{"id":12529,"date":"2026-01-08T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/?p=12529"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:41:20","slug":"birthday-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jshox.com\/jay\/2026\/01\/08\/birthday-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday boy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guess what time it is?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is time that Luca turns the big 5.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s right!! He’s a fiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, he went with a classic: the Back in Time birthday bash. He also requested to have Portland Trail Blazers cupcakes – a kid after my own heart!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sky spent the night before preparing everything for the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were watching stuff on TV, waiting for midnight to wish and sing him a Happy Birthday. A couple of minutes before midnight, he said he needed to go to the bathroom. I took him, and he started throwing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, Buddy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spent the next couple of hours throwing up. Sky and I sat holding him so he wouldn’t have to be on the cold bathroom floor. For nearly all of his birthday, he ran a fever and slept (see photo above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hate seeing him sick, but I love cuddling him when he isn’t feeling well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was a trooper – by late that night, he went over and sat by the table, and had everyone sing ‘Happy Birthday’ for him. He then declined having more than a few crumbs of the cake, letting us know he still felt very sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We saved his cupcakes for him, and after a day or two, he was able to have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point, we need to head back so as not to miss more church and some of the upcoming doctor appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We headed back up to Portland, greeted by a snow-flocked area on the passes. It was beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

just Pray<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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