Happy 8th birthday, JD

Oh Johnny or should I say JD, since you are asking me to call you that, my baby, here you are turning 8.  I often ask myself where does the time go, why is it going so fast.  Here we are celebrating my baby boy turning 8.  I want to wish you the happiest of birthdays.  I know you are excited, that once again, you get to play baseball, your most favorite sport, on your birthday.  Last year we lost, but we will get that win for you this year! (Yay, we got that win!!) I love you so much and am so proud of you.  You are an amazing boy who is so loving and caring.  You are all boy, with your sports and dirty fingernails, but you LOVE to cuddle with me and I enjoy every minute of sitting on the brown chair.  Please don’t grow as fast, I will be so sad when we both don’t fit in the chair.  Don’t ever lose your sweetness and keep those compliments coming, I can always go to you to make me feel special.

Your favorite food is still TACOS.  Holy moly, I wonder how many you could eat in one sitting.  One day you are going to turn into a taco.  You also love Swedish meatballs, meatloaf, burgers, hot dogs, pancakes, cereal, donuts, caramel/cheese popcorn, chex mix, BBQ Pringles. And so much more.

You are so creative with your books that you make and your drawings.   You love to play sports, read, cuddle, and draw.  You are on the 8u Huntley Red Raiders Travel baseball team and you love every minute of it.  If we aren’t practicing or at a game, you are outside playing catch with one of us, whoever you can get to play.  Your favorite position is catcher, which you are doing really well and having fun!  Last year, you said you really liked playing catcher, well this year, you already made a few plays at the plate and got them OUT.  Woot woot.  Remember the triple play?  Batter flies out to Lukas (3^rd base) who throws to Anthony (first base) for the double play, who throws to you (catcher) for the tag at home.  Woot Woot!  We were all cheering.  Another time at Little Wrigley you made that diving catch as catcher, it was A-Mazing! You had some great hits too.  I will always remember your Home Run at Little Wrigley, it is ingrained in my heart.  I just love watching you play, it makes my heart happy.  You love playing football and basketball too.  You are so active and so full of energy, can I have some? 

You love to play video games with daddy and Austin as well as watch You Tube Videos.  You have a love for Bryce Harper on the Washington Nationals and I hope you like the jersey we got you.  You have a love for the Cubs and Bears and of course Michigan!

You know how to make the world smile, whether it’s with you be caring, nice, complimentary, telling a joke, or talking to the team letting them know where to throw the ball or letting us know how many outs the team has.  You truly are a gift, my special surprise and I love you so much.