Happy Birthday!

Today, our Brogan is 5. He's been counting the days for nearly a month, and today his birthday finally arrived. I've always thought a boy who is 5 seems so much bigger than one who is 4. Today Brogan seemed to decide that for himself. He started the day by helping his big brother take out the trash, and then he fixed cereal for Colson and himself.

Grandma H. called to sing to him this morning, he just grinned into the phone and seemed to clam up after that. All that happiness can choke a guy up, apparently. Auntie T. and his cousins called to sing after dinner.


Brogan originally chose Chili's for his birthday dinner, but M. wanted to stay home. So we asked him, "What do you want Mama to fix for dinner?"

His choice: Green apples, instant oatmeal with dinosaur eggs, and baked potatoes.

M. began to rethink the Chili's option.

He recieved a Spiderman costume, and Braden donned a Fantastic Four costume and they did battle for quite a long time in our living room. Colson put on his Batman pajamas and joined in.





5 years ago today, Brogie was our Thanksgiving baby. Our middle child. The baby we thought we couldn't have.


God has blessed us with a fiesty, beautiful boy.