2009 - Texas

Isa & Elaine - Christmas 2007 - Texas

Sammi & D - Sammi Birthday - April 2010 - California

Nic, Miss & I - #VegasBB - December 2009

Napoleon & Mei-Ling

 

 

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Not so “little” anymore…

Sitting in the chair next to me is a little girl I don’t quite recognize.  I know it is my daughter but when did she get so big?  When did she become so smart?  When did she start looking like a child instead of the little baby I remember?  She is five now, that milestone number where you aren’t a “little” kid anymore but your not quite a “big” kid either.  Still little enough to order from kids menus, and get away with goofy kid things; but just big enough to start school and not be considered a toddler anymore.

That magic number five where your world starts to change because a lot is around the corner, and you are that much closer to ten.  That simple number that reminds mommy and daddy that their baby has grown up and isn’t, well, a baby anymore.

For years she has asked about school, and riding buses; I laughed it off thinking, “That’s YEARS away”.  Boy, those years went fast.  Here it is April and in 5 months time you will be riding a bus, going to school.  You will be in Kindergarten, and then asking about high school and driving cars and going on dates…..and I will laugh all that off and think, “That’s YEARS away” but in my heart I know it’s just around the corner.

Many people have come in and out of your life; many people will continue to come in and out of your life.  Some for the good, some for the bad.  Some will leave impressions that will last your whole life and help shape who and what you become; others will fade from your memory because they were just passing through.  Remember to hold on to the ones that truly mean something to you.

And as I look at this little girl sitting next me there are so many things I wish and hope for: I wish my great grandmother knew her.  I wish my daddy knew her.  I hope I am a good mommy.  I hope she is happy.  I wish her to be happy.  I wish for the best for her.  I hope the world doesn’t let her down.  And of course all those other “mommy” things like getting married and having children and being the princess she believes she is.

I don’t remember your brothers growing up so fast, sure they have grown up and are fourteen and nine; but I don’t remember it happening as fast as it seems to be happening with you.  You were just born, yesterday it seems like; now we are celebrating your fifth birthday.  How is that possible?

So here’s looking at you Samantha Carol; you are five years old now, and you are growing up way too damn fast on me so slow down a little, ok?

I love you,

Mommy