Somewhere Between Chaos and Calm: Double Digits

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Double Digits

Today, our first born is 10 years old! I cannot believe it. A whole decade has passed since his birth. Amazing how quickly time goes by as you get older. I reflected a bit on what it has meant to us to raise Jeremiah these past ten years (read that post HERE). It's been quite the journey. He's an amazing child. Granted, he has some issues with impulsivity and attention that have presented some big challenges over the years, but they haven't come without growth and gained wisdom. But, he is funny, smart, creative, and determined. These characteristics can be used for a lot of positive things in the future, with the right guidance. We look forward to seeing just how Jeremiah will grow into these traits and what kind of man he turns out to be. As I said in the other blog, he has the BEST example of a man in his father, and we hope Jeremiah will follow in his Dad's footsteps.

We have several visitors in town this weekend for the big day. Peter's best friend Mike and his wife Zabrina are visiting from San Luis Obispo. My parents are in town and so is Peter's Mom. All of us, plus Jill and Aaron, our friends Luke and Kat, neighbor Thor, and a few kids from Jeremiah's school had a bowling party to celebrate. It was a lot of fun. My Dad decorated the awesome cake! After the bowling party, we had a burrito feast at our wonderful neighbors' (Thor and Alison) house and J opened his gifts there. It was a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday Jeremiah! We love you!

Here's a slide show of pictures of the past decade of Jeremiah.

Kids and balls