Happy Birthday Fulton!

Yesterday our little guy turned 4 years old. It’s hard for me to believe –even as I hold Cecilia and look at our little Muffin–that 4 years have already passed.It seems like just yesterday that I was holding him at the hospital and that he was having speech problems then ear surgery; and now we have to remind him that he really doesn’t have to shout when we’re sitting right next to him. (Yeah, I can’t wait to see how he does on his hearing test at his 4 yr well check!) Recently, he has enjoyed picking on his sisters. But at the same time has a tender and sensitive heart when he’s being left out–which happens when he’s the only boy. He’s loves to play with his cars and still loves Lightning McQueen. He has more energy than I know what to do with most of the time. And after Mass during the recessional, he ALWAYS asks, “Was I good at Mass?” And sometimes, like today, he asks to EVERYONE in the chapel can hear him! But I love the little guy even when he’s driving me crazy. And I can’t help but laugh sometimes when I retell all his antics to Adam at the end of the day. Our lives would be so boring without him!

As is our family tradition, yesterday we trekked to 7 a.m. Mass which was said for him. Fr.Tim also said the 6:30 a.m. Mass at St. Boniface for him too. Back to back blessings! Then we all went out to breakfast because our kids are all about breakfast food! A homeschooling group was putting on a play at the Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe so we took the kids to see that in the afternoon. Then we had some friends over for a tiny party–the hit of which was going wild with a few roles of toilet paper! We let him stay up a little later than the girls to have some time with just him doing whatever he wanted. And when we asked him what the best part of the day was–he said of course the toilet paper!

We love you, Fulton!