This growing up business has got to stop

My firstborn is four, where has the time gone? I am thrilled with the amazing kid he is growing into. He is all boy, rough and tumble, gun shooting, ball:throwing, hitting, shooting, whacking; superhero, snack sneaker.
Maddox is everyone's buddy. He makes friends with all kids, no matter their age and he asks for his friends daily. Maria is our 18 year old neighbor, Joya is 16, Jarred (his "bigger friend" is 11, his "little friend" Lincoln is 3, Kody is 12 etc. He asks for his cousins, every day as well as rolling ball, the big slide, swimming and golfing. The kid isn't afraid to ask for the world.
He likes to hold my hand and tell me I'm his best friend or his best sweetheart. He kisses the back of my hand and will stroke my hair, saying "I wike your hair" and then he'll turn right around and punch Jetty in the gut. Every night at bed he asks "mom, you tickle my back and my belly"? He begs to go to church and to school, for goodness sake! I could go on and on and on about what an amazing kid he is and I can just envision the incredible man he will grow into. What a joy to be his mama.

Guess who is FOUR?!

This is his very serious, Spider Man face. He held the face and the pose for quite some time, not seeming to mind that Reese and I were enjoying a good laugh.
We celebrated the day of with a Little Debbie donut mound, a few presents and fun stuff I don't remember. Then we headed to Billings for a smattering of things and celebrated again with all of the fam. Spider Man was the unofficial theme as he is currently very "into" the superhero. We celebrated at the waterpark again this year, it never gets old (Thanks G.G.!)Thanks Grammy and Papa Myers for hosting everyone and providing all of the fun play things!

Donut mound (Maddox just finished crying because Jetty snagged a donut and sent the mound, with lit candle, into a tumbling mess. HA!)

Gimme that donut....drool...I love fooood
A journey back some years...*tear*

I'm "free"

two

one

Brand new Maddox

Prayer request

I sometimes take it very lightly that Bing and I are VERY fertile. And beyond that, my body is an ideal incubator. Pregnancy and birth come easy and our children are very healthy.
Today we spoke with a very dear gal, she and her husband are salt of the earth, wonderful people. They had a very hard time getting pregnant and finally were able, but come to find out their baby girl, due in 6 weeks, has a condition known as HPE. She is very small, only 3 lbs, and the doctors warned them to be prepared that she may not live more than a week.
I just want to flood them with prayers, please join me in petitioning for a miracle, for healing and for mom and dad's hearts.