birthday love

luke and his daddy share a birthday on May 2nd.

i'm sure i've posted about this before, but i was on bed-rest for the last few months of my pregnancy with luke and i was also trying to finish my last few credits of updating my teacher certificate.

had a class planned that day that i finally went into labor, and i still planned on going! ha! 

i can laugh about it now......about how silly it was to worry about such a thing,

especially now that i'm pretty sure the only children i will ever teach will be my own.

morning birthday treat--a tradition

his daddy was away on a business trip for their birthdays, which was really a bummer for luke.

i believe that's the first time one of us has missed one of their birthdays....

pretty good really.

one thing we know.....

luke felt extra-special that day.

celebrating with some pool time with buddies and siblings

ten kiddos at a pool....

not sure we'll do THAT again. :)

they had a great time.

my 'lil dude 

with muscles like a teenager.....

a giggle that can make me laugh my way out of a bad mood.....

 a master of the obvious (always).....

and the only child who i can still get anything past.

 he loves his mama.

and i'll take that.

the feeling is surely mutual.

he is one of the best loves of my life.

9 years ago a new light shined in my life.

~~this mama loves her 9 year-old baby boy~~

Luke Casey Chiolis

May 2nd, 2003