It's July! Another Birthday month!

My favorite month of the year has come! I absolutely LOVE July! Could I be biased b/c my own birthday lands in July - quite definitely. But, for me, July resonates such fond memories. As a child, who didn't love the months of June through August (remember the days when school ended in May and started in September!). I loved the summer b/c it meant no school, sun, and relaxed rules around bedtimes, spontaneous sleep overs and tons of family visits!
And everyone wanted me in July. Because it was my birthday month, Grandma Irene wanted me in San Antonio with her so we could visit Sea World and do some back to school shopping. Grandpa Sam wanted me with him at the farm for no good reason at all other than the fact that he adored the time he got to spend with me and he loved making (from scratch) my very own birthday cake. My cousins in Mount Pleasant wanted to come spend time with me in July b/c we probably hadn't seen each other since the previous November or December. They loved coming to Hallettsville in the summer and spending time in my small town.

Fast forward 10 years...I meet and marry Justin. And July became even more special. Justin's Godmother (and Aunt) Joyce, Grandma Peters, his Mother all have birthdays in July. Not to mention his cousin Shelley and I share the exact same birthday!

So when it became obvious after we had Kate that we could pretty much 'pick' the month in which we wanted our 2nd child born - we did! And hence, we have Wesley's birthday on July 6! And we pretty much 'picked' the day as well since he was a scheduled csection. And in selecting his birthday as Friday, July 6, 2007, that meant that all 4 of us (Justin, myself, Kate and Wesley) were ALL born on Friday. Pretty cool! Maybe that's the reason Friday is my favorite day of the week as well (or it could be that Friday meant going out to Grandpa Sam's place, high school football games, pep rallies and Fridays were always PIZZA DAY AT SCHOOL!!)

And as we dive into the month of July I'll be posting some pictures of Wesley's 2nd birthday party soon!