Three years ago at this very moment my baby boy was pulled out of me in a hospital operating room. He arrived 4 weeks early and after I had spent nearly 8 full weeks on bed rest (most of which was in the hospital), but weighed in at a healthy 7lbs, 5oz and measured 20.25” long.

Then…

I remember that before I woke up in the middle of the night because I was bleeding, I had spent a quiet evening in my hospital room watching the premier of that season of 24. If I recall correctly, that was the “day” that a nuke exploded in downtown LA in the middle of the morning rush. I remember, also, that the following evening I was blissfully happy to have my baby safe, although sad that he was in the NICU. I spent that evening with empty Mama’s arms, holding my sore belly when I laughed at the first night of new season of American Idol.

Yes, my memories are tied to TV. If you had been stuck in the hospital for weeks, your memory of those days would revolve around the little bits you did or saw. For me, it was a lot of TV to alleviate the boredom in between visitors, nurses doing their thing, and sleeping.

Anyway, this post isn’t supposed to be about me!

Now…

Jesse is the light of my life and such a joy. He’s a tender-hearted and affectionate little boy. He’s smart, articulate, hilarious, sweet, active, curious, boisterous, and inquisitive.

He loves to be with. It doesn’t matter where or how, he just wants to hang with one or both of us all the time.

He loves to read (even though he can’t really read) - I love when I catch him lounging on the sofa holding a book, much like his Daddy does.

He loves stories - his current favorite seems to be The Three Little Pigs.

He often remembers to thank God for his food - I love when I put his lunch in front of him and I hear his little voice saying, “Thank you, God, for the peanut butter and the bread and the honey and my milk. Amen.”

He has a huge vocabulary, but mispronounces words like any toddler/preschooler - my favorites are milk (nulk) and balloon (barroon).

He speaks backwards - for instance he’ll push the cat or one of us out of his way when he’s running around, but he’ll say, “I’m in your way!” He calls Molly his “big brother” and has referred to himself as “little sister.” If his clothes or shoes are too small he says they’re too big and vice versa. He does this often and consistently enough that I plan to mention this to the pediatrician when we go in a couple of weeks. It may be nothing, but I don’t want to brush it aside if it is an indicator of something.

He is excited about his birthday. All week he’s asked for candles (we had candles on Beau’s birthday cake the other night). We’re trying to teach him about the days of the week - Saturday is his actual birthday. His party (just with my family) is on Sunday. He’ll get his barroons and candles on Sunday.

We’re doing a breakfast party - the original plan was to go to IHOP, but we decided to do it at our house instead. I’ll be cooking up mini omelets (I found a recipe on a WW recipe blog that I read, so low Points - bonus!) and breakfast potatoes, bacon, and a coffee cake (there must be cake!). Jesse will get his candles on the coffee cake and then we’ll surprise him with presents (about which we have said nothing - he has no clue. Beau’s presents are being held until Sunday AM as well). Should be a fun time. Pictures will follow, of course.

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1. Happy Birthday Jesse!!!

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2. Can’t wait to celebrate both boys’ birthdays tomorrow!

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