Happy 3rd Birthday Bobby!!

March 16 , 2010
Dear Bobby,
Three years ago I was in the midst of trying to push you out, but you just wouldn’t cooperate. Daddy had just arrived after driving 10 hours through a snowstorm to get to us. It seems hard to imagine that so much time has passed. And here you are, turning into a little boy right before our very eyes. This year has been a year of big accomplishments for you. It was your first year without ANY surgeries. We expect that we have many more surgery-free years!
Even more exciting is that your love of reading has turned into a love of learning. You already know all of your letters, numbers, colors, and shapes. Right now you are working on mastering your letter sounds. You know more than some of the students that I teach, and what makes it so special is that it is all on you. You are the one who works hard to learn these things. But actually it doesn’t take you too much time to learn anything. Many times you seem to catch on after only one or two tries. This has also made life interesting on a day-to-day basis. It seems that if we do something with you one time, you expect to do it every time. Last fall I stopped by the park on an unusually warm day on our way home from work. Well, for the next few months you insisted on going to the park every time we came home from work and got really upset when that just wasn’t possible. This past Christmas you loved going through the light show! You would say, “Oh, pretty!” and want to see the lights every night. It was also hysterical watching you get so set on opening presents during Christmas. You were ready to celebrate Christmas every day by opening presents even though we didn’t have any around. Right now you are really into lollipops and pez candy. We use them as a distraction in the car and stores, when you don’t like to be seated for too long! You love to be on the go all of the time, whether it be to go on walks, shopping, or to your friends’ houses.
This August you became a big brother to Brogan. Although you were a little jealous at first and wanting my attention, it didn’t take you too long to get over it. Now you are a doting big brother. You look out for Brogan at Doris’ house and let her know whenever he is crying. You even make sure that we know when Brogan needs a bottle, binky, or blanket. You love to play with him, lay on top of him, and make him laugh. It is so obvious in his eyes how much he adores you. I love how the two of you play off of each other.
The most exciting thing for me this year has been your language development. I am not sure where you come up with half of the things you say, but you have me in stitches so much of the time. Just today you told me that I was old! And you love to push buttons, but when you first started asking us to push them you would say, “Push the butt, Mommy.” You also love to talk on the phone and imitate everything I say. You are quite the character, Bobby Weeks!
You are so special to so many people. I think that anyone who has been lucky to meet you is drawn to your charisma and will always remember you. Maybe I am biased, but that is my job. You just had an amazing birthday party at Airheads. 13 of your friends and their parents, Grammy, Jamie, Doris, Brogan, Mommy, and Daddy were there to celebrate. You had so much fun jumping, running around, playing with the trains and legos, that you didn’t even want to stop to eat or open presents. Today on your birthday you were ready to go back to your birthday party. You insisted on wearing your Blues Clues pajamas and cried when we didn’t stop at Airheads on our way to work. “My party,” you cried and even through your Leapfrog game at me! On our way home from work you told me that we were almost there, close to the party.
Bobby Weeks, it is such a joy and honor to be your mother. You have taught me how to live life to the fullest. But even more importantly, you have taught me how to be strong and stay focused on the most important things in life. I love you so much and would do anything and everything for you. One thing that has me a little down today is that we have your 3rd open heart surgery hanging over our heads. It is set for this Friday, March 19th. Can you believe that it is 3 years to the date of your first open heart surgery? God definitely is taking care of you and we have completely placed you in His hands! We know that He will guide the surgeons, doctors, and nurses taking care of you. We also know that He has given you a fighting spirit to help you get through this.
Happy 3rd birthday, Bobby! We can wait to celebrate the next birthday!

Love,
Mommy