Gina's Ramblings

My Dear son Gary III-

1.He was born in the high desert in California
2. It was over 120 degrees the day he was born
3. he was born a month early
4. He weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces
5. He is quite smart
6. we joke he will be either a used car salesman or the President of the United States
7. he is very charismatic
8. He now wants to be a veterinarian
9. However he has not yet "decided on his specialty"
10. He is the third.... so he shares his name with his father and grandfather
11. Once someone asked him his name. He recited his FULL name When he was then asked how long he had that name he stopped...thought a second and said "It is old; I got it used".
12. He started walking at about 12 months old
13. When he crawled... he crawled on his elbows... **envision an Army combat crawl**
14. He rarely talked as a young child because his brother was always talking for him.
15. He was born with red hair, it turned blonde and is still blonde...with red HAHA
16. His funniest joke I can remember is how he said when he gets married and has a son, he will name him Gary IV And then change his own name to Mike
17. he is a perfectionist when it comes to MANY things
18. He is also quite absent minded
19. He wears glasses like his dad
20. He has only lost 2 teeth at age 7
21. He has a Rabbit named Snuggles aka EVIL bunny
22. He once had a guinea pig. She died. And he was there petting her and comforting her in her last moments
23. he LOVES being a big brother
24. He is good at math
25. He USED to be a morning person....
26. He looks amazingly like his father
27. His baby brother is a carbon copy of him as a baby
28. He likes living in Washington
29. He dislikes being his age... too small for BIG boy stuff and too big for the little kid stuff
30. His bed reminds me of the princess and the pea (it is TALL)
31. He is a voracious reader
32. He reads well above his grade level
33 He still believes in Santa etc
34 I love that innocence
35. He will be starting a new school in September
36. He is excited to make new friends
37. He makes new friends VERY easily
38. He amazingly looks really good in bright colors
39. His feelings can easily be hurt.... expecially if he thinks he disappointed me :(
40. He once said he has to grow up and get a vey good job so he can take care of his OLDER brother when he gets older.
41. I still cannot believe he will be in the Second grade this fall
42. He is VERY loving
43. Not a day goes by that he doesn't say he loves me.
45. He has peed on the Continental divide!
46. He loves roadtrips and seeing new things
47. He thinks it is unfair that we have Sonic commercials played here on tv yet they have no Sonics in the State of WA (I agree)
48. He loves amusement parks and is going to try to earn a season pass for a local park (by getting good grades)
49. He loves his older brother and looks up to him a lot
50. I hope... no... I know he will do well in life and I hope he finds love and happiness