9 & Strep

Bren woke up on his 9th Birthday with a 102 degree temp & strep throat. Obviously not how he/we had planned on spending his Birthday! Poor kiddo was so sad (and in so much pain he could hardly even talk). He just laid around on the floor, moaned in pain, and all he wanted to do was sleep.




He felt so cruddy he almost didn't even want to open presents! Look at the sad, sad tear in his eye.





Back to sleep. Thank God for antibiotics. In 24hrs he was back to being Bren!

"Momma, me a CHAMPION"



With a bit of encouragement & help from his big brother, Nash decided to take the training wheels off. I heard Bren say "Nashers, Eddie (One of Bren's nicknames-how Bren always refers to himself when talking to Nash) learned how to ride without training wheels when he was three, you can too. Mom will even buy you Dairy Queen if you do". That was it. DQ and he agreed! So they crabbed a wrench & off they went.





Next came the Momma who would save the day. (Or at least the kid from crashing). But the little kiddo didn't need any help...he just took off!

"Momma look, me can do it all by me-self!!!!!!!"

Why wouldn't you celebrate by doing a summer sault?

"Momma, me did it and me only three! Just like mine big broder did. Me a champion!"



Way to go my little CHAMPION! I am so proud of you!

*Some scenes were recreated due to Josh being out of town & Nash wanting to learn before he got home! Josh pulled in the driveway 10 minutes after Nash learned how...so I had to run & grab the camera :) He was so excited to show his Daddy what he learned to do.