Adam turned 8 ☺

This past July 12th our Adam turned 8. I can hardly believe it. As I was preparing to post about his birthday I became verklempt as I looked at all of his old pictures. Luckily for me, he came to help me pick out 8 of his favorite pictures of himself in honor of his 8th birthday. I am so grateful for his help because I had picked out roughly 48 pictures, give or take, (hey, that is only 40 pictures over the intended amount) that I wanted to post. Like I said...looking at his sweet pictures makes me feel all, verklempt. It was a really neat experience to look through pictures with him. Here are his 8 favorite pictures with his thoughts about each one...oh, and my thoughts, too...because I always have to add my two cents.

Mom: "I love your big brown eyes and happy expression in this picture. You were a really happy baby. I am so glad you picked this picture. (If I had to do it over I would have taken the drool bib of of you before letting you play in a ball pit, though.)"

Adam: "I can't think of anything to say about this one. I just like the picture because I am a baby. Make Evan say something about this picture."

Evan: "Yo. He's bald."

Adam: (angrily) "I am not bald in this picture!!"

Brian: "Mooooom! Can I say something about the picture?"

Adam: "No!"

Mom: "Yes, Brian."

Brian: "He has some hair on his baby head."

(8 months old)

Mom: "All Hail, Caesar!!!"

Adam: "No Mom, It's 'All Hail, baby Caesar!' "

Mom: "Oh...you're right...All hail, BABY Caesar!"

(3 months old)

Mom: "We went to the ice skating rink with the Young Men and Young Women for an activity. You were so determined. You stayed out there the whole time with your pickle bucket (buckets provided by the rink) and resisted help from anyone.

Adam: "Yeah...I wasn't a good ice skater so, I had to use a bucket. Oh yeah...and you couldn't skate because you were pregnant with Brian."

Mom: "That's right...I didn't want to hurt our unborn Brian. I had never ice skated before and I didn't figure I should learn while pregnant.

(2 years and 6 months old)

Mom: "I am not sure if you crawled in there yourself, or if Evan stuffed helped you in there... but, I heard Evan giggling and when I came around the corner I found him looking in the dryer. I asked him what he was laughing at and all of a sudden your sweet little head popped out. See Adam, you have been helping me with laundry for years."

Adam: "I think Evan probably put me in there."

Mom: "Yeah...if I were a bettin' girl, I'd say he put you in there, too."

(13 months old)

Mom: " I love this picture, too. Great choice you made. You look so cute with your big brown eyes. You see...you loved Batman (notice your T-shirt) before Brian did... although it is safe to say that you loved Batman and Brian is obsessed with Batman.

Adam: "With the bird on my shoulder, I kinda' look like a pirate."

Mom: "Indeed, you do."

(2 years and 1 month old)

Mom: "*HEAVY sigh* You have always loved to climb. I have often found you ON things or at the top of door frames like you see in this picture."

Adam: "I am a monkey and I love to climb."

Mom: "Yeah...just don't start throwing your poop."

(4 years and 1 month old)

Mom: "I would just like to point out that this picture was taken on the garage floor. I would have never kept my kitchen floor that filthy...it is still filthy but, not that filthy."

Adam: "Pumpkin guts are so cold and stringy...I think that is why I am screaming."

(4 years and 3 months old)

Mom: "You have always had a hard time falling asleep at night. In this particular picture, Daddy and I had let you and Evan fall asleep in our bed because we were watching a movie in the family room. We thought for sure, our letting you relax in our bed would have helped you fall asleep quickly. When we came to put our two sleeping boys in their beds we found a sleeping Evan and you, dressed like this."

Adam: "I couldn't fall asleep so I dressed up like I was in jail."

Mom: "Okay...so tell us how you really feel about having to go to bed."

(3 years and 11 months old)

Here are two, "bonus" pictures from Adam's 8th Birthday Party. I wanted to parenthetically call it the, "Adam is 8, and is Great Party!" but my fabulous party title idea was quickly shot down by...well...everyone. sheesh...everybody's a critic.

For Adam's party we went Cosmic Bowling!! What is Cosmic Bowling, you ask? Well, it is no ordinary bowling, friends! They turn off the house lights and turn on cool neon lights and get the disco ball a twirlin'. It was really difficult to take pictures because it was really dark but...here we see the birthday boy has just released the bowling ball with a look of steely determination.

One of the perks of being the birthday boy during Cosmic Bowling is you get to keep a special bowling pin for everyone to sign. Don't worry...no one has wielded that bowling pin like any kind of a club, or really small baseball bat since arriving home with it. Not my boys. No, Sirree. Perish the thought.

We truly L♥VE Y♥U, our sweet Adam.

We are so excited for your upcoming baptism this weekend...When you see me crying at your baptism...just know that they are tears of happiness.

Editorial Note: I realize I need to catch up on posts like...

• Evan's 11th Birthday
• Our Beach Trip
• How My Husband Cheered Me Up When I Was Sobbing
• Adam's baptism ( I know it hasn't happened yet, but...I am so behind that I already feel like I am already behind on posting about it)
• How we know the TOOTH FAIRY, personally.

And much, much more....

I am already overwhelmed...

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