Good golly, I have no idea how this happened. He was 5 when I met him and 9 when Mike and I were married, and now he is SEVENTEEN!!! I am in major denial that he will be moving out in a year and a half. It is going to be such a hard adjustment for all of us, and I am really dreading the upset of the little kids, so we are trying to enjoy every moment that we can now!
For Matthew's birthday, I put together a football photo album for him starting with his sophomore year of varsity and then junior year and there is still tons of room for his senior year and also college.
I also made him this shadow box for his wall.
Zach wrote on this envelope: "I LOVE MATTHEW" and then tried to draw a heart. : )
We had some friends over for pizza and cake and presents.
This is my mom and dad. If you remember a few posts ago, I talked about my dad having both of his knees replaced, at the same time, on January 23rd. Yep, this is him standing in my kitchen with no crutches or support. I hadn't seen him up and moving much in a month and when he came down Sunday, he was a tiny bit slow, but otherwise you would have never knows he'd just had his knees replaced! We were teasing that he is about 2 inches taller now with his new knees and un-bowed legs.
Sisters....these 2 love each other so much!
The kids loved helping Matthew open his presents and enjoyed seeing all of his football photos
Mike gave Matthew his own tool bag with essentials and also necessities for his car. Along with some stylish safety goggles.
Happy 17th birthday, Matthew!!!
