Saturday, March 19, 2011

happy birthday frankie valentine


You know the opening part of the movie Superman when the special space pod with baby Superman inside comes crashing down to Earth and scares the hell out of his adoptive parents?

That's how Henry arrived in our lives.  Not in a space pod, per say. But he did come crashing into our family like a bullet.

One year ago, I went to bed on March 18th the mother of two children and woke up on March 19th as the mother of three.  I had learned of Henry's birth at around one in the morning.  To say I was scared is a huge understatement.  Amelie was only ten months old.  I was beside myself.

And the Sugar Daddy was in Taipei.  

Holy smokes.  When I think back to that time all the emotion comes back to me. Even now, as I write, I feel the tightening in my chest.

I wish I had known what I know now.  I wish I could have foreseen the enormous joy that a four pound baby boy was capable of bringing into my life.

If Birdie is the cayenne pepper in our family, Frankie is the vanilla sugar.  He is the sweetest child I have ever met.  That sounds a little dramatic, but its completely true.  He was born with the kind of personality that makes you happy to just be around him.  I think he got the charisma that I always wanted to have myself.


God has never let us have any say in when our children joined our family. He likes to surprise us. Big  time.  We thought our third child would be coming from China. 

I never would have been able to imagine that a super baby would come barreling into our life from out of nowhere and inject our family with sweetness. 

Today, Henry turned one. We had a mini birthday with cupcakes. The big birthday party is planned for next Saturday when the Sugar Daddy is back in town.  When I put Henry in his crib to go to bed tonight he smiled at me and kicked his feet.  I stroked his hair and cried.

How did I get so lucky?



11 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Happy Birthday to your little one!

Heather C Taylor said...

Happy Birthday to your sweet little super man! What a lucky little guy to have you as his mom!

RiNNE said...

I love your blog! So much so that I went back to your link - 3/25 and kept on reading till 5/10. But now my little tater tot needs to sleep so I bid ya farewell (for now).

Happy first birthday to Henry!!

Anonymous said...

I've never told anyone this but...I've always secretly wished I could have a superman baby!! He is vanilla sugar with whip cream and a cherry on top (can you tell I'm dieting) Well anyways, Happy Birthday Frankie, hugs & kisses.

Terri Fisher said...

Happy Birthday to your little man. He's going to be a heartbreaker someday with those gorgeous blue eyes!

Jennifer said...

Happy birthday Sweet Henry. And to be honest, I'd be happy to steal away your little cayenne pepper any day! Gimme Gimme!

laurie said...

Your post brought tears, he's just beautiful! Happy birthday Henry!

Anne Thompson said...

It's hard to believe that a year has gone by so quickly. I've loved following the adventures of your family and the arrival of Frankie Valentine so unexpectedly on the scene. Happy birthday to the sweetest boy! That picture of him in the red shirt cracked me up. What a cutie!

From the Kitchen said...

Precious!

Best,
Bonnie

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to the gorgeous Frankie Valentine! That last picture is the best!!!

Anonymous said...

Just thought I'd let you know Your adoption of this little cutie pie inspired my adoption of our second baby! We adopted a baby girl in June 09 and thats how I found your blog (looking for adoption blogs) After reading about your second adoption I wondered if I could do that (babies so close together) well as God would have it baby number two came along and we adopted her too! So I went from a mommy of 2 to 4 in a flash and crazy and a blessing in one breath! Just thought I'd share! Love your blog and your kids are darling!!!