Nine!

We stayed up until midnight tonight to celebrate the New Year.  It's the first time that our kids have made it to midnight.  As I was putting them to bed Sweetie said, "Just six more minutes."  I asked what he wanted to wait six minutes for.  Then he said, "Just five more minutes until I'm really nine."

Woah!

Has it really been nine years?

This little boy:

 with the darling dimples

 who was(and still is) so trusting

 and crazy

 has turned into the sweetest (there's a reason his nickname is sweetie other than a bear),

 fun,

 adventurous,

 food-loving,

 amazing boy.

So, I let them stay awake for five more minutes.

We sang Happy Birthday in multiple silly variations 

(I was trying to keep Woof-woof from melting too much - she was up much too late)

then I tucked my nine-year-old into bed.

Woah!

Did I really just say nine?

Happy Birthday Sweetie!  

You are loved so much.