Happy Birthday Beautiful Boy!

I just made myself LOL and snort coffee out of my nose. I had a feeling I’d told the story of Christian before, how my beautiful boy came to be my son, but when I searched the blog… lo and behold! It has the exact same title I used today: Happy Birthday Beautiful Boy!

I appear not to be very original. It doesn’t matter. What matters is my beautiful boy is having yet another birthday today. Again without me. Thankfully not in Afghanistan this time. And, as always, near and close to my heart. I miss him.

This morning, on one of my busiest days of the year, I spent too much time looking at pictures of him. I cannot pick favorites. I cannot even find some of my favorites. But these are definitely amongst my favorites out of all my years being his mom. When he came into my life, bottles in hand, diapers on his bottom, my life got a whole lot bigger, a whole happier, a whole lot better. I miss you so much. I love you son!

The very first picture of Dave with all three boys at Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1994

The day I officially became a mom of three. Califoria 1996.

We call you the “baby whisper” for a reason. In Minnesota in 2001.

Tess, Senior Mama, Cole, Who-Who and You. Los Angles 2002.

You & Tess. California 2002.

Chris, Tess & Cole. Disneyland 2006.

Family photo at the pumpkin farm 2004

Lake Tahoe 2006

Carving The Big One. Minnesota 2006

North Carolina 2008

Garmisch, Germany 2009

Home. Germany 2010. All six!

Of course you & the wingman both break yourselves while Dad is away. Of course.

Chris in Amsterdam 2010

Chris at Weihnachtsmarkt, Stuttgart 2011

Chris & Dane at Neuschwanstein 2016

Chris 2016

About the Author: Toiny

My name is Toiny (pronounced Twa-knee) and I am the Studio site owner and a Designer at heart. I especially love creating word arts and tools to help others create. I learned photoshop from my Father-in-Law while printing alien t-shirts for the tourists in Roswell, NM. Once I touched photoshop, I never let it go. It's a creative addiction! I currently live with four-out-of-six kids, my husband & two ornery cats in the Black Forest, Germany. Or as they say in German: Der Schwarzwald. I design under the name: Schwarzwald Design at the Studio.

6 Comments

Bryony 7 May 2016 at 6:04 am - Reply

Love all these pics of your kids growing up! When I see those pics of Cole when he was younger (especially the baby whisperer one) I can see that Dane looks exactly like him! I also love the wedding photo 🙂
- Toiny 8 May 2016 at 12:18 am - Reply
  
  If you show Dane pictures of Cole when he was little… he always thinks it was him LOL!
SnickerdoodleDesigns 7 May 2016 at 8:18 am - Reply

What a beautiful birthday tribute. Loved seeing the pictures of these fun times! Happy birthday, Christian!
- Toiny 8 May 2016 at 12:18 am - Reply
  
  Thanks Karen!
Jeannette Schaafsma 7 May 2016 at 3:00 pm - Reply

Awesome photo’s, love them. You look beautiful as a bride! I also got wed, when I had three kids :).
Congrats!
- Toiny 8 May 2016 at 12:19 am - Reply
  
  I didn’t know that! One more thing we have in common. It’s one of my favorite pictures of one of my favorite days.

Happy Birthday Beautiful Boy!