Happy Birthday Off Color Son....

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or [Braham]
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!

Oh the Places You'll Go.....Dr. Seuss

Another year passes,

another year gone,

and

it seems like only yesterday...

we were on our way to the hospital,

hours and hours of labor,

your dad driving everyone crazy with his video camera...

a crazy emergency C-section

because

of your Big shoulders....

I remember your dad saying upon his first sight of you...

Oh my God...

We've got to change his name...

we can't call him B.......,

we are going to have to call him Beldar..

now if you don't know

Beldar comes from the TV show

Saturday Night Live...

he's a "cone head"

and

I do mean cone head

and

yes baby..

when

you were born

you looked just like

an

off spring from another planet with your

long cone shaped head

that you got from getting stuck---but that didn't matter to Big Daddy....

I can still hear him yelling at every nurse that passed...

Hey did you see that M......baby?

Isn't he the most beautiful baby you've ever seen?

and

no you weren't but we loved you like you were!

Now your on your way to adulthood

and

I know your not rushing it

neither am I

but

you are growing into such an

incredible young man.

You have a great head on your shoulders

and

I know you will mess up...after all you are human and all

but

life will go on when you do...

I hope you know

how incredibly proud I am to be your mom, incredibly proud of all that you are!

I celebrate

who you are today...

cute

sexy hot--just like your mom---

athletic--I guess you get that from your dad

kind and intutitive---

a great friend

a good brother

an exceptional grandson

 and

a wondeful human being.

I love your heart,

your quick thinking ability

the fact that you are comfortable in your own skin

and

that you think you are

God's gift to the world

and

guess what

You Are!

Always

do your best

strive to change the world

one moment at a time because if you try....

just a bit..

you will....change it you know...

I wish you nothing

but happy times in your life,

but

know

you'll have an array of events along the way....

that's what makes the good times so wonderful

going through the tough times, the sad times, the rough times.

Always know

Big Daddy and I are in your corner..

we may push

and

applaud

and scream from time to time...

we are your coach,

your instructor

your teacher

and

friend...

we love you

and

as you grow

we

eagerly

watch

and

and wait to see what

unfolds from you.

Happy birthday

off color son!!!!

Oh the places you will go.....

happy 17th birthday!!!!

you are loved.