7th Birthday Letter

 Dear James,

Today is your 7th birthday! This year I'm typing this from my phone in a hospital bed. I'm so glad I got to sing to you this morning and that I let you open a present and your card. I'm glad that you get to celebrate with your dad and that Mimi T. is coming to hang out with you boys. Meredith from Happy Baked Goods even made a special delivery since I couldn't pick up your birthday cookies!

It's been kind of a crazy year for you. You did e-learning and partial school days for kindergarten. I'm sorry that you kind of got robbed of the full experience. So far this year, school has been "normal". You're still wearing masks, but things are less strict. Unfortunately, you've missed a couple of weeks of school due to quarantines, but you can say you had Covid and you were a champ.

You seem to love first grade. Mrs. Lively is your teacher and you tell me all the time how much you love school and how nice she is. You don't tell me much of what you actually do, but I know you're having fun. I'm so proud of you. You go to 2nd grade 2 days a week for reading because you're ahead of the curve. You're very smart, not always humble about it though!

This summer we took a road trip to Nebraska and you're still talking about it. Especially the huge wind storm we went through. We also met cousin Katie for the first time too! 

You are still very very dramatic. It drives me crazy and you know it. Maybe 7 is the magic number to end the drama? Probably not. You're always STARVING to death and when things don't go your way you say, "Nobody loves me". I know you know that's not true though. 

This past week you started asking a lot of questions about death, heaven and God. You ended up praying and asking Jesus into your heart one night before bed. 

You are my holiday loving child who embraces my decor and love of pumpkin patches. Pretty sure you don't love corn mazes anymore, but you do love apple cider donuts! You even insisted on getting your own little pumpkin for your bedroom. Penny and the pumpkin patch told you that you have a lot of your momma in you. 

I'm so proud of the person you are becoming. You always tell me you love me and hug me 84753 times a day. I'm so glad that you are my little boy. You're growing up too fast though. 

Happy Birthday, Goose!

Love,

Mom