Happy Birthday Ryan

Can it be? Fourteen years ago, today I had my little angel placed in my arms. He was a bit fussy and I was certainly not thinking straight, as our case worker had to prompt me--remind me that he was probably hungry and I could feed him. What.....oh yeah, the bottle--food, yes, I -I can do that. From those beautiful and wonderful moments in Texas to the teen age joy (okay, okay, not every moment has been blissful.), ....to the teen age joy I have now, I can only thank and feel so blessed to have Ryan as my dear son.

And how did he want to spend his 14th birthday, working with his dad on their mowing business. The two of them worked on 5 yards until the heat over took them....I keep reminding them to wear hats and sun screen, but do they listen?.....they came home and enjoyed battling it out on the Xbox. A few days ago they went to see a movie, I believe it as the new Terminator movie, they had hoped to see the new Star Trek, but that had moved on just the night before. We also enjoyed an impromptu lunch at Cici's pizza the day before his birthday

Getting the mowers ready for the day.

In the evening we enjoyed cake and ice cream. Ryan wanted chocolate....lots and lots of CHOCOLATE. So it was chocolate cake with chocolate icing (mixed with whipped cream) topped with cut up Reseces peanut better cups (thanks Amy for the great idea)

Yumm....but very rich. It suprised me, but Ryan could only eat one piece. Yep, it must've been that rich.

As for gifts, "Give me MONEY!!" he plans to take his birthday gifts and add them to what he is saving for a new gaming system....it's not like we don't have enough of them already.