Happy Birthday RJ

Our precious Ranjit Judah has a birthday today!!  Wow how things have changed over the past couple of years.  He was so excited and ran out of his room yelling “it’s my birthday!!!”  If you’ve been with us through this journey you will know that birthdays have always been a bit of a struggle for him and can continue to be for most adopted kids.  You can read about his first birthday with us by searching birthday blues in the search bar to the right.  Even just last year we tried to make it so special and we made a balloon drop outside his bedroom door for when he woke up but he just looked around confused. We just couldn’t do much that would get his super excited.  Now he could for sure fake it for other people and act how he “thought” he should but never did around us.

What a joy to watch him jump up and down and clap his hands in genuine excitement this morning!  Emma and Jackson gave him their presents  this morning and we have saved ours for this evening.  I love that the kids budget and with their monthly budgets they choose to buy for each other.  kid budgeting has been one of my favorite things we have taught the kids over the past few years.  I may have to write a blog about that….

So RJ turns…. 10?? today!  We still go by the age we perceive him to be although legally today he turns twelve.  This is something we have just never been able to figure out how to legally change.  This may become a problem in the future but for now he is happy telling everyone he is now double digits and gets to have a later bed time :)

RJ is still a kiddo who keeps to himself a lot and is quiet.  He loves to read, especially his Action Bible.  His knowledge of scripture is absolutely amazing to me.  If I had something to choose for him to excel at, that would be it!  He also loves playing with little action figures and could sit in his room all day making them flip through the air and make noises.

It is evident to me that he definitely learned from early on to keep himself busy and quiet.  It’s a great quality but sometimes makes me wonder why.  I really think about his earlier days and what things must have been like for him.  He has told me some good and some bad and it’s hard to know what was reality and what is made up, although he has the best memory of anyone I have ever known.  Maybe he can pass a little of that along to his momma;)

Ranjit, I love you so much.  I hope you understand that even on the days we struggle with one another.  It has taken me time but I strive to be the mommy that you need despite the fact that that style doesn’t come natural to me.  This I know without a doubt, we were meant to be together.  God has made that clear and continues to grow our hearts together day by day.  A very happy blessed birthday to you my son!

AND best present of all is that his best friend Beau came back to school today!!