Maddox,
This year has gone by so fast but we've made some fun memories this year. You dressed up as a pirate for Halloween last year and had the best little pirate talk down. At Christmas, you picked out a 'Rock 'em Sock 'em' for Uncle R and let him know he could keep it at your house if he wanted to. You try to do everything that Miss Mo can do. We made 'Stunt Man' shirts that could only be read upside down. Since Morgan could do headstands you were sure you could too. You weren't so happy about falling on your head after that one! We played a lot of super hero this year. You've gone through more than one super hero cape. You had a great time at 'Aunt H's school.' You were confused when the kids would call me Mrs. H and insisted to them that I was Aunt H, not Mrs. It thrilled you when an 8th grader gave you gift certificates for free Happy Meals. You were a celebrity when we went to cash them in. You love spending the night and insist that as long as you have clean clothes you can stay as many days as you want. Lots of clothes equals lots of days as far as you are concerned. You are a great little guy who is almost always well behaved but when you are being ornery, you can be really ornery. One day you said to me, "Remember you said I was being such a good little boy? Well my listening ears, they just exploded like a rocket!" When you found out you were going to have a baby cousin, you thought the ultrasound picture was of a puppy. You finally figured out that there was a baby coming and you were SO excited about it. You are already such a good big cousin, loving on little Baby H. You give him hugs and insist that he wants us to read extra books to him at bedtime and you absolutely insist that he is hungry for Happy Meals all the time! You think a good name for him would be Macaroni and Cheese but we are thinking maybe not. You are big into saying, "That's a good idea" and "That's a BAD idea." Mostly, you tell Aunt H her ideas are good. :) You start dinner with a "Let's pray!" and sometimes when you pray you say the Pledge of Allegiance. Morgan and Dakota are your best friends but you insist you are Dakota's only best friend. You prefer baseball to basketball. You LOVE mac n cheese but you say Panera has the best you've ever had. You 'read' Monster Under the Bed and are quite good at it. You tell silly stories, have a silly giggle and give the best snuggles.
We love you so much, little buddy! We are so blessed to have you in our lives and you give us the biggest smiles and best stories. We hope you have a very, very blessed 5th year! You have a big year in store for you!
Love you bunches, Cheeseburger!
Love- Uncle R, Aunt H, Baby H & (OF COURSE!) Dakota!
