Our son has leveled up to official teenager status! The amount of love I feel for this kid that I used to carry around in my arms only keeps growing as he does. Sometimes I feel like my heart will burst as I watch him walk away. The feeling seems to be especially potent when he’s wearing his white baseball uniform and walking towards his team. My job is to work my way out of a job but I feel like my time with him is coming to a close too fast. In five years he’ll graduate from high school and I will cry big fat ugly tears as I smile and am just so grateful his birth mother chose us to raise him.
Danny’s actual birthday was the day after we returned from Florida so we had his good friend, C, over for dinner with his current favorite kind of cake (that Hubby and Natalie picked up on their way home from her softball game). The sweet shirt is courtesy of said friend and the sunglasses were Danny's big present that he had picked out at Disney Springs. This is actually the 2nd pair we got half price after purchasing him field glasses for baseball. It was either that or a new bat. In hindsight we should have gotten him a new bat because a week after coming home one of his teammates borrowed Danny's bat during a game to hit with and accidentally broke it. So we ended up buying Danny a new bat as well. Lucky boy and poor checking account! But hey, Natalie and I enjoyed taking him up to Sheel's to try out bats and were so impressed with their set up. And, since it was Juneteenth, we actually got to ride the Ferris wheel (which was actually scarier than I expected).
Working around his baseball schedule was tough but we found a Thursday night we could have Danny's dream birthday party. I had offered him all sorts of options but he really wanted to have a sleepover with all the boys from his middle school that are also on his baseball team. They played a little basketball, had a water balloon fight, Hubby brought home pizza, Danny got to have his favorite kind of cake again, played video games, watched tv, and ate the specific kinds of cereal he requested for breakfast (Fruit Loops, Rice Krispies & Apple Jacks). They also all squeezed into my little SUV to go to Target. Yes, there are 7 seatbelts but when I asked J if he could feel his legs when we were half way home I wasn't surprised that the answer was no. lol. Overall it was super easy to have those half a dozen boys here but I felt relieved when it was all over. So much so, in fact, that I attacked our guest bedroom (which still had boxes in it from when we had the hard wood floors refinished) and our garage (which hadn't been cleaned since last summer). An awesome bonus was that two hours after Danny's party ended, W's little brother was having a pool party for his birthday so W brought Danny and the other boys from Danny's party that could come to his brother's party so it felt like even more celebration.
What else is going on for Danny? Baseball! I am so grateful for W's mom always being sure to get some good pictures to go along with the mediocre ones I take. And that when I asked my kids at the LBL championship game to take a picture with their dad for Father's Day it was helpful she was making her kids do the same thing right after I made my request. I am one lucky gal to have such a great husband and partner in crime. There is no one else I would rather doing this parenting thing with. I'll say it one more time: Happy Father's Day, Hubby!
P.S These shirts were actually supposed to come in the mail before our cruise but Hubby was a good sport when I wrapped them and had him open them on Father's Day. Luckily they are super soft, great quality and totally fun that you have to read them in a mirror. Kate has one that matches Michelle's but she decided it was ugly so didn't try it on. lol. But don't worry, folks. He got a new thermometer kit for his Traeger that he is more than ready to put to use. We love you!
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