Monday, March 4, 2024

10 years and 11 months... your last month to be TEN!

Happy 10 years and 11 months sweet, Aspen! 💛 

I can NOT believe this is your last month to be TEN. I'm a little bit in denial. ❤️ 
You are so sweet and so fun to be around. I am forever grateful I get to look out my bedroom window and see you walking around our land. What a blessing. 

You are an outdoorsman through and through. You love all things hunting with your pellet gun or your blowgun or your bow and arrow. You constantly have one of those in your hand. You love being outside more than anything - bopsies! 💛 

You love to watch shows on YouTube - especially with Pops. You love a good movie on Friday nights but overall you love more than anything being outside and doing your thing! ♥️ I LOVE LOVE when you come up at lunch time and hang! I love when you want to stay for dinner or hang in the basement. I LOVE when you ask me to snuggle in the chair - even though I know you are a little squished! 😉 

And... I love when you ask to get your hair cut. hahahahaha! You love to get your hair cut and as you can see here... it was time! 😂 

Y'all made a game out of shooting gel blasts up in the air to see who could catch it. Pops got one first! 

We've had quite a few games of bocce ball this month! 


You are always doing something with your hands! You are very talented and I can't wait to see how you grow and do all the things you want! 

You have quite the aim! 

Great Strides is in full force! You are indeed a FIGHTER. I can't wait for walk day with you! 💜 


You love to practice basketball 🏀 and are really growing so much! 

You love making things and do a great job at it! 


LOL! You crack me up! But you know what you love! 

It's so fun watching y'all play! 

Going crow hunting with Pops and Bow Valley! 

Welp! You are old enough to "sometimes" sit in the front seat! You love it! 😍 


 




You went with Nelly to Sugarloaf Mills and ALMOST got to see the show. The mall was closed because someone had a gun in the food court! Yikes! 😬 




We made your Mama some dark chocolate strawberries for Valentine's Day! 🌹 


We were a fan and your Mama loved them! 


You gave me this heart that you made and I have it hanging in our bedroom. I will treasure it forever! ❤️ 



We made your Mama a card! 




You're a pro now! You drive me all over the place! 


Your Mama made y'all heart shaped pop-tarts for Valentine's Day! SO fun! 



You helped me make fruit salsa for small group. You were a fan! 


You went to a birthday party and they had a nerf gun war! It was fun to watch you! 




You went to ATL to have your eyes checked for cataracts - a side effect of Trikafta. I was so happy to hear you are 20/20 and no cataracts. They dilated your eyes and you thought it was hilarious that your pupils were do dilated. I loved talking to you on the way home about it! 


😂 😆 


Oh my heart!!!! I love, LOVE the redbird that you made at school. You gave it to me and it made my heart so happy! I LOVE red birds and I LOVE you! ❤️ 


One more crack up moment. We LOVE to laugh! 😂 


Your Dad sold his truck this month! He got a Honda Pilot - Captain Sullivan! 😉 


You used your new small trap to catch a flying squirrel. You said you were and you sure did! 
Meet Booster!!! 


You spent the night and we made you a steak. You love a good steak! 


You wanted a kiwi... so Dee Dee bought you one! 


I love that you'll be silly with me! ❤️ 


We watched shows on rats because we have one stuck in between the floor! Gasp! I think you might be a professional at this when you are older! 😂 


You wanted to show me this show with his "147 year old Mami" - you said it was hilarious and goodness was it when we watched it. I love this picture! 💛 


Always putting your trap out somewhere! 


I love when you pick me a flower! 🌺 


Always helping! I love that! 


Goodness me! You are always trapping and catching something! You can tan an animal better than most adults! SO proud of you! 




We went walking in Lake Walton Estates! I love when you join us! 


This was before Booster for sure got to stay! 


Yay! Your Daddy got his new car and everyone loves it! 


We went to dinner at Frontera's and you were toast! SO tired! LOL 


Such a ham-bone! 😂 



Taking a few pictures for Great Strides! 




We went to Athens to the ATO fraternity. You spoke to a group about CF for the first time and rocked it! I am so incredibly proud of you! I was so excited to stand on that porch with you and speak to these guys. They have set a goal to raise 100k for CF. Simply amazing! You are their ambassador for CF and I can't wait to see what they accomplish! 


We guessed about 20 guys would be there and we were ALL wrong! LOL 


You went right out there and introduced yourself and played basketball with the guys! Such an important characteristic to be able to be confident and speak boldly to people. Once again... SUPER proud! 



Grateful for the opportunity to be able to speak with you! I spoke to so many people through the years and what an honor for you to be old enough to speak with me. 


We went to Cane's afterwards with Nelly and Co-Chri for dinner! 


I ordered this off of Amazon for you with the Valentine's Day money I gave you. SUCH a fun place for Booster! 



You had CF clinic this month! You grew from 57.3 inches to 58.31 inches and were in the 76th percentile. What an answer to prayer! You were in the 35th percentile for weight with a 12th percentile BMI. 
You weighed right at 73 pounds - 72.97 to be exact! 

You had to get an x-ray this time because Dr. S wanted to make sure your back didn't have any hair lined fractures because your bone density wasn't quite what she wanted it. She was just being overly protective. 

You blew a 104 on your PFT's! What a praise! Hallelujah! Your lungs sounded clear. Hooray for a great report. You go back the day before Great Strides! 



Hanging in our bedroom with Booster! ❤️ 


Thanks for snuggling with me and hanging in my room and talking. Your Dee Dee loves you to the moon and back and back again! 💛 


I can't believe this is your last month to be 10. We share a birthday month and I love that so much! This will be the first year I am away on my birthday and you aren't very happy about that. ❤️ I'm going to miss seeing you and your family ON my birthday. Dee Dee and Pops are going to Canada. I wanted to do something bold and challenging on my BIG 60 but we will be home the day after my birthday. 

Here's to March and sharing a birthday month. Here's to being my bopsie! 😃 You can have a temper and you can be stubborn but you are working on those things! You know what you want and what you like and aren't shy to share it. 😂 You are creative and Mr. fixer and you love to help. 

I pray for you all the time. For your future and your friends and your choices and your attitude. ALL the things. 

Your Dee Dee couldn't love you more. 

Happy March and ALMOST spring! WOOOO HOOOOO! 

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