Happy Birthday Payton!

We celebrated Payton’s Birthday by going to Rain Forrest Café for dinner. I get gc’s for Landry’s from work through referrals and so we all got to eat for $4, what a deal. The kids had a lot of fun and Payton thought it was the coolest place ever. I had told Payton that his presents were in Dad’s car and that he couldn’t open them until after Dad got home. It worked out pretty good since I know that he would have been bugging me to open them all day. Payton’s favorite gift was his Diego Castle. He has really taken a liking to Diego these days. Every time that I would tell Payton that he was the “Birthday Boy” he would reply “no I’m not, I’m just Payton.” That’s Payton’s latest anything that you say to him, like come here buddy or you are getting so big, he will come back with the reply, “no I’m just Payton. “ It was quite the week after Payton’s party, we felt like we celebrated his Birthday all week.

I was looking at pictures of Payton last year on his 3rd Birthday and I cannot believe how different that he looks. Last year Payton had just finished up with chemo and was completely bald. I cannot put words together, to describe what an absolute fantastic year it has been with him. Knowing that I was given a second chance with him has made me learn to enjoy every day with him. I loved watching his hair come back in and watching him fill out again and loved being able to be with him, no matter what we were doing. He is such a blessing in our family and we are so blessed to have his sweet little spirit with us. Happy Birthday Payton!