One of my favorites:

Joe's Birthday Tribute

Happy Birthday Joe!

ok, so that is a few days late, but I actually started on this a few days ago.  Joe turned 13 on Friday, February 26th.  Here he is having his birthday breakfast: 

Then, out of curiosity, I looked up his birthday photo from last year:
I couldn't believe how much he had changed.  He does look so much older.  But, seeing him everyday as I do, the change is gradual.  I didn't really notice it at all until I looked at the pictures side by side.  So, then I went back and looked at all of his photos from last year.  It was fun to see the changes month to month.  So, even though it will make this post really, really long, I am posting some of my favorite photo's of Joe over the last year.

February '09
March '09
April '09

May '09
June '09
July '09

August '09

Sept. '09

October '09

November '09


December '09

January '10

February '10

Last photo of Joe at 12 years old.

Joseph is such an awesome kid.  I am so lucky to be his mom.  He is imaginative, creative, sensitive, funny and all things good. 

Some of Joe's favorites:  

Color:  purple/lime green

food:  Italian/sea food  He loves Red Lobster, Cheesecake Factory, and Olive Garden.

Fruit/ Vegetable:  Green apples/Green Beans/Carrots

Candy/Dessert:  Milkyway/3 musketeers/ Strawberry ice cream

Drink: Orange Fanta

Store:  Target/Tillys

Book:  Kingdom Keepers.  I'm not surprised, seeing as it takes place at Disneyland.

Animal:  Otters/ his kitty's Tiger and Bob

Sport to play: Baseball/Football

Sport to watch: Baseball/ Olympics

T.V. show:  Community 

Music:  currently obsessed with Green Day.  Favorite Green Day songs include:  Deadbeat Holiday, She, 21 guns, Misery, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Good Riddance

Favorite place to go:  Disneyland/California/Embassy Suites South Anaheim(in case you didn't know).  

Place you'd like to go:  New York

What makes you happy?  Girl

Something you've never done, but would like to do:  bungee jump/ playing on stage

Hobbies:  play guitar/write songs/ watch t.v./ texting 

Joe writes songs and plays his guitar nearly every day.  He drags out bedtime EVERY night, even still.  He flosses every day!  Joe is interesting and fun-never a dull moment here.

Happy Birthday!