Thor to Celebrate the Big 8!

Thornton will celebrate his 8th birthday this Friday. I would like to take a little time to look back at Thornton's 8 years on this earth. Thor, as he is called, entered this world to much celebration. He was a boy and that alone was cause for celebration for his father and myself(of course) but mostly Michael. In fact, at the ultra sound reading, I remember Michael playing a tape recorded song of the Who's-It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy! A son! A son! A son! You have to know Michael well to understand.

Anyway, Thornton was a good baby but was a little more difficult than Murphy. Then again Murphy was such an easy infant to care for. Thor did not like his infant formula very well. We tried regular formula...we tried soy formula and neither sat well with the mighty Thor and let me tell you, he let us know he was not happy. We ended up putting him on Nutramagen...a mighty expensive and smelly infant formula. I can't tell you how elated I was when Thor finally accepted whole milk and we could do away with the Nutramagen..never to be needed again, thank goodness.

Thor was not a cuddly baby. He always wiggled and squirmed when being held. He rarely wanted to be held. Looking back, I think the poor thing was just hungry all of the time. As time wore on, in his toddler years, Thor became much more cuddly and actually wanted to be held and he has been a sweet, sensitive, loving boy ever since. Don't get me wrong, he has his moments. But for the most part, Thor is an ideal 8 year old.

One of my fondest memories is of Thor and his long blond curls. I never thought I would let my son's hair grow long but he had such beautiful hair, I could not bring myself to cut it. When we finally did cut it, I think Thor was traumatized. Not because he didn't have beautiful locks anymore..it's because he loved to twirl his hair in his fingers, like his Grandma Thornton and his Mommy. Thor compensated by grabbing onto Murphy's hair and twirling it in his fingers whenever he could get away with it. I tried to find a picture of Thor and his long locks but apparently I only have hard copies of those photos...no electronic images..and alas no scanner.

Thor does Karate...he is very smart..sometimes too smart...he reads constantly...and is constantly throwing out facts to us to show off his knowledge. He loves video games and comic books and believe it or not he's a great dancer.

He's an all around great kid. Happy Birthday Thor!