Happy Birthday Canyon

Happy Birthday to my BOY!! I cannot believe it has been a year. I tried to make today special for Canyon. I started his day by making him waffles and blueberries. He loved it, but probably didn’t think it was any different than any other breakfast he had eaten. We then played around the house. I let him get into whatever he wanted, probably no different than any other day. We played outside and I let him get dirty, pet the dogs, and play in his new sand box; no different than any other day. He got to take a shower with me; no different than any other day. He rejected his lunch and wanted to nurse instead; fell asleep and woke up as soon as I laid him down; no different than any other day. So as we carried on throughout the day with me trying to make every moment special because it was his first birthday; he just played and sang and kissed and hugged like he does every other day. I would periodically tell him stories about how sweet he was and how happy I am that his is my little boy and he would look up at me and say “ooh” or “hi” and sometimes melt my heart and say “mama.” But I am pretty sure he didn’t know that I was being sentimental or corny; I was just being his mama, the one that’s been the same every other day of his life. Then I got to thinking, today is for me. There will be many other birthday’s in Canyon’s life that are unlike all the other days of the year, birthday’s where he actually knows what’s going on. Today I wanted to make him waffles and blueberries, and let him get into what ever he wanted, and rock him and tell him stories. Today I wanted to let him skip his nap. Today I wanted to remember that last March 5th was unlike any other day I have ever had; it was the day I became a mama. So… Happy Birthday my sweet, silly, yummy, little boy; thank you for giving me so make special days.