Jonah turned 7 on 9-14-10.
Jonah's birthday brought about a lot of emotions for me.
1st, tremendous joy and happiness because of the privilege we have had of having this wonderful little boy in our lives for 7 years now! We are so proud of all his accomplishments over these past 7 years. He has come so far and continues to amaze us with his determination to work hard and learn new things every day He is super cute and super funny! Jonah is just one amazing little boy.
The other emotion I felt on his birthday is deep appreciation to his birth mother for choosing us to be Jonah's forever family. Words really can't describe the gratitude and respect I feel for this woman.
Of course along with that appreciation and gratitude came sadness on Jonah's birthday. Because I know how much his birth mom loves him, and I know that on this special day for Jonah, memories and emotions must overwhelm her as she thinks of that day 7 years ago when Jonah was born. I have said it before but with adoption there is great joy at the expense of great pain.
So it was a big day for me- fun but filled with lots of emotion. For Jonah, it was just plain fun! We had Culvers for his birthday supper, ice cream for his school treat (ice cream is the only sweet Jonah eats), and Grandma and Grandpa came over for the celebration. He got to open presents and have "Happy Birthday" sung to him.
Happy 7th Birthday Jonah!
By the way, Ben was very good about the spotlight being on Jonah for the day. I was proud of him not being jealous.
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