HAPPY..HAPPY DAY!

I LIKE TO THINK HE WAS MY BOY FROM THE START....BUT HE DOESN'T LOOK TO HAPPY WITH ME AT  THIS MOMENT.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN HE HAD JUST TURNED ONE.  HE HAD GOTTEN "HIS LOOK" THAT HE STILL HAS....OH HOW WE LOVE THOSE CHEEKS.  WE LOVE IT EVEN MORE THAT HE STILL LET'S US KISS THEM!

THAT SMILE JUST KEEPS GETTING CUTER.  WHAT A BIG BOY THAT WANTED A FOOTBALL CAKE ON HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY.  HE IS GOING TO START WRESTLING AND THEN  BASKETBALL THIS WINTER WHEN THE OTHER BOYS PLAY.  I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW QUICKLY HE HAS GROWN UP!

BEFORE WE KNEW IT .....HE WAS IN MCALLEN, SENDING HIS BROTHERS TO SCHOOL , AND GOING TO PRE-SCHOOL FOR A FEW HRS. 3 DAYS A WEEK.  HE LOVED PRE-SCHOOL AND GOING TO KINDERGARTEN SEEMED SO FAR AWAY.  HE IS SO FUN, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO SAY....YOU CAN JUST BE SURE IT WILL BE BEYOND WHAT YOU THINK HE KNOWS!

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR HIM TO BECOME ONE OF THE BIG BOYS....ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT THAT HE HAS EVERYONE WRAPPED AROUND HIS LITTLE FINGER AND HE HAPPILY AVOIDS DOING THE "BIG BOY CHORES".  THAT SMILE WILL TAKE HIM A LONG WAY IN LIFE!

.....AND THERE IT IS....THE SMILE WE HAVE ALL COME TO LOVE AND ADORE.  I HAD THE CUTEST PICTURES OF HIM LAST YEAR WITH HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE AND PRESENTS BUT THEY WERE SO BLURRY THAT I DIDN'T POST THEM.   BO LIKES TO PRETEND HE IS A DOG NAMED "RUFFY" .  SOMETIMES HIS DAD AND WE HAVE TO ASK HIM IF ,"HE IS A RUFFY OR A PEOPLE?"  HE ALWAYS TELLS US WHAT HE HAS DECIDED TO BE AT THE MOMENT.
HE JUST STARTED KINDERGARTEN THIS YEAR AND AT FIRST HE WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL....BUT AS IT CAME TIME TO GO, HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND HE LOVES IT. HE IS VERY SOCIAL (AS ARE ALL OF HIS BROTHERS) SO I KNEW HE WOULD LOVE BEING WITH THE OTHER KIDS.
STILL, HE LIKES HIS ONE ON ONE TIME WITH ANDREA SO IT IS GOOD THAT HE ONLY GOES FOR HALF A DAY.
WHEN I WAS IN TEXAS AND THE OTHER BOYS WERE IN SCHOOL, SOMETIMES HE WOULD ASK IF WE COULD PLAY A GAME (LIKE BEING PUPPIES) OR EAT A SPECIAL TREAT WHILE THE BOYS WERE AT SCHOOL.  HE HAS LEARNED THE BENEFITS OF BEING HOME AND GETTING THAT SPECIAL ATTENTION.....AND HE LOVES IT!
I LOVE IT WHEN WE GO THERE...OR THEY COME HERE AND HE COMES RUNNING , JUMPS INTO MY ARMS, GIVES ME THE BEST HUGS, AND SAYS, "GRAMEE...GRAMEE."  I THINK I WILL BREAK DOWN AND CRY WHEN HE STOPS DOING THAT.
HE HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND I HOPE HE NEVER DOUBTS THE LOVE I HAVE FOR HIM!  WE HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS THE BEST EVER BO!  WE LOVE YOU TOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!