Roger on Will

Yesterday in a meeting with my pastor and boss, Roger Patterson, he told me that he just told his wife Julee that week how Will Russo has changed so much since being baptized this summer.  He has seen so many changes in him on the football field - he's become more confident, more focussed, more fun, and it is so good to see!!! How awesome that felt to me.  I was so proud!!!  I know that Bob can attest to the opposite in the beginning of the season. All I know is he loves going to practice, he has moved from playing an offensive positon to also playing on defensive AND he's happy when he comes home.  Thank you God!!!

I have noticed too at home that Will has become a lot more fun loving. He has such a cute face that he scrunches it into a big smile with tiny eyes and morphs his big, huge body into a kind of old man pose and then says something funny with a little voice. It is is so fun to still be able to kiss his cushiony face and hug see his huge precious pale-skinned body and know that inside he has a sweet young heart. 

After a week at Pine Cove.  I was so hapy to see him.  See how big he is!! 

He is so sensitive and so good natured.  He always asks me if I'm okay and if we're having a good day.  He wants to make sure all is good.  He hates having a "bad" day or even a "bad" night.  I need to make sure my attitude and moods are in check so he is not thinking that they are related to his behavior.  Which they are not, that is just my inside voices and other noise making me pre-occupied and not what he is doing.  

His favorite thing to do now is play catch in the front yard with is football - either with Bobby or Trey or even by himself.  He'll run back and forth in the yard or in the street, throwing the ball and catching it himself.  He also loves to ride his bike up and down the block with Claire and Myra and just talk.  I don't reallly know what they talk about but it's usually books or school.  Such a pensive guy!!

One of our favorite things to do is read in bed.  We all get our pjs on and teeth brushed and get in bed with our books.  Katherine does too!  She often brings a book to old for her (like "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" because she loves the stinky cheese) and "reads".  It's great quiet bonding time because I love to ready.  Will is so into making sure he has enough time to read before bed.  It really calms him down.

I think he is a voracious reader and is reading his first book on his Kindle Fire. He is really enjoying that. He even let me download "Little Women" on it and told me that after he is done reading and goes to sleep, I can borrow it. So sweet!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

 

Getting his Kindle Fire on his 10th Birthday - 7/7/12

at Hyatt Lost Pines, Bastrop, Texas