Happy 5th Birthday to my Bug!

My son, my beloved miracle child turned 5 today. I am not sure where time has gone. Today we went on a Kindergarten field trip with Bug, both of us enjoying a rare "sick" day together. It was to a Pioneer Farm up near the mountain. It was raining sideways...all day! We coffee'd up and donned our best rain gear. The tour was a lot of fun, Bug loved every minute and every experience. He got to milk a real cow, pet a pig "Bacon Bits", and collect eggs from the hen house. There were pioneer chores, a Blacksmith shop and even some time practicing in a real Pioneer school house it was great. The whole time slogging through the mud and trying to convince 15 Kindergartners to "try" to stay dry! ( As IF that was possible!) CB and I could only marvel at how our son has grown and how he savors knowledge. He was mesmerized at every experience eagerly listening. On the way home he told us it was in fact the best field trip he's ever been on!
We dropped him back at school and went to lunch by ourselves. Of course we ended up reminiscing about the past 5 years and marveling at God's gift to us. This will be a big year with our anticipated addition arriving sometime along the way. We prepared a Gingerbread cake and Chicken Marsala with fresh french bread...at Bug's request of course! We even added some Gelato and enjoyed our family celebration. He eagerly opened his presents and was most thrilled with his new Bible and a real watch. He also got a Leapster, which was a much debated decision. The educational value finally won us. The idea he could do something else on longer car rides than play tic tac toe on our iPhones worked for us!
Tonight as we tucked Bug into bed he wanted to hear the story of his birth. It was fun to tell him all about it. My favorite part was laying awake most of that first night with him sleeping softly on my chest. I was too excited to sleep...it was the best feeling, nothing greater. Tonight I smoothed his hair while we listened to lullabies. He's still my baby for now.
God is so good and I am so thankful I can be Bug's momma, it is the best job I could ever have! Happy Birthday my son. I love you more than words can say... Momma.