Dear
Dean,
Happy 3rd Birthday little man. You are a crazy
awesome 3 year old now. Even since you could talk, you have made us laugh
because you are so sarcastic. It’s amazing how much like your dad you are. J There
are so many things you have grown to love:
·
garbage trucks, taking out the trash
and your flourescent garbage man vest
·
your favorite lunch of peanuts, salami,
cheese and apples
·
strawberry italian ice and slushies
·
giving gifts to people
·
dora, bob the builder and pablo –
treatment time just flies by with these friends
·
building houses and knocking them down
like the big bad wolf with Obba
·
the sunshine on your face, taking
walks, getting the mail
·
singing your Hosanna song (over and
over, louder and louder)
There are
so many things you know how to do:
·
make us laugh; you have such a
powerful, shoulder shaking laugh
·
make us smile when you run to the door
to give Cali a big hug when she walks in from school
·
giggle like there is no tomorrow when Dad
tickles you
·
roll around and hold your own when Owen
wrestles you
·
making “smoodies” with Evie
·
telling knock-knock jokes that don’t
make sense but we laugh because your laugh is infectious
·
make your aunts laugh by calling them
"uncle"
·
cooking and shopping with mom (and our
quick trips to the museum)
There are
so many things you shouldn’t know about/have to endure at this young of an age:
·
why you have to so frequently wash your
hands and use “hanitizer” to get rid of germies, they’re everywhere, right
buddy?
·
why having too many fruit snack and too
much sugar hurts your belly
·
why you need to wear a mask when you
walk into your doctors appointments
·
blood drawn, annual x-ray’s, quarterly
throat cultures, quarterly clinic appointments
·
why your BMI is measured at age 2
·
why all the people in your clinic
visits are covered head to toe and you can only see their eyes and hair
·
breathing and respiratory clearance
treatments first thing in the morning and last thing and night
We pray
that you will always have the desire to help and give to others. We pray that
you continue to enjoy each and every day and relish the simple things in life,
like playing, making others smile by letting them know they they’re your
“friendy” or that you “wuv” them. Snuggling up with your Omma, Obba, Grandma,
Gigi or Grandpa and making them know that your love comes right from the heart.
We pray that you will always be as strong as you have been these past 3 years
and that you’ll always be an example of just how great of a blessing God sends
to Earth. We promise you that we’ll fight every day for you. We’ll enjoy the
time we have with you, your brother and your sisters but we will not stop
fighting until a cure for CF is found. We promise. We love you little buddy,
you are our deano sheano cappuchino.
Love, Dad
& Mom
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