Gabriel Turns 4

Four years ago, our lives changed. Dramatically.

Four years ago, our needs and wants would never come first again.

Four years ago, the best, most beautiful boy came into our lives and has blessed them every singe day since.

Gabriel, your smile brightens the darkest moments and your laugh is like music. It is so cute the way you scrunch up your nose when laughing and your smile can't get any bigger. When you set your mind to something, there's no stopping you. You are smart, driven, caring, and extremely protective of your sister. . .and your whole family for that matter (just like your dad). You like to follow other people's lead and have a great time doing it.

You LOVE (in no particular order)

*Your dad! Any chance you get, you're right there by his side ready to lend him a hand weather it be fixing something, building something, or doing yard work. This is also known as "man time". There are definitely no girls allowed during this man time. As long as you're with him, nothing else matters.

*Camping. If we tell you we've got plans for camping, you're all ready to go before we even have finished the sentence.

*Spider Man. Your parents are big Superman fans, but you can't get enough of Spiderman.

*Being tickled. ANY chance you get, you want to be tickled. If you're in another room and you hear Angelina laughing (and know that I'm with her), you come running in saying "DO THAT TO ME!!". You ask for it!

*Helping mom cook. (She needs to be better about letting you!)

*Making your sister laugh. You really do LOVE that. Even when you're supposed to be in bed, you sneak into the other room just to keep her going.

*Working in workbooks/learning your letters and how to write them. You call it your "homework".

*Reading - Even though you like a good movie, you'd rather read than watch T.V. and we love that about you.

*Our garden and collecting chicken eggs. Seeing eggs in the coop and veggies that are ready to be picked gets you so excited. Not only do you want to get them all, but you want to eat them all right away.

*Playing outside/playing with friends. Again, when given the choice to watch or movie or play outside, you choose to be out and about.

*Your family. Like I said before, you are very protective of all of us. You hate it when we take Angelina to the doctor for shots. You yell at and hit the nurses. :) When mom and dad play fight or "talk loud" to each other, you always stop us and tell dad to be nice and to not talk loud to mom. (thanks dude!)

*Nature/Animal life. You're curious about things and you don't ever want to hurt the bugs. Whenever mom wants to put bugs in the toilet, you don't like that.

*Moments. AKA ~ Reese's peanut butter cups. A few years back, dad got some and wanted to have a special moment with you. That candy has ever since been known as "moments". Those moment's are pretty good and we have quite a few of them. Regularly. :)

Recently, you've started to like "army man" stuff and asked for an Army man birthday party. So  that's what you got.

You're starting soccer for the first time this year,so for your birthday, we got you all of your soccer stuff. Cleats, shin guards, and a ball. We couldn't get you out of your gear all day. . .until you got this other kind of gear. . .

<-- that's your salute

You looked like a real Army man and had so much fun running around looking for "bad guys" with your partner.

You were a couple of good looking troopers!

 

<-- This is what you did when anyone would sing to you.

We love you so much G$. Having you and watching you grow has brought absolute JOY to our family. We couldn't have asked for better.