I cannot believe Henry is 3 years old today. I do not know (for the life of me) where the time has gone… in a blink of an eye, he’s 3.

My Henry.

I laugh when I meet someone for the first time and they ask me how many kids I have, when I say 4 boys, they always smile. Usually the next question out of their mouth is, “Did you think you’d get a girl with the 4th?” (Believe me, some people will ask you anything.) From the second I found out I was pregnant with Henry, I knew he was going to be a boy… it didn’t occur to me once that it was a girl. My little Henry.

Henry’s beginning started differently than all the others, Henry was an incredibly-amazing surprise. I will never forget in early October of 2007 making Rice-a-Roni for the boys and suddenly feeling sick to my stomach. The thought crossed my mind, “Am I pregnant?” But I never believed it… I had 3 boys who were 2 and under, I’m just ULTRA tired. Then a week later, when (ahem…) I was a little late, I decided to take a pregnancy test.

I didn’t even tell my husband I was taking a test because I truly didn’t believe it to be true… I went to CVS with Ben and Alex, grabbed a test and waited in line feeling excited and nervous at the same time. I kept thinking, “4 kids?” The cashier smiled at me as I paid and whispered, I hope it’s what you want it to be. I’ll never forget her kindness. And then I booked it home… honest to God, I ran in, still leaving Alex and Ben buckled into their carseats and peed in the stick. You know how sometimes you have to look at the stick and wait for 2 lines, oh no… these lines popped up within SECONDS! I was absolutely, positively PREGNANT! I ran back outside to get the boys, thinking to myself… they have know idea that their lives just changed just now.

As I was bringing the boys into the house, I heard Matt on the phone with someone from his office. The boys were VERY loud at that moment, and almost as if out of a movie… I heard Matt laugh to the guy on the other end, “Sorry about the noise, I have 3 kids that are 2 and under and we never have a quiet moment!” He then hung up, and I looked at him and simply said 2 words, “4 kids…” His smile was from ear to ear, and that was how we found out about little Henry.

It’s crazy how you go from this…

To this… in 3 short years… ??

To one of the loves of my life … Happy Birthday. I love you more than anything and I am beyond blessed you chose me for your MOMMY!!

xoxo