Happy Birthday "Nova" :)

Our "baby" our youngest son, turns 3 today! EEK! I can't believe it.. he has just started really making fun conversation, "big kid" talk in the last few months. I mean like having opinions, talking about funny things, repeating stuff people say, for his answers (which aren't always nice when you have 5 older brothers and a sister to repeat).

HE is our BUBBIES.. our "NOVA".. .. our chubby luvs (though I do realize we need to stop calling him chubby luvs, or he will get a complex).

His real name is actually Noah, but we have called him Nova, since he was like 4 months old.  Funny story about that and since it's his birthday, why not write about it and document it. I had just gone to CHA with Chatterbox and they needed me to fly straight from CHA to CKU in Florida, to represent Chatterbox and teach. (CKU is an event Creating Keepsakes holds for scrapbooking) and being the great company that CBX was, they also flew Ben out with my little baby, Noah.. so I didn't have to be away from him very long (I had already missed him for like 4 days at CHA).. so I met up with Ben in Orlando airport (i was coming from Chicago, and Ben from Boise).. and when he got off the plane, this cute couple from Korea, came up to us (actually up to Ben) and just nodded and smiled, and cooed at  Noah.. and then went on their way. SO then Ben had to tell me the story about his plane ride. He said he had sat by the couple on the ride over from Denver, and the couple where newlyweds from Korea and on their way to Disney-WORLD for their honeymoon. They got to talking (the didn't speak much English, but did a little).. and asked what the our baby's name was. Ben told them it was "Noah" and then husband said"  OH how cute! Nova! Nova, your so cute nova! your so cute!" and then through the rest of the trip they just called him "Nova , cute nova, your so cute! In his cute Korean accent.

When Ben told me that story I thought it was SOO cute! LOL, so then I started saying it and calling him that.

SO then we headed to CKU, and Ben came to my classes and brought little "nova" with me, and sat in the back, but everyone would ask, how old Noah was and his name.. so then Ben would say "nova" and we would tell the story of the couple on the plane!  So then we just started calling him nova.. and we would always say to him.. oh.. your so cute nova, your so cute! Then my kids started calling him that and saying the phrase to him and so did my family and Ben's family and so now we just call him "Nova". IN-fact he calls himself that. If you ask him what his name is, he will tell you it's Nova, and if you correct him and say Noah.. he says.. NO! Not Noah, NOVA!!!.. so funny..

We don't tell everyone the story now, but I think alot of people think he real name is Nova and that we named him after a car or something! LOL.. but we didn't.. we nicknamed him after a cute Korean newlywed couple on their way to their honeymoon.. what a fun story to tell him when he gets older.

Anyhow.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOVA!! we love you!  We will celebrate tomlinson style.. as usual, with cake, ice cream and family.. He loves books and he loves games.. but not really to "play", he likes to make up his own games with game pieces (like he loves Othello, risk, up-words, etc).. but since he looses pieces here and there when he plays the games, we starting going to second hand stores like DI and Salvation Army and picking up used games that may or may not be missing pieces.. for a couple of bucks, that are "Nova" games. He loves it! So that is what we got him for his Birthday.. some good used games from DI and some books.. oh and a Diego Bike for summer.. such an easy kid to please!

Have a wonderful Tuesday!
Hugs!
Christy

Comments

[ShellyJ]

Happy Birthday "Nova"! Too cute :)

[cindy b]

aaawwwww...cute story!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!!!!!!!!!

peace and blessings...

[michelle]

happy birthday! he is so cute!

[Joscelyne (Joscie) Cutchens]

aww that is so sweet! Happy Birthday Nova! (My Jordan will be 3 on THurdsay!) sniffle, it's gone by so quickly!

[Jessi]

He has changed so much since I saw him last (ummmmmm......3 years ago)....such a cute story about his name! I won't tell you why I thought you called him Nova! LOL!!

Happy Birthday! :)

[BLAKE]

you can call him camero much better
when are you going to come over and play games with us

[nicole]

OMGosh, he's really 3. is that possible. I remember when the whole "Nova" thing started....the good old days.
He looks just like his brothers. Nick and i were just talking about the kids the other day...please say hi to them for us.
loves
nicole

[Alicia King]

Happy Birthday to your sweet little "Nova!" hope your doing great!

[Jesse Edwards]

THAT's CRAZY!!! I can't believe he's really already 3! Happy Birthday to Noah!

[marion]

Happy birthday Nova! I always thought a nova or a super nova was an explosion on a star. That makes Nova a wonderful name for a little boy! (not just the name of an old car!!)

[Kimmi]

Happy Happy Birthday to Nova!! Such a cute nicknames! We call my two year old Brayden, BB. When he was itty bitty, we called him Bray Bray and when he was old enough to start repeating, he would just say BB, so that's his name now! And he will correct you too!

[Kimmi]

Happy Happy Birthday to Nova!! Such a cute nicknames! We call my two year old Brayden, BB. When he was itty bitty, we called him Bray Bray and when he was old enough to start repeating, he would just say BB, so that's his name now! And he will correct you too!

[melaniebrewin]

Christy
You are a legend, 6 children & an awesome business, how do you do it??
Happy birthday to your beautiful little boy......he is gorgeous!!!
Happy Easter, be blessed.
Mel xx

[Kim Rose]

Happy Birthday Nova! What a sweet heart! Love the hair gel. He is so cute!