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<\/a>Happy Birthday Boy!<\/p><\/div>\n
Like the true foodie he grew up to be, he practically attacked!\u00a0 He nursed like a champ but still had to go back under the oxygen.\u00a0 But he got off it soon enough and we went home where he met his older brother who was almost 2 years old.\u00a0 And instantly fell in love with him!<\/p>\n
Watching that cool moving toy dance back and forth across the room motivated Evan to scoot crawl at 4month, cruise the furniture walk at 5 months and walk at 9 months.\u00a0 He was a fat bruiser of a baby who was fearless & happy with a sunny personality.<\/p>\n
He stayed that way all the way up until he began school.\u00a0 Where for some reason his natural shyness kicked right in.\u00a0 And it increased every year.\u00a0 Perhaps it was the introduction of video games but he never really watched or played them very much.\u00a0 He was more interested in Legos & Connects & action figures.\u00a0 But both of those types of things are sedentary.<\/p>\n
Now he is twelve.\u00a0 Last year he grew his self esteem by standing up to bullies.\u00a0 It was an all year process.\u00a0 This year he enters Middle School.\u00a0 Where he’ll have more irritating kids to deal with AND the joy of going from classroom to classroom.\u00a0 And since he most likely has a small learning disability (so small its impossible to diagnose, but I have it & so does my mother) school is a huge challenge that he’s been skating through since kindergarten.<\/p>\n
His is entering puberty & maturing before my eyes.\u00a0 He’s legally able to stay home by himself now and he treasures it whenever I allow it.\u00a0 When asked what he wanted to do for his birthday he replied, “I want to stay home by myself.\u00a0 For the whole day.”<\/p>\n
I agreed.\u00a0 Because 2 years after he was born I gave birth to his younger brother who took hero worship of his Evan to extreme heights.\u00a0 Since that time, Evan has never really been alone!<\/p>\n
Although I did insist he do a few things like laundry & sort some stuff for the privilege of having a day off.\u00a0 (off even from the gym, lol!)\u00a0\u00a0 He whole-heartedly agreed!<\/p>\n
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… I gave birth to my middle son, my Evan.\u00a0 He came out C-Section like all my babies (I can grow them, I just can’t birth them!).\u00a0 But he also came out unable to breath on his own, so he … Continue reading