Monday, August 18, 2008

Party Boy

We managed to get Owen's birthday presents fairly early this year and planned on giving him one the day of his birthday party and one on his actual birthday. But when softball fever hit in July and our 23 month old son was insisting on having real softballs hurled at him while he attempted to swing a real softball bat, we decided that maybe giving him his bat, ball, and glove early, wasn't such a bad idea. And it probably wasn't, except that we told him it was an early birthday present, which led to "Happy Birthday Owen" becoming his own personal mantra for the past three weeks.

Finally, the long wait is over.

On Saturday, Owen spent the morning riding his new tricycle (yeah, he got that a few days early as well) before going to swimming lessons, having lunch, and (eventually) taking a late nap. When he awoke, he was surrounded by his east coast grandparents, balloons, cake, stuffed animals, and more presents. He seemed overwhelmed with joy. Then Mia, Cole, Will and their respective parents showed up, at which point he became downright giddy. By the time we got to the cake & ice cream, I really didn't think it possible to have a happier child, but then I was proved wrong as more presents were unwrapped.

Not a single tear. Not a single tantrum. Clearly the best day of his life... so far.



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