Justin - 4th Birthday Review (Part 1)

March 28th is a big day in our house. For 26 years it was exclusively Jennifer's birthday. But, in 2002 that changed. Even though she checking into the hospital around 3:00 on the afternoon of the 27th, Justin didn't come out until the next day. So, his life started off pretty unique. He shares his birthday with his Momma, his best buddy.

One note, when we evacuated for the storm, Jennifer was adamant about bringing every picture we ever took of Justin and Kate...so we packed a huge Rubbermaid container in the back of the car with us. Unfortunatley, we missed one book. It was from a large part of the last couple years. We have the pics and the negatives and are trying to salvage and recreate. But the moral of all of that is last night, when spreading the pictures throughout the garage to dry and try and find some good ones of Justin for this blog, you could see the little guy's whole life right there in front of you. It makes you realize it's not just about him following the rules or staying in his bed at night or accidentally marking the leather chair with permanent marker while he practices his letters (that happened this weekend). If you focus too much on the day-to-day, by the time you pay attention to the big picture, you are planning their 4th birthday.

Here are some early pictures. From March 27-28, 2002.