That baby boy and I were a team and he was the most incredible beginning and end of every single day. I LOVED being his Mama.
Life has had some crazy highs and lows for us over the past 16 years but we have survived them all together.
I wouldn't trade life as his Mama for the world.
My boy is strong-willed and independent. He is bull-headed and stubborn but also sensitive, silly and fun.
He has a sense of humor that I'm quite proud of and has achieved the art of sarcasm.
He has mastered great skills of fishing and would do it all day, every day if he could.
He loves his Lainie and Papa most and I'm perfectly okay with that. He is his brother's best friend and worst enemy, as it usually is with brothers.
The way he looks at his baby sisters melts my heart.
He was Aubrey's hero and "best, biggest brother".
I know she's watching over him and helping him pull in the best fish. She's probably found him the perfect honey hole to fish, one day, in Heaven.
My baby boy is growing up so quickly before my eyes. It is the strangest mix of pride and fear, as a Mama, to watch. I could not be more excited, for him, to reach this milestone. I'm terrified but this is what I have been preparing myself for, all these years I know that he has a good head on his shoulders and the Lord in his heart. As a Mama, it's not going to get any easier than that.
So, here's to 16 years of amazing and many, many more!!
I love you,
Mama
