Yesterday we celebrated our middle son’s 17th birthday. Happy Birthday Bradley! Yikes, it freaks me out to think that he is 17 years old, and in one short, very short year he will be an adult! He is such a special boy that stole a piece of my heart the morning he was born.
January 31, 1994, our little bundle of joy joining his family in this world. He was our second son, a little brother and full of personality from the start!
Yesterday we did nothing but celebrate his life! We should do that more often than once a year! Our day started off with his favorite breakfast, grits with runny eggs and bacon! That boy loves his food! For a late lunch we were going to have steak and potatoes, his other favorite meal, but he opted for Mexican instead, so steak quesadillas were a must for him at the local Mexican place in town. (I really think he wanted his steak today so the birthday fun would continue! HA!) Last night he had his favorite cake, vanilla with chocolate icing! Again, it was a day that we just loved on him, nothing fancy, no parties, no running around, just spending time at home! It was glorious!!
Today I went through some old photos looking at how our boy has grown over the years. He cracks me up because for the most part he hates to smile for the camera and I did not realize how much until I went through some photos. Don’t get me wrong, we have lots of cute pictures with him smiling, but lots more with funny looks on his face! Here a few of my favorites…
You can’t see it well, but his daily attire for a long time consisted of a coon hat! He went everywhere with it on! That day he also was insistent on wearing his Winnie the Poo slippers.
He soon replaced his coon hat with camo and baseball caps.
No more Winnie the Poo slippers, it is now big toys that go really fast!
Bradley with his cake that is being held together with skewers because he didn’t want to wait for it to cool off. So we frosted it hot and prayed it would stay together for the candles and birthday song! After we cut it, the layers slid off each other and onto the counter!! It was a funny site!
Bradley is the classic country redneck boy. He loves God, his food, his guns and he loves his mama, and his daddy too….but not as much as his mama!!
Happy Birthday Bradley! We love you so much!
5 Comments:
Happy birthday to your boy!!! We both had babies in January in 1994!! :)
Your B-Bo is one special young man!! Happy Birthday to our sweet B-Bo!!!!!
I can't believe he's already 17... I remember him being as little as he was in those pictures!!! All of those pictures are sweet. I'm glad ya'll had a nice day together. Happy belated Birthday B-BO!!! :)
awww that is such a sweet post. He sure was a cutey patooty in those winnie the pooh slippers ;) I am glad he had a good birthday :)
oh my goodness. they grow up too fast. happy birthday to your boy! ;)
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