Happy 5th Birthday Zack!

Zack turned 5 on Super Bowl Sunday! He has been anxiously awaiting his 5th birthday and was sure that he would wake up bigger on his special day! He has a couple of good pals at school that turned 5 before he did so we were counting down the days until he could join the ranks of the other 5 year olds. Zack got to spend his "Birthday Eve" with Aunt Darcie, along with his sister and cousin Elijah (one of his favorite things to do). They had a great time!! Then we celebrated Zack's birthday at Aunt Polly's house along with the Super Bowl party.

I remember 5 years ago on February 6, 2005 daddy and I were at a Super Bowl party. You were in my tummy still and 1 day overdue. We were waiting for you and couldn't wait to meet you. Daddy kept teasing me that if you were born on the Super Bowl we would have to name you after the Super Bowl MVP. I didn't like the thought of that one single bit since I have had the name Zack picked out since I was a very little girl. I was hoping that you would stay in my tummy for one more day to avoid being named Deion or Branch (2005 MVP). As the obedient little guy that you have grown up to be, you cooperated with me and waited until the following day to make your grand entrance into this world. When you were born the nurse at the hospital said, "there is nothing little about this baby". You weighed in at a whopping 10.4!! I was so proud to have such a big strong baby boy. You had bright red hair when you were born but it lightened up a lot to the strawberry blond color that it is now. I am declaring it now ... in about 20 years I think you are going to be the Super Bowl MVP yourself (what a great b-day present for yourself)!!!!

You were such a wonderful baby ... always happy and content no matter what we were doing.

Dear Zacky,

I love you SO much!! I am so happy that I get to be your mommy. You are the sweetest little boy in so many ways. You absolutely love your sister and would do anything for her. You guys are the best of friends. You are such a great big brother and love to smooch your baby brother until he can't take it anymore:-) Your teachers always tell me what a great kid you are and how sweet you are to the other kids. I can't believe how well you are reading BEFORE you even start kindergarten! You are as smart as they come!! Mommy and Daddy are so very proud of you. You are such a great snuggler!! I love that you are always willing to sit on my lap and snuggle with me.

I love that even though your friends "don't think love is cool" that you still give me a hug and kiss in the car when I take you to school. You have such a sweet heart and hilarious sense of humor. You can make the entire family laugh uncontrollably when you imitate things people say, or how they act, or with your amazing dancing skills. You have so many wonderful things inside of you and I promise that I will do my best to nurture your God given talents and abilities and help you discover who God created you to be.

No matter how big you get you will always be Mommy's Little Zacky!

Love you so much my sweet boy!

Love Mommy