Dash Smashes Into FIVE!

Happy 5^th Birthday "Dash Smash"

October 14, 2014

It’s 11pm on the night before your 5^th birthday! As you innocently sleep in your Ninja Turtles sheets with your little arms behind your head, I am sitting on our deck surrounded by the sounds of the wind in the trees and the frogs in the creek. I am cozy wrapped up under a blanket and under autumn’s night sky.

Reflecting on how quickly time passes, I am taken back to this eve exactly one year ago. Our family was living in our quant little half packed up rental awaiting the completed construction of our new home. Camden had just begun Kindergarten and you, my Shooner, were still teeny tiny…just hours away from turning 4!

My mind now wonders the memory path of this night five years past…

Daddy and I were filled with joy, anticipation, and wonderment.

We already knew we were expecting a boy and that his name would be Dashton Bleu Weber...yet the excitement of the unknown, and my big belly that kept you safe and sound, prevented me from a good night’s sleep.

Who was this little miracle? Would he be olive skinned like his Daddy or fair like Mommy? Would his eyes be blue or green? How much would he weigh? Would he be a peaceful or challenging baby…the questions continued to flood my mind.

Hours later, you were presented to me by Doctor Storck, (yes..that’s really her name and the very reason Mommy selected her to bring you into the world) and all the questions vanished. Despite the fact that the future was unknown, from the very moment I held you in my arms, I KNEW you!!!

Days tuned to weeks, weeks to months, and soon enough your first year had passed! An early talker, you had no problems with telling us what your little heart did and did not desire. 

Dashy, you have always been a boy of strength. Proving doctors wrong from very early on when we were told that your delayed gross motor skills and walking could be due to muscular dystrophy.

Although small… our boy is mighty!

- Your little cartoon character/southern gangster voice never gets old.

- Your big eyes see the world in a way that reminds me to open mine wider.

- Your big red lips are going to make a girl swoon someday, but for now…they are mommy’s!

- Your level of energy is unwavering and the word “no” does not compute in your brain

Your soul is bright, bold, beautiful and reminds me of the roar of the ocean and a sunset at the beach…every color represented and intertwined with brilliance.

Sky is the limit for you, my son…my sun!

You make no apologies for who you are and for what you stand!

I hope that you always walk though life with your head and chin help up as high as you do at such a young age.

Littlest...YOU are my wild card!

Untamed is your spirit…for which I can relate; and I promise to work everyday to help channel and not filter your zest for life. 

This year has held many exciting adventures in the land of Super Dash…

Last October, you began your journey with martial arts and one year later you zipped through four belts and became the youngest kiddo to receive your yellow belt and advance to the “Big Kids Class”. You showed no fear as you stood up all alone in a room full of people to test your form and I recall thinking: “There is no stopping this boy”.

You also began to take to swimming by summers end and watching how proud you were of yourself when you first swam under water still makes my heart skip a beat! 

Other loves are art, music, singing from the top of your lunges, dancing hip hop with Miss Tara and your brother, riding and feeding the horses at Kindred Spirits Farm, living in an endless and impressive land of make believe with Cam, playing super heroes with your buddies at school, and loving on your Mommy and Daddy. 

Recapping all of this, your world, fills my heart with joy! I still can’t believe it’s been five years…and yet I feel like my soul has known yours for an eternity. 

Today I asked you if you had a girlfriend at school to which you replied with a smile …”I have a guwerl fwrend and her name is Mommy”.

Sweet Dashy, I adore you more than words can describe and with all the hustle and bustle of our lives you remind me to keep it simple and silly!

So as we walk together hand in hand out of your 4^th and into your 5^th year of Life I promise to live boldly and fearlessly right along side of you! 

Being your Mommy is an honor and watching you spread those tiny wings into the realm of the great unknown inspires me every single day!

Happiest Birthday My Little Boy Bleu, My Shoon Dig A Doon, My Wacka Packa, My Poods, My Crazyack, My Littlest, My Love…My Son...My Sun!

I Love Love Love You “Sixty and A Hundred”