Gabe's 6th Year

Gabe - it's been a fabulous year.  We have crammed a lot in!  Looking back through photographs makes me a teensy bit sad....already another year has gone by.  Time flies...and sometimes it feels monotonous.  We get up every day and go to work and go to school....we do what we have to.  But you know what?  We've also done a lot of what we wanted to.  You have had a lot of great firsts this year!  We've spent time in service to others.  We've spent time being silly.  We've chalked up another year to the memories category.....but what joyous memories!

You celebrated a graduation from ABC Learning Center, and transitioned to our dear friends the Flukes for care throughout the summer before beginning kindergarten in the fall....

You had your first dentist visit....

Your first organized baseball team experience!

You've helped your family celebrate some important milestones!

You LOVED your first camping/fishing/canoeing/archery experiences!!!

You lost a "few" teeth (SIX of them, before your 6th birthday)....

And you've thoroughly enjoyed play time with your sisters and family....

And being all-out silly!!!!

Some of what I'm most proud of though, is your enthusiasm for school, and your creativity and work product.  I enjoy watching you rush off the bus, and be SO excited to show me what you've done, that you dump your papers on the front step....and to watch you draw, paint, and make all kinds of fun creations!  I pray that this little creative spark will always be embedded in your soul!  :)

It seems a lifetime ago that I first held this in my arms....

...but also a mere moment ago.

Six years.  Six WONDERFUL years!!

I pray for myself....that I can be the best woman and mother that I possibly can be....so that you can be led to be the best possible boy and man that YOU can be!  I pray God's hand over us, Gabe.  I pray that He will always be the reason for all that we do....and glimpses of His love be abundant in our actions, words, and thoughts.  

I've loved EVERY. MOMENT. of the ride thus far.  I love you, Gabe.  

~Mom  <3