I have blogged on SJ's every birthday until now. I have a good excuse though...it was Thanksgiving, so things were a little crazy. Couldn't be a better day to have a birthday. So he knows his birthdate and that it was Thanksgiving, BUT he was VERY confused because his birthday party was last weekend. He has been asking for a Buzz Birthday since the SPRING! AND he invites/has invited every person we meet. My super friendly little guy walks up and talks to anyone and every conversation somehow always turned to "I'm going to invite you to my Buzz Birthday!" So he had his birthday complete with Buzz decorations, pinata, balloons, and of course you can't have a Buzz Party without Buzz so we got SJ a Buzz costume to wear. He LOVED it. And of course loved his family party.
So we have come so far this past year. This time last year, Seth was easier to handle than the year before but still very difficult. He is no longer very difficult, but he takes a lot of energy. He is super energetic, sweet, lovable, and DETERMINED! His personality is that which when he says "Mommy what flavor is that yogurt?" and I say "strawberry," he responds "no it's grape." Doesn't matter that I can read and read the package, he's got the right answer...must get that from his daddy the lawyer.
Since his Birthday was on Thanksgiving this year, I need to say how thankful I am for his outgoing personality. He is 180degrees different from me. I do not like to talk to strangers/random people, and I'm not outgoing enough to approach people even to make friends. BUT, my son is forcing me to be better and for that I am forever grateful to him. God gave me that child so that I would have to work on being more outgoing, that I can talk to random people, he knows...
So as I write this, I'm sitting in the dark living room with out Christmas tree lit, and I think about the month following his birth that we sat together while Daddy was at work and watched Christmas movies in the dark, and snuggled, and napped, and what great memories they were. I say it often, but I'm so lucky and blessed with all I have and I would be just as lucky and blessed if the only thing I had was my family. The truly mean the world to me...
