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Saturday, January 08, 2011
The Birthday Boy in his birthday suit

Poor Sloan. He is probably destined to have an over shadowed birthday. I was so determined to not have it that way, to make it just as special as anyone else's birthday. Given he's only had two of them and he doesn't really know any better right now anyway, but still. I feel lame. Three days after Christmas comes so fast. I didn't have any wild and crazy plans for a party, or anything, but I was going to make him a cake and take pictures and things. Leading up to his birthday I was so tired from taking care of him being sick and also not having Kyle's help to run the household because he was also sick, that I woke up the morning of his birthday sick myself. It was bad. I felt crappy. Kyle was still sick. Adriel was the only one who had it all together. Sloan himself was feeling better, but he wasn't completely over it either. The day sort of wasted away until it was almost dinner time and I realized that I should probably make his cake. I just didn't feel like it. As I was dragging myself into the kitchen to do it, Kyle talked me out of it. He insisted that we could just pick up a cake from Dairy Queen. I wasn't all that keen on that just because their cakes are so big and not cheap and I don't like them that much. They're ok. So we sang him happy birthday, and I recorded that on video, but unfortunately I didn't take any pictures!! What was I thinking? Clearly I wasn't. I was sick. So the only recent picture I have of him is him playing naked on the kitchen floor with my cardigan thing after a bath. Sorry if it embarrasses you that he's naked. At least you can't actually see his stuff.

So here's to Sloan:

-I am absolutely so in love with the age that he's at right now. He's learning how to talk so much and he imitates everything. It's so cute.
-When I tuck him in at night he insists that I make his "babies" (which are actually a little frog and a big dog that are kept in his crib) say goodnight to him because I did it this one time.
-Lately I started calling him Sloon to tease him and he corrects me and says "Oan!" which is what he calls himself and he has a husky voice.
-He wakes up early in the morning and we go down stairs and lie down on the couch under a blanket and he snuggles right up to me with his soft cheek next to mine and goes back to sleep. Although I usually can't fall back to sleep I lie there and love the feeling of his little body next to me and the way his chubby warm hands touching my face or arm and I think about how I couldn't possibly feel more love for anyone as I do for in those moments. I'm just overflowing with love for him. I feel so lucky that he loves me too. I really cherish those moments. And then as soon as he hears Adriel coming down the stairs his head pops up and he calls out to him so excitedly.
-He has this naughty face that he gets when he knows he's doing something wrong, where he'll kind of look at me out of the corner of his eye but won't make eye contact. It's hilarious. Makes it hard to be mad at him for whatever it is he's doing.
-He is a huge mamma's boy. More so than Adriel by a long shot, and poor Adriel because Sloan wont let him by a momma's boy. I'm not allowed to go upstairs or downstairs without him. If I do, he cries and is quite upset about it. (to give an example)
-He's very attached to his soother. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that, although I have recently limited it to bed time and in the car. There are times during the day though where he rubs his chest and makes a wimpery noise because it's not clipped on and he wants it.
-When Im busy around the house (which is often) he'll get in a mood where he just wants me to sit with him on the couch. He pushes my legs and asks to sit on the couch. Sometimes I just have to stop and give him some cuddle time. It's really probably more rewarding for me than for him and I need him to make me stop sometimes or I never would.

What can I say? I love him to death. I just want to squeeze him and smell his hair and kiss him over and over and stare at his cute cute face. I know I'm biased but he's so darn cute in his ways. I'm lucky to be his mom. So happy birthday to Sloan and I promise when you actually know what your birthday is, I'll be better at making it fun

8 comments
Sarahstottle posted @ 8:36 PM

Comments:

loved this post. made me want to squeeze sloan too.

# posted by

Laura : 9:53 PM

yeah, those cuddling moments sound so nice.
'Oan' is kind of like 'Owen'. They are going to be best friends.
That picture of Sloan looks so much like Adriel to me. When I first saw it I thought it WAS Adriel.

# posted by

Beth-a-knee : 10:00 PM

happy b-day to sloan!!i love naked babies :D he is so cute! i was reading your description of cuddling with him and i could actually feel that baby body's warmth that is so amazingly indescribable. i love that too. i know a little of that unconditional love you talk about too. nothing compares to that.
he might have had a boring b day but that was beautiful post :D

# posted by

Esther J. Clarke : 10:02 PM

I really liked this post too. The cuddling description was perfect. What a great memory for him to have! The photo was great (you can't actually see anything).

# posted by

Rachel Kingsley : 1:49 AM

aw. that is a dangerous birthday to have. although my friend heather recently told me (her birthday is christmas eve) that she actually probably gets way more presents than people normally get because everyone is always worried about her being forgotten about. so... maybe it will work out for sloan too!! the picture is super cute.

# posted by

eryn. : 7:38 AM

aww I loved reading that list. Especially how Sloan gets you to sit down and cuddle when you're busy, that's just so darn precious!

# posted by

Anonymous : 2:01 PM

Beautiful post and I love the picture. There is something about naked toddlers. Their innocence and vulnerability.

# posted by

Andrea : 10:19 PM

hold the train. you don't like DQ cake?????? I love it so much :)

Cute post. I love the pic you put on. He looks so cute and Sloanish.

# posted by

Karey : 12:22 PM