Monday, November 14, 2011

A post dedicated to my son...

Who is now officially a one year old!

Happy Birthday, my sweet and beautiful boy, you turned one yesterday and I can hardly believe it.

You like to eat soy meatballs, and bean and cheese quesadillas, and lots of vegetables (baby food style only!) but you have ventured out and tried some edamame and even some green peas. You did NOT, however, like your birthday cookie. We are saving the cake for the actual party but alas, I have a feeling you will not like it much either. That's ok, there will be plenty of time for sweets in this family. You are walking behind a walker and can stand on your own for a few seconds but you can crawl faster than I ever could have imagined. You are happy and laugh easily. You will not, however, say Mama no matter how much begging I do. You like to smother me with very wet kisses and when we play, you check in for a cuddle at least once every five minutes. I adore it.

Your birthday is a happy but complicated day. Other adoptive mothers will get this. I grieve for myself that I did not know you on this day one year ago, that you were on the other side of the world and your birth was surrounded with complicated emotions. I grieve for your birth family. But yet I know you were loved tremendously. And I know you still are. And while that is not the only thing the matters, I think it is what matters the most. Which is why this mother did get her feathers ruffled when some comments on my 'Lucky' post insinuated I might actually raise my children under a dark cloud of being unlucky. Puhleeze give me more credit than that.

But nevertheless Happy Birthday! You didn't want to look at the camera, but that's ok. Do you see the smile on my face?

You put it there.

18 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday Big Boy!! I hope you enjoy your party - if not your cake :)

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  2. Happy birthday to that Cutie Pie!

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  3. Happy Birthday to a little boy that brought so much long awaited joy to his parents. I can't believe he's already 1, when did that happen??? He's just so handsome, and you look beautiful as well, look at that smile!

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  4. Awwww....give him a birthday hug for me too! He shares the same birthday at my DH!

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  5. Happy Birthday, Big Boy!!! I loved year 1-2 (ok, well, I love all the years...but 1-2 has such sweet special moments when he finally starts talking more and putting things together and having a little personality). BTW, I covet your hair.

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  6. Happy Birthday dear little one! I can't believe it is one year already. Thanks for continuing to share with us. Heather

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  7. A huge happy birthday hug & lots of love from all of us! He is just getting better and better by the minute- intoxicating! Can't wait to get to know him as he gets older. Happy birthday, champ!
    B

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  8. Happy 1 year, and many more happy years to come!

    P.S. I wish I didn't like cookies either ; )

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  9. sending you a diet coke,


    or the next best thing to those winning lotto numbers that have ever eluded me

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  10. Happy birthday to your 1-yr old boy! Your smiles are contagious...smiling over here. :-)

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  11. Happy birthday to that gorgeous boy!
    Amy x

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  12. Happy Birthday, sweet boy! Love from Alabama! Tracy

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  13. Happy birthday to your beautiful son!

    I wonder if you would share the name of the adoption agency that you used -- I am researching Ethiopian adoption and it is clear that you had a great outcome.

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  14. You are an amazing mom! You will be able to understand and explain this process to your wonderful son in a beautiful way! I can feel your heart beating with LOVE with every post!!!

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  15. Happy birthday, baby boy-bot!! :)

    They are BOTH adorable, and you look even more gorgeous than usual ... I think its that motherly glow. (or... maybe the wet kisses?) hehe!

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  16. Wow, belated happy birthday!! You all look fabulous. Smiles are so adorable.

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  17. Your little ones are sooo cute! I can't imagine having two little ones at the same time. My little boy is hard enough on his own :).

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