Monday, March 28, 2022

9 years old - NINE! And already saying you'll be 10 on your next birthday! 💛 🤦🏻‍♀️

Happy NINE years to you sweet, Aspen!!! 💛

It's hard for me to wrap my brain around you being 9. You are super excited. You are already saying that  "next year you will be 10"!  I wish I could freeze you at this age. 🥰

You are independent and determined‼️ You are funny and energetic. You are loving and friendly. You are creative and smart. You can build what you set your mind to and you can do most things really well. You are a natural at hunting and aim. You hit a bumble bee with your blow dart this month. 😂You are an outdoor loving, sassy, competitive, one track minded, hunting, fishing and all things outside boy. 

You challenge your Mama with your school and sometimes can be hard to deal with. 😉 You are challenging the rules and it seems like you are already becoming a pre-teen. 😳

You love outdoor shows on TV. Your Mama only allows you to watch TV when you are doing your vest for an hour a day. I LOVE that. You are really into "Tim Wells" right now. He's a blow dart gun master! You made your own blow dart not long ago and saved your money to buy a blow dart. It just came this week. You would spend every waking hour shooting something if you could. 🤪 

You started your month spending the night with Dee Dee and Pops! You loved dinner but you REALLY love fruit. You ate the entire thing of cantaloupe before I could even get a piece. LOL 

You beat Pops on Mario golf more than he beats you these days. You aren't a fan when you lose. In fact, you sometimes get in trouble for your attitude. You are SUPER competitive... which is good, but we're all trying to get you to be thankful for all the times you DO win. 🙏

My motto. I love collecting memories with you! 


Happy birthday to Dee Dee! We love sharing our birthday month. SO.MUCH.FUN! 

I really wanted to hike Blood Mountain with you and your Mom. What a beautiful day we had. Me and your Mom were able to hike to Mountain Crossing Store on the AT also. We had a blast. The hike was about 5 miles and 1,700 feet. You two did AMAZING! 

I love this picture of all of our hiking boots! 

We did Byron Reese to Blood Mountain and back to Mountain Crossing. 

You love stopping at the creeks... 


If we pass a big rock... you're usually on it before we all pass! 😉

I love that they have to mark the AT on the rocks in some spots! 


Me and you usually lead the pack. I love doing that with you! 


We found the geo marker! 

The Blood Mountain AT shelter! 


Such a beautiful day!


You love your Mama so much! She was so excited to be here with you two! 

We ate a snack in the shelter! 

After hiking we got some ice cream at Mountain Fresh Creamery. Our favorite! 

You camped in the cabin with you three and your Daddy! 

Your belly has hurt some this month... Sometimes it hurts just because or it can if you skip enzymes by mistake! 


Always shooting something! 

You love playing with Truett! 


Your Mama is quite the cook! She made homemade granola bars! 


Y'all have my 💛

You are getting so tall. You are 59.75 pounds... so basically 60 pounds. 

I LOVE snuggling with you when you spend the night! I love this picture so much! 

You think it's hilarious to drive your Daddy crazy when he comes up. Sometimes he wraps you like a pretzel. haha! 

Looking at B's compass! 

You love to make Truett smile. You had a deer call and he was fascinated by it. 



ALWAYS making something! This time... a swing in the tree! LOL 



I love when we have fires! We had one for my birthday weekend and then went and got pizza in Monroe! 

My birthday was on a Monday. We went to get me a new phone 😓 because mine got ran over AND we went hiking at Indian Seats in Cumming. You two are so silly! 






Your Mama loves hiking with you! 

You were RIGHT on the edge here! SO much fun. 

We went to Frontera's for dinner! 


You can shoot just about anything with your blowgun! 


Working on garden stuff with your Dad. Your Mama has spent so much time on research! 


💙 Our little country boy! 


There is nothing you don't want to try. Tilling is hard but you were determined. 


One of your 2022 Great Strides fundraising pictures. I love to share with my friends about YOU and what Cystic Fibrosis means for you and for others! 

I love watching you play with your Daddy! 

WHOA! You haven't weighed enough to start the lawnmower until NOW! You worked it like a pro! 


You might be a tad bit obsessed with your blow dart gun! 🤪


SO thankful for all the hiking we've done this month. Today we are in Athens at the Botanical Gardens. They have several great hikes! 


You found this super cool heart rock! I love it so much! You carried it most of the hike until we put it in Pop's backpack! 



Our hike walked along the Oconee River....

They have a cool playground! 

Yep! You are SILLY! 



We spent about an hour looking for this shirt online. You made an "exception" to get a shirt with the print on back vs the front because you loved it so much! 🤣





It's getting closer to your Great Strides walk! It's called a family reunion because we haven't been able to be in person for this walk since 2019 because of the pandemic. You and I picked out the picture and your sweet Mama came up with the words. We love this shirt so much! 

You are REALLY good using your BB gun, your pellet gun and your blow dart. Maybe too good for your age. You can shoot a bird with NO problem. The problem here is your Mama had told you that you couldn't shoot certain birds and blue birds were on that list. The bigger problem is you KNEW you were shooting a blue bird. Your Mama is SO patient and so loving. She's explaining why it's important to do what you're told and to always do the right thing. She is SUCH a good Mama! 🧡

YAY! We bought a tiller and the ground has been broken! 


Your Mom and Dad have worked so hard on this. Your Mama has books and have studied layouts and so much more. 


You all have officially planted potatoes and onions! HOORAY! 


Yep! You shot a Charlie with your blow gun dart! 

It's birthday spend the party night! We went to Your Pie. I thought you would LOVE to go. You asked for Taco Bell. 😅 We still had a blast! 

You wanted a gum ball! Look at your cute freckles! 

Playing Simon Says! 😆



We went to Walmart and you got a lure! 

It's so cute how much you love to work in Pop's basement! You are really good with his tools. You wanted to make a wooden frog lure. 


Pops made us breakfast in bed! 😊

Playing with Thomason! 



Clinic Day! You have a history 🤣 of running from the nurse when they are going to take blood. I think it's from your PICC line nightmare. BUT!!! Guess what? This time you had them draw blood like a PRO! We are SO proud of you! 


You blew a 107 on your PFT's - the highest mark EVER!!! You told the doctor it was because of your new blow gun! hahaha! It probably is! Way to go!!!! 

Dr S says your lungs sound crystal clear. That is so amazing to hear. Your Mama is waiting to hear back on your throat culture and your liver tests from Trikafta. You only gained .7 ounces but grew a 1/2 an inch. That put you back in the "yellow" zone vs the "YAY" zone. Your Mama works so hard to get calories in you. You go back to clinic in June. 


You saved your money from making deer at Christmas to buy this blow gun! Your Dad and Pops are a little jealous! 


Your face was the BEST when you opened your Mom's card and it was $100 bill and a $20 bill. You saw the $20 bill and said..."Oh, $20!" Your face when you saw the $100 was PURE happiness. 

I love that you really took the time to read my card! We gave you some turkey calls and clothes and a ball game. We're going on your birthday to get a bow! 



Nelly gave you the coolest card with a Visa gift card and Starbucks. SO fun! 


Testing out your new turkey calls! 


You wanted to play a family game of kickball! 


Your team won 7-6 🏆


You wanted a fruit tart. SO yummy! You love you some fruit!


OH GOODNESS! This took me by surprise but it was so much fun! You wanted to ride in the front seat and you did - to Monroe. You won't be doing this every time but in tiny Daisy... it just made sense. We had so much fun! 


We went to Scoops! 



I feel like this may be the last year that you'll reach up and grab my hand. I don't know but I sure enjoyed this sweet moment. 

I have been telling you that I would take you to a climbing wall. Today we went to Elevate Outfitters. You said it was harder than you expected. BUT!!! You never give up! You kept on working until you got to the top. You were so proud of yourself and I was so proud of you too! 




You know I love ladybugs so you catch one when you see one... 🧡


We went over to the old courthouse and watched for squirrels. We didn't see a one. ha! 

We went to meet Pops in Social Circle and you wanted to bring him back to climb the wall. You wanted to show him in person! SO cute! 💙





You ordered yourself a white chocolate mocha. You weren't a fan like Starbucks though. 

You caught bumblebees in an old water bottle! I used to do this when I was your age! 

You got a haircut for your birthday! You weren't a fan but you are DONE! 😉


 What a fun month you have had! March has been good to you. You were healthy and well. We had a LOT of outside time.You got a new blow dart gun and celebrated 1/2 the month for your birthday! 🥳

I'm so thankful for you! You make my heart smile! As we drove today in Daisy with you in the front seat... you said to me... "If I am going to ride up front you have to talk to me like an adult!" 

SOOOO! On the way to Social Circle we had a talk about Gratitude. We talked about looking at the things to be thankful for. We talked about keeping a gratitude journal and so much more. I'm not sure if you were glad or not... but I told you it was Dee Dee's place to speak wisdom to you. LOL Maybe one day you'll remember some of those words. 



You are a blessing and your Dee Dee couldn't love you MORE! 

I'm praying the Lord will bless you! 

Numbers 6:24-26 - The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.

I hope you know how much your Dee Dee loves you and prays for you so often. I pray for you to always allow the Holy Spirit to guide your ways. I am SO thankful you have asked Jesus to live in your heart. And... when you did that, the Holy Spirit came to guide you. 

We are living in "crazy" times. Russia is at war with Ukraine. We are closer to World War III than we have ever been as a world. Inflation is high and so many crazy things. I pray you'll draw close to Him and He will draw close to YOU!

I pray for your future wife. Your friends. Your choices. 

Happy 9th birthday, Aspen!

I love YOU!!!! 

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