When I turned around... Micah turned 8.

For just a split second if I close my eyes real tight, I still picture the tired me holding the only months old crying you in the middle of the night and can remember the "I know this isn't forever, but please make it stop" feeling. I truly did want you to stop crying BUT I also knew that me nurturing for you like that, wasn't going to last long.... so I swayed a little more and embraced your little body with all of me.

Then I turned around and you were 8. In 8 years we have discovered more and more about the person you will be, and I am so very proud of what we are about to see. So once again I share with you what your 8 looks like!

1. You are madly in love with your little brother and he knows it!
2. Baseball and ATA (Blue/Brown Belt) are your activities, and you are doing great at both... we might need to work a little harder at the whole catching thing.
3. We all LOVE the way you laugh out loud at ANYTHING remotely funny in a quiet movie theater, it's extremely infectious.
4. You are beginning to ask a lot about life, I LOVE having these conversations with you.
5. You are still so gentle and kind hearted, I hope I continue to write this about you every year.

Micah, you are truly one of the brightest lights in our lives and I smile overtime I think about the future for you. I can't sway you anymore to make things better, but we will cherish every milestone that comes along, because I know it's going to flash... and when I turn around you will 16.

Happy 8th Birthday son.

Love
Mom and Dad

...If you are wondering why this post is so late, don't... I still feel the same way I do today as I did 11 days ago ;)

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