elly's special being born day

happy birthday my little spring chicken.  oh how the time flies, i remember well the day mom and dad brought you home from the hospital.  after we snuggled you for a little while dad took us down to an easter egg hunt at the club house.  you were the most beautiful baby.  i remember sneaking into your bedroom to watch you sleep.  where has the time gone? well, you will always be my little sweetheart!!  i was thinking back to my 24th birthday and i can't remember a stitch of it, but i did have pretty good year.  we went to europe with adam and mindi, i ran my first marathon and i spent the rest of the year pregnant.  (that part was not so good!)  i suggest all three, but maybe wait until the last part to try the third one.  it's a doosey!

bennett came home from school and informed me that 3 boys in her class had a crush on her.  then she told me that it wasn't really a surprise "because i am so beautiful."  who can argue with that?  but i did have to remind her that beauty comes from the inside and everyone loves her because she is so sweet.  but mad can she throw a mean jump rope.  i think she jump ropes 2 hours a day. 

wilohm washed all the dishes for me last night and said, "this is what workers do so i do it because i am a worker boy."  (add lisp and new jersey accent)  i could eat him with a spoon.  he got out of bed last night and hug out with mom, cor and me until 11:00.  he helped cory take out the trash and played with cards while mom and i played nerts.  then we sat in bed and looked at all the pictures from disney land on the lappy.  brind let him borrow the x box and he can start it and beat levels and everything.  you may think no big deal, but cory couldn't even get it started the other day and when benny and i tried to play we couldn't even find the battle we were suppose to be fighting.  that huge cranium is definitely full of some brains. 

hazel is trying to send me to the nut house.  how can something so small and so cute be so irritating.  i'm not a bad mother, i love her to death especially when she is sleeping.  her vocab has quadrupled in the last 3 weeks yet, "mom uppy" and "a bit, a bit" still seem to be her favorites.  and she thinks she can do what ever she wants as long as she says, "sharry", (sorry).  which i have to admit might be a little too true.  oh and she thinks she is a big kid so she likes to say "i do" to any question, and run around saying "i beat you".  like everything in our house is a big race or something. 

jackson had a tae kwan do tournament last week and earned a silver in forms (that is were they demonstrate a routine of punching, blocking and kicking), and a silver in sparring (fighting), and a gold in board breaking.  he tied with his best friend on the first break (a flying side kick).  then they had to choose a different break and it took his friend three tries to beak with his elbow, but jack broke with his hand on his first try, so he got GOLD.  he was very excited.  he really takes it seriously and as uncompetitive as he is in soccer is as competitive as he is in tae kwan do.  (dad i think i am spelling that wrong.)  oh and a little miracle.  cory thought that the thing started an hour later than it did so he walked in just as jackson sat down after breaking his first board.  but he was there to see him break the second and get gold. 

jesse and tony i feel like a scum bag that i was not on here the day indie was born telling you congratulation and how beautiful she is, but i was thinking of you.  we need more pictures!  adam sierra is an animal.  i couldn't believe how rad she was.  it must be like me watching bennett run.  it brings tears to the eyes.  chels thanks for the pictures.  cam thanks for answering the call, it's good to have you back! geof. and darla, i love you and hope you will be happy, i'm sure you will.  especially with geof. being off for a few days and still getting paid.  that is my idea of heaven.  you know that country song that says, "if i could make a liv'n off of loving you, i'd be a millionaire in a week or two"  (i know leashy would know what i am talking about)  well that is my dream that someone would just pay cory to stay home to love and play with us.  brooke i love you and am glad things are getting better.  you need to write about what jane did the other day.  mom told me on our run this morning and we both started crying.

speaking of our run i felt like you this morning, ellynn.  i had to go to the bathroom so badly i could hardly walk and when i spotted a port-a-potty i could have cried.  i ran and laughed all the way thinking of you.  i told mom that i must be living right because it was brand clean (yes mike, brand clean), there was toilet paper and even soap (and not that little bar in the urinal).  so ellynn i hope your day is filled with clean, well stocked biffys or what ever the equivalent for you may be.  i love you and will forever.................meags