A birthday boy

Three years ago, Aug. 16th, contractions started at 12:30 am. I though it was gas. Gas that woke me up every hour on the hour. :wink: So the next morning, i drove myself to the hospital, and at 6:36 on 8-16-03, A.J. had arrived. He was early. And he had to be revived, for reasons not to be discussed here. It was the longest three or four mins of my life. So on Wed - Sat of this week, we celebrated!



On his actual day, we went to the Pizza Parlour, where he had his "grown-up" party. Mommy made grown up party favors. And a birthday cake that Austin picked out from the boxes on the shelves at albertsons. He got great gifts. Some playdoh, to be saved for a rainy day this winter. A "Lightening McQueen" t-shirt, and the best of all... a ukelele.




On Friday night, auntie came to visit bringing more new clothes. She was happy to see her little nephew... and he was happy to get more "dirt-day" presents. :wink:


And on Saturday, He got his tricycle! and man, it is COOL! as you can see, equiped for some serious road traveling. mommy even stepped on the deck and took er for a spin... with him on the seat so he could feel the power of being mobile. and look, it comes with a bell. the coolest feature of course. Nothing like an old fashioned tricycle to remind you of childhood.


so there it is. after a few years of struggle and upheavel we are more settled. And we had a semi traditional birthday. He is still saying "happy dirt-day" cake. Strangely the ritual of singing Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles was his favorite thing. And that is a fact. What a great kid. ready for road... :brrrriing: :brrrrriiing: mommy loves the bicycle bell too.

Austin says thanks to his family and friends for wishing him a wonderful birthday.

Comments

bhd said…
Happy Birthday Austin! What a beauty.
Anonymous said…
AWWWWW MAN! Of course you had more important things to do.

HAPPY BELATED B'DAY, DEAR AUSTIN! :hugs:
Anonymous said…
Too cute! Looks like he had a great dirt-day. LOL And yes, that is a cool set of wheels! :-)
Great Trike! Such a cutie..*hug*
Anonymous said…
Happy Dirt-day, Austin!

(I love his shoes). :)
Anonymous said…
I wish your son a happy *belated* birthday and I hope that he enjoys his mandolin.
That kid's gonna be President one day!

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