Five years ago, this beautiful boy made me a mama.
And suddenly, five seems like such a big number. I think I said the same thing about four last year. Milo. Oh, my Milo!
What five is to Milo:
Going full-force all day every day. Getting frustrated because he wants to read but doesn’t like the process of learning to read (does that make sense?). Climbs everything. Jumps off of everything (nothing has changed there). 
22 months old
The day before his fifth birthday
Loves to talk. And talk. And talk.
Me, yesterday: Milo, what do you think will be different when you are five tomorrow?
Milo: Well, I’m pretty sure I will not go to time-out as often.
Me: Why is that?
Milo: You know, ’cause I’ll be five.
Loves everything Halloween-related. Asks for scary stories with blood and ghosts and eyeballs. Wants to be a scientist when he grows up. And a deep-sea diver. And an astronaut. And not in that order. All at once.
Can swing extra high without any help. Can climb extra high and do the monkey bars. When asked what’s the first thing he’ll do in school this year, he responded, “Play spider monkeys with Matthew… if Matthew hasn’t already graduated(!)”
Most common phrases these days: “May I have some apple juice? PLEASE?!” “I’m so glad I’m a big brother/I’m so glad I have Oliver/Emil” “Hey Mom, watch this!” “Can I watch a video?”
Tip on having little brothers: treat them with equal parts torture and kindness
I love this boy more than words. And I am quite simply in awe of him. I know everyone thinks his/her kid is the greatest, but I’m pretty sure that this feisty kid would survive in the wilderness if he were dropped off there. Seriously. I worry more about his feelings than his ability to find food/clothing/shelter in the middle of a forest somewhere… 
… now this guy, not so sure…
Happy Birthday, Milo. From all of us. We adore you.
Check out Milo’s birth story here, 1st birthday here, 2nd birthday here, 3rd birthday here, and 4th birthday here! Whew!
We love you too Milo! Liam aspires to your awesomeness every day.
HAPPY Birthday, Milo! You are so sweet and such a joy to all who know you. I wish I could be with you, today, but I’ll be thinking of you. Have fun!
Love you,
Grandma
oh my GOSH!! That picture of you with Milo wearing a mustache is awesome. His eyes?!? Wow. So cute.
You guys have a lot of birthdays this time of year!! Happy 5th to your oldest!
The Milo mustache pic is insanely cute- those giant blue eyes! Happy happy birthday to him, 5 does seem like quite a milestone. It’s such a wonderful record that you have every birthday here to look back on.
Happy Birthday, Milo!! The young people’s version of Bear Grylls.
What’s super crazy is that right now he seems really big and grown up to you, and in just another couple of years, you’ll look back at pictures of him and go, “He was such a baybeeeeee!” Because I have a small freak out every time I see an old picture of Julian now.
Happy Birthday to your oldest boy. He seems so spirited and adventurous. 🙂
Happy Birthday Milo!
Love,
Your old buddy Joe
Gosh, he’s SO big! Happy Birthday, Milo! I still have the pic of him as our newest Pascal “intern” sitting at the front desk answering the phone!!
Happy Birthday, Milo!
Happy happy birthday sweet Milo!!!!! Hopefully Ben’s b-day message got to Milo before he went to bed! And I completely agree that he would do just fine if dropped into the wild!
Thanks everyone! I can’t wait to show him all his happy birthday messages tomorrow! And Mary, YES! He got the video just in time. Thank you!
5 is SUCH a big year — happy birthday to Milo (great name, by the way!), and love love love the picture of him wearing the stash!
Sneaking one in before the day is over…
Big Birthday Shout Out to Milo!
5 is a fantastic number- do it up proud! Hope you had a great day!
May your wish of not having as many time-outs come true, dear Milo! (Too funny!)
What a boy! And what a sweet older brother (torture excluded.) 😉
xo
cortnie
OH MY! That photo from last year with the mustache is ABSOLUTELY the best. You have 3 mighty handsome little dudes!