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!
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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.
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I also made him this shadow box for his wall.
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Zach wrote on this envelope: "I LOVE MATTHEW" and then tried to draw a heart. : )
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We had some friends over for pizza and cake and presents.
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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.
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Sisters....these 2 love each other so much!
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The kids loved helping Matthew open his presents and enjoyed seeing all of his football photos
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Mike gave Matthew his own tool bag with essentials and also necessities for his car. Along with some stylish safety goggles.
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Happy 17th birthday, Matthew!!!
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