my little miracle boy was born. Miraculous for a number of reasons!!! We’d been trying for about 5 years with no success. The docs said Bri’s sperm count was so low he was virtually infertile. I’d gone through so many uterine surgeries I probably wouldn’t be able to get pregnant let alone carry a baby to term…and yet here he is.
I can’t believe it’s been 9 years already! Adults in my life always told me time passed faster as you grew older and when you had kids the speed tripled…they weren’t kidding.
David’s birthday was going to be spent how he wanted to spend it and today that meant a 9:50am showing of "Alvin and the Chipmunks". I really didn’t want to see this, but I did enjoy it. Some really good laughs in it.
Following the movie, we had planned to have lunch at the Red Rock’s buffet, but when we got there the line had about 100 people in it. UGH! Instead, David suggested we head off to GameWorks. This I was not terribly thrilled about. You see, GameWorks is in the heart of "the Strip" right next to the MGM Grand. With this being the Friday before the busiest weekend in Vegas I knew it was going to be crowded and traffic was going to be horrendous! I was right. It was hell getting into the parking structure for GameWorks which you enter from Las Vegas Blvd…There is a light at the intersection which would make a normal person think that pedestrians would not cross when the light says "don’t walk", but that’s not the case in Vegas. Apparently the tourists are exempt, or think they are, from pedestrian traffic laws.
When we did finally get into GameWorks, I charged up our game cards and we started playing. Here is David trying to Water Ski! We also raised race horses and competed in derbys, shot zombies, street luged, street raced, ATV’d, raced speed boats, and many other totally amazing activities 
The only other time I’d been to GameWorks was on a Sunday with Bri and David and we were there with only about 10-12 other people…this time there were crowds of people and those crowds seemed to multiply steadily as the day went on. By 3:30, we were both pretty trashed and we still had to fight traffic to get home, stop to pick up a cake for dessert, and order dinner.
David had decided he wanted Dominos for Birthday dinner. An xtra large with sausage and pepperoni, a Caesar salad, and some bread sticks. It was quite tasty! Since it was his birthday he also got to choose a movie, "The Simpsons Movie" and got to eat at the coffee table in the den. Here he is in mid-hysterics thanks to Bart Simpson! He laughed all through the movie. Several times we had to back the movie up a bit because he missed a key element due to laughter.
After the movie it was present time. Here is where it all went to hell in a hand-basket. Poor guy…he didn’t want to seem ungrateful or hurt his parents feelings but he’s really disappointed about all the lego stuff. Mostly I think he and I are both exhausted and you know how that magnifies emotions.
He and I had a long talk where we laid it all out on the table. I shared with him the story of my Mom and the Microwave and how this was a lot like that situation. I also explained that he, Daddy and I were a team and we have to be honest with each other and we have to communicate with each other. I think that if we put the legos away for a while and bring them back out later he will enjoy them more. I also told him that he would likely get more legos at the family birthday party on Sunday and if he does to be polite and thankful and talk to me when we get home if he would rather have something else. Ultimately I think I will be taking him on a little shopping spree to Toys R Us to make up for the Legos I will be putting away for a while (like until Summer!). I really do feel awful for giving him too much of one thing…I guess usually I am so in sync with him and this time I was so off and it really bothered me…I guess I also kind of equate this with my "mothering" abilities…I know, its not indicative, but if kind of is. I don’t know…
It’s been an interesting and exhausting day!
