It is still hard for me to believe that Sethie is four. Four! If I thought that time started flying when Caleb was born, it bumped up to hyperspeed once Seth came along. That smile. That sweet little voice. That creative imagination. That stubborn streak. That, "Oh, I want to be completely independent attitude, but not independent enough to walk into school, church, the grocery without holding your hand." Yep, that is our Seth.
Over the last two weeks, he has started doing something that makes me melt. When he wraps those little arms around me to give me a hug, he reaches for my hair and plays with it. It is really sweet, especially during a season when he wants to prove that he can brush his own teeth, pick out his own clothes, and buckle his own car seat. When he reaches for my hair and nuzzles into my neck...yeah, it assures me that he is still my little boy.
And what a fun time we had celebrating him. It was more like a week long gala. On the Wednesday of his birthday week, we met up with some of his buddies at the Monkey's Treehouse for a day of play. On Thursday, Seth got to go over to Tante and Uncle Tim's for a very special birthday cake making date. On Friday, Eric took off early and we surprised both boys with a trip to the Discovery Center in Murfreesboro. And on Friday night, our families made the trip down to celebrate our little, I mean big, four-year-old.
Memaw and Pepaw got stuck in traffic, so they headed straight to Unkie Dew and Ticia's house since it was so late by the time they made it in. We, along with Granny and Aunt B, who made it in earlier, made it a pizza night, with a little UK basketball thrown in! What a way to celebrate your 4th birthday, by watching the Cats knock off the number one seed of the NCAA tournament. Well, maybe that would have been a gift more for Eric or I. But we had a blast cheering them on. I don't think any of us, except for Aunt B (who actually fell asleep at one point in the game...what??) sat down that entire game. It was a lot of fun!
After all of the game excitement, thank goodness, Granny thought about decorations for Seth. In all of the hooplah of the preceding week, we had neglected to do our traditional birthday balloon deco for Seth to wake up to. Good thinking, Granny. And thanks to Dada's midnight birthday balloon run, Seth woke up to a little more festiveness.
It is the little things...
We started out Seth's actual birthday in our typical spring Saturday fashion, with a little soccer action. The whole gang met up at the soccer fields to watch Biz do his thing. Then, Seth got to pick his birthday lunch spot, which was, of course Moe's. Then we headed back to our house to unveil his and Tante's birthday cake masterpiece. When Tante asked Seth what kind of cake he wanted to help her make for his birthday, he did not hesitate when he told her a Mario cake. Tante enthusiastically accepted the challenge and then asked, "What's a Mario?"
This is a Mario...in cake form.
Seth had a blast making it and even more fun eating it!
It really was a wonderful day. It was a wonderful week.
What a blessing it is for him to know the love of family!!!
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