Somebody's having a HUGE birthday!!!!!!!

Yep, Matthew's FIRST birthday here in the states will be this Saturday, November 10th! (Actual birthday is November 12th.) We're having it a tad early for one of his best friends.......Alex. Little Alex is having his cleft surgery on the 12th, so he needed his CAKE before, because we know it just wouldn't taste right in a blender! ;0)


Matthew will be 3 years old. YEAH! He's potty training pretty hard now. What an accomplishment since we got him in March! THAT'S RIGHT, March of this year! His vocabulary is HUGE now. He's already had one surgery out of the way. He's in daycare having FUN, FUN, FUN! He has a doggie named Charlie to play with. A bratty sister, I mean, wonderful sistah named Becca Boo to be reckoned with. What more could a boy ask for! (oh yeah, and PLENTY of food.....without hiding it in pockets or in jackets *which he use to do being from a orphanage*)

Um, apparently a boy could ask for something else.....BACKYARDIGAN PARTY STUFF! Yep, that's the theme for his party! Anything and everything Backyardigans! Whether it's Tyrone the moose, Pablo the penguin, Austin the (I'm not sure what Austin is or any of the other ones for that matter).......anyway, lots to celebrate! Lots to have fun with. Pictures of his first party will come, I PROMISE! I'll borrow someone's camera if need be!

What a delight to have a son who is like Matthew. It's amazing to me how some kids are dealt a "throw away" label on them but if they only had love and compassion to pick them up, look what they COULD be! Matthew was a child like this. For those of you who know him personally, look at him flurrish! He is over 3 feet tall now. In a 2T pants (length wise, around middle he can't fill them out yet). He's healthy. He's soooooooooooooooooooooooo loved! What a difference for him and for us! I just wish that for all the orphans! Especially the one's who wait, and wait and wonder when their mommy and daddy will come and get them.

Ok, tears are just rolling down now. I do this to myself every once in awhile. I just can't tell you how much adoption has meant for us. You have to experience it for yourself! There is NOTHING similiar like it! NOTHING!

Please send our Matthew a little note telling him HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We'd sure appreciate it. I know he will too! We'll make sure he knows what you wrote and who did it. Honest. Thanks in advance!!!

Momma Kooky