"I want some Wah Wah Lemon!"

You'll always remember what funny things kids say. For my brother I specifically remember the food items, "wah wah lemon" for watermelon, "your-gut" for yogurt, and "sanyo" for sandwich. It's Matt's birthday today.

Matt will always be my big little brother. After all his nickname is Biggins. He's a pretty big dude, could be a football player if you asked me.

I remember the big mole he had smack dab in the middle of his belly, the time he came home from the hospital after surgery when he was only 2 or 3, and how his heart sounds - swish swash swish swash. I remember how mad I got after finding that he had colored on my doll with yellow crayon. And most of all how I remember how he loved to play with balls and water. "Ah ah ah ah ah" was the way he used to laugh.

I admit for a while I was jealous of him. After all I was the baby of the family for almost 9 years, so why was he so special all of a sudden? How come he never had to have hand me downs or leftover toys from the other kids? How come he got a new bike and a trampoline and all to himself nonetheless? But who could deny that cute little boy! Glad I got over that. I think he sometimes feels like he missed out though since he practically grew up as an only child.

I remember babysitting him in the mornings for one summer and he would lie there in the mornings on the front room floor with his Big Bird "blangie" and watch Today's Special. Yes it was public programming and we did not have cable TV yet. The next year is when we did get cable TV and he and I loved watching Disney cartoons and thought we were the coolest on the block.

I can't believe he's already 29 years old. Time flies by! I remember hanging out with him a lot when we were both single. It was a lot of fun to go to movies and just be ourselves together and to watch him have "buzzard's playtime" with my boys. They needed a big brother after all they went through and I can never thank him enough for that.

Matt has always been very caring with a warm heart. He does not let anything bother him and chooses to love everyone around him regardless of their faults. Guess that is why I thought it would be cool to introduce him to his wife. What's not to love? He's just a big sweet teddy bear. I did it when he was 3 and took "wedding" pictures of him and the next door neighbor girl named Tia, so what was wrong with doing it again?

Have a happy birthday Matt, make it a great one. After all it is your last year of your 20's. Next year you will be all growed up!