Happy Birthday Sweet Sweet Mikey!

 Sweet Sweet Mikey

So I posted about sweet mikey’s birthday but really since there has been so much vomiting at our house… since, well since easter I am a bit behind on the blogging in general. In the hope that someday we go back and read this blog here goes.

Sweet Mikey,

We really could not have asked for  sweeter kid. During conference this year someone said that a child that sings is a happy child, and I can verify that is true. Mikey sings all day every day. Since his stuttering started he has been singing less, and that has been very sad, but tonight he was in full swing again, finally passing out during the 5^th or 6^th verse of Book of Mormon stories. His life is like a Broadway musical, he has a song for everything, and always always can come up with a song to sing. He knows all the words to “I am a Child of God”, “If the Savior Stood Beside Me”,  “Teach Me to Walk in the Light”, “Give Said the Little Stream” and so many others I can no longer keep track. He also so loves to play this game while singing where he tells you to sing LOUD and then sing quietly, not sure what he loves about it but he thinks it is so funny.

He loves his daddy, no scratch that, he absolutely adores his daddy. There are few things that make him light up like that. When daddy is home he wants nothing to do with me, he wants to follow daddy around and be with him every second.

He loves to read. He has many of his favorite books… memorized at this point. Current favorites include: the Bear series by Karma Wilson, Pete the Cat, No More Jumping on the Bed, and all of the transportation books by Ant Parker? (Dazzling Diggers, Tremendous Tractors, Roaring Rockets, etc). He always asks for “one more story” and is willing to sit for hours, no really if you are willing to sit and read to him.

He loves his sandbox, really it is the best $70 we ever spent. He will spend all day out there if given the opportunity, even in the blazing Texas sun. He says he is “digging dino bones”. He also loves the pool. He is so brave, he jumps in, swims around, really the floatie has made life at the pool so delightful!

TV… he loves TV. Yeah not great, but he does. He loves Thomas the Train, Dino Train, and Super Why. Really I think he is happy as long as the TV is on but we try to limit it. He is awesome at iPhone games, and informs me daily that my phone is “MIkey’s phone”. He can quickly navigate to Netflix (bad), and can select his own games… bad.

He loves to play balls, kick them, throw them, golf, pretty sure he got that from his dad and not me. 

He isn’t the best eater, but LOVES mashed potatoes, will eat grilled chicken, and on occasion will consider eating other food.

He talks up a storm. Sadly, stuttering has hindered that a bit lately but he uses full sentences and says things like “I defininetly need ____”.

He loves the library and running errands. He gets ansty if we are home to long. He wants to ride on an airplane (again) so bad.

He loves to video chat with Grammy, Poppy, O Muggle, Bardy, and “my Emmy”.

He chases CJ… um.. pretty much all day.

He hates naps (still), loves baths, and can handle it when his finger nails get even a bit long.

He loves church, and asks us to read him scriptures.

He carries his Thomas the Train and Percy around pretty much all the time. He sleeps with his plastic diggers, loves his truck room, and his white stool.

He loves to be a “big helper” with everything from laundry to cooking dinner.

He tells me he wants to be a pediatrician and when he grows up that he wants to go to BYU.

He loves any music related thing, especially marching in a marching band, and if he could finger paint all day pretty sure he would.

We love you sweet Mikey, we couldn’t imagine life without you!