my baby is seven years old!

at 1:39 pm today seven years ago, my oldest son, joshua was born. what a big day!



today, joshua and i spent a few minutes looking at his baby album (note: he is the only child of mine who has a complete first year scrapbook, my second child has the first six months done and my poor third child doesn't even have an album to speak of -- yet!) and of course that sent me back to the day he was born. wow, was it really seven years ago? hard to believe. as joshua looked at the pictures of the day he was born, he made a comment about the one of his daddy holding him for the first time. he said, "daddy you look like you are about to fall out of the chair!" and jamil said, "i probably was about to."

i thought back to that day and how jamil and i had not a clue what we were getting ourselves into. we knew nothing about being parents, we barely knew anything about being married. so the sheer emotion of our new miracle and the unknown was definitely about to send jamil flying off of his chair.

jamil and i were married just about six weeks when we found out we were pregnant with joshua. so a lot happened in our first year of being married. we not only became newlyweds, we also became parents.

we were blessed with a very healthy little boy from day one. we have had only minor health problems like ear infections, flu, etc. and only to the e.r. one time for stitches in his chin. there have been more ups than downs during our seven years raising joshua. he is a very intelligent child who loves to make others laugh. he is very strong willed and sometimes pretty defiant. joshua can be pretty stubborn and he is very independent. he is learning leaps and bounds about who God is and he for the most part has a kind heart and pretty good manners. joshua is very athletic and has a lot of energy ~ which sends my grocery bill through the roof. he loves to write and draw and loves to build things. joshua is also a great reader. and he loves to play video games.