Another Birthday Shout Out

This is a little early, but on Friday my little brother (if I can say "little") is turning 18 years old! I am sure glad that he lived with us for two years or else I would be in COMPLETE denial that my little blonde haired brother was an official adult!
Kyle is the youngest of the kids in our family. He was such a cute little toddler. We watched some home videos last year of him when he was I think eighteen months old, close to 2 at least. My mom asked him if he could count, and he counted to 10. Then she asked him if he could count higher, and he counted to 1o again in a soprano voice. It was so cute. That is always how Kyle was to me - little and sweet. I can remember when he was starting preschool and Kindergarten, and all of that. Even when I moved out to Utah, he had just graduated from Elementary school.
After I moved to Utah it was wierd to call home, because the little boy voices I was used to hearing started getting lower and lower and soon I had no clue who had answered the telephone. When we would go home to visit for the Holidays it was just "wierd" to me to see how "big" he was.
Then during Kyle's Junior year in High School he came to live with us. I'll admit I had tried to talk my parents into it for close to a year, but it took that long for them to even WARM up to the idea. My mom actually laughed and said "yeah right" the first time I suggested it. It was awesome to have Kyle here and to get to know him. Kyle is the most giving person and is willing to do anything for anyone. He is such a loyal person, and that is why everyone who knows him loves him. He has more friends than he knows what to do with, because everyone wants to be around Kyle's optimistic and happy personality. Kyle was here when I was pregnant with Porter, and got to deal with my unpredictable moods. He was here when Porter was born, and for the first half of Porter's life thus far. What I am trying to say, is Kyle is just a part of our family. We are THRILLED that he is coming back to Utah at the end of this month. Porter will have so much fun playing with his awesome Uncle Kyle! I know it's early, but I hope you have a WONDERFUL birthday little bro! We'll see you at Thanksgiving in a couple weeks!