Happy Birthday Collin

Twelve years ago today my darling angel was born.  I can't believe how much time has gone by.  He has grown into a very sweet, and sometimes comedic young man.  He is now wearing a bigger shoe size than I am, and I wear a 9 1/2!  Next school year Collin will be going into 7th grade at  a school just for 7th graders.   You would have never known he was born 10 weeks early and weighed 3lbs 14oz!  I had an extremely difficult pregnancy and he was born with a Grade 3 bleed in his brain.  I will never forget the day the doctors took me in a room and told me he would never walk, talk, and would probably be in a wheel chair with Cerebral Palsy.  I can not describe the feeling I had.  It was horrible!  I do NOT wish that on any parent.  I went back to my room and cried.  I decided to take it one day at a time.  As my mom used to tell me " I wished the first year of his life away" wondering if he was going to meet every milestone.  After he was about 4 I felt a little better, then each year has gotten a little easier.  Well, as you can see, none of what the doctors said turned out to be true, thank GOD!  He does require a little extra help in school, but I am extremely grateful for what he has become.  AWESOME!  I am one proud momma.  :)

I tried to make this card age appropriate for him.  He LOVES Lego's and anything military.  I didn't have anything closely related to either in my stamping arsenal.  I am shocked!  There is actually something I don't have.  hehe

I used an older MFTWSC sketch.  You can find a whole arsenal of sketches from 2011 HERE, and I used #7.  I used two different MFT sets, one which is Polka Dot Greetings and die as well as Framed Greetings and some Stacking Stars dies.  

Here is a picture I had to sneak in at this years trip to the Pumpkin Farm.  He hates his picture taken just like his momma, so I had to be happy with a side shot.  He was cracking up that the goat ate the top off the bag of food.  He loves to feed them every year we go.  I have pictures of him doing this every year except the year we were in Alabama.  It was nice to move back just in time to take our traditional trip to the Pumpkin Farm.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather