Happy Birthday, Lil Man!! I meant to write this several days ago on your birthday but time got away from me! We are so proud of you and can't believe you are already 3!! It seems like we were just bringing you home from the hospital yesterday and now you are riding a bike with training wheels, catching footballs, hitting pitched balls, spelling your name and running around like crazy!!! You definitely keep us busy and on our toes. You are such a blessing to us and we are grateful to the Lord for allowing us to be your parents! We hope and pray that we are being the parents the Lord called us to be for you!!
I hope this year goes slowly with you. I hope we can treasure each new thing you learn to do and just enjoy our time together! You are growing so fast! I can't believe you weigh 40lbs and are 3ft. 2 inches tall. Didn't you just weigh 7lbs. 8 oz??? You do love to eat...you will pretty much anything that we feed you. You wake up every morning and after saying "good Morning Mommy" you then ask "is it time for breakfast?" I love that you eat your vegetables and fruit so well and it is always so fun to see you enjoy the food I prepare! Your doctor thinks you are a future football star and I do agree with her! You are just a solid boy!
Speaking of being BOY...you are ALL BOY!! When you were younger I would talk to friends whose children were climbing and jumping off of things and you never did that when you were younger. Your "no fear" factor came recently. While you still really aren't a climber, you definitely like to do other things that make me cringe and pray that you won't get injured. You LOVE your friends and sometimes get a little too excited to be around them!! You are much calmer when it is just us at home, but I love watching you play and interact with your friends. I love that you have a gentleness about you when you are around your friends that are girls and you care about them, but it sometimes scares me at how rough you can be with your little buddies. While I want you to be a BOY, I want you control you roughness sometimes and make sure you are respecting your friends. I am sure this "roughness" will be something we battle for a while but we will continue to work on it. The fact that you love your friends and are always asking to play with someone in particular makes me happy...but then sad knowing we will move away soon and you will learn what it really means for you to be a son of an Army man.
I love when you wake up from your nap and you just want to sit with me and read a book (or two, or three...or the same book over and over and over). I know that there will be a day when you may not want to do that again, so I cherish this time with you everyday!! I love taking you to gymnastics, even though sometimes it is quite the workout for me keeping up with you. You look forward to going to the library every Monday to have story and music time. You always get into the songs they sing.
You have been three for 5 days and it has been filled with fun and tough times. Daddy and I say that a switch went on the day your turned three with a whole new set of "phases" that we have to work through. I know I have said before that I wasn't a fan of the word "phase" when it came to a child, but I am learning! They are phases and it is a matter of how long the phase will go on based on how we discipline for it. Overall, you are the best child for us!! We are beyond blessed to have you as our son and we can't wait to see what this year brings. We love you, buddy!!! We hope you know how proud we are of you each and every day!!!!! Happy Birthday, Josiah!
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