Great Friends are Great Treasures!

Carter celebrated his 4th Birthday this week! So many milestones have been reached in the past 4 years by Carter it is amazing to look back and reflect on the day he was born. Just a little over 6 lbs when he was born I saw a fragile baby with many obstacles ahead of him. In the past 4 years he has become a brave boy that handles his unique life with smile that brightens anyones day!

The night before Carters Birthday we talked about how he was turning 4 and did some practice counting for his big day. As soon as he realized he could not count to 4 on his fingers he blurted out "Mommy I wish my fingers weren't stuck together, maybe a wizard will fix them for my Birthday"! Outta the mouths of babes as I always say!

This wish made Mike and I think a lot about how he will count growing up with only 3 fingers and 4 toes. Not that we haven't thought about this before, but now it was more prevalent on his 4th Birthday. We always joked he could take off his right shoe and use his 4 toes to count!

The morning of Carters Birthday, Mike, Chase and I woke him up by singing Happy Birthday in bed. As soon as his eyes opened he started to look at his hand and asked us to turn the light on. Once the light was on he looked again and said "Aww I didn't get my wish". This broke our hearts.

Over the past couple of days our friends and family have given us many ideas on how Carter can count higher than 3 on his fingers. My favorite idea was having his friends and family help him count by lending him their fingers to add to his. It is just so priceless to us having moral support from our friends and family.

This morning I brought cupcakes into Carters school for his Birthday. When I arrived all the children where playing except for Carter and his best buddy Noah. They were at the table with the teacher making something. I let them continue what they were doing and just sat back and watched. Noahs hand was copied on a piece of blue construction paper and Carter was holding a green birthday crown he had made. The teacher cut out Noahs hand for the boys and attached it to Carters Birthday Hat. You see, Noah lent Carter his hand for his hat so that it showed he was 4 years old. Atop Carters hat was Noahs little hand with the thumb down showing his 4 fingers!

Today Noah made Carters wish come true by being his "counting wizard"!

Thank You Noah for standing by your buddy and helping him out when he needed you. You are a very special boy with a very special heart!

I will never forget what Noah did for Carter and I will never forget how lucky we are to have this family in our lives!

Great Friends are the Greatest Treasures!