Happy Birthday David!!

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4 weeks old


4 years old. Wow. How did that happen? We are just amazed considering it honestly seems like just yesterday he entered the world! We love David with all that is within us and we are so thankful God brought him into our lives 4 years ago!

He had a very fun party at our house this past weekend and it was a delight to have so many of our friends and family there to celebrate David. The highlight of the party was a pinata. He was very excited about that and his friends seemed to love it too!

David had a wonderful birthday today too! He requested breakfast in bed (I might have given him the idea since I wouldn't mind having that for MY birthday!). Pancakes, pop tarts, and blueberries! Yum! We then went to Fazoli's for lunch (per his request again). We enjoyed a family nap, then headed to the local water park for a fun afternoon! Daddy grilled out steaks for dinner, he had ice cream for dessert, and lots of kisses and hugs all day! I told him I hope every birthday he has is as fun as today has been!

David will go for his 4 year old check up next week, so I don't have his weight and height stats, but here are some things about our precious 4 year old!

Favorite Food: Chicken nuggets, fruit of any kind, and ice cream!
Favorite Book: Bible...David loves reading his bible stories!
Favorite Show: Tom and Jerry
Favorite Movie: Star Wars (he is very obsessed right now!)

David LOVES being outside. Grandpops, Daddy, Uncle Adam, and Uncle Andy are building David a fort in our backyard and I know when it is built, we will remain outside the rest of the summer! He is REALLY good at riding his bike now (still has training wheels). He also loves playing ball!

David is a busy boy who loves making us laugh. He actually thinks of new ways to make Daniel laugh daily. He loves being with people and other boys and girls. He is smart, smart, smart. He asks questions that I often don't have the answer to. He loves school and misses it this summer. He is still a Mommy's baby and Daddy's best buddy. He can have the smartest mouth, and yet the sweetest grin all at the same time. He wears us out, yet gives us life.

We simply adore David and who he is and who he is becoming. We are so thankful God gave us the opportunity to be his parents and pray daily that we can raise him up to not just know God, but to dearly love him.

We love you precious boy...Happy Birthday!

Beach Trip

Yes, I am wayyy behind. But my excuse is simple, we are having too much fun! We have been so busy this summer doing so many fun things! And we still have 2 trips and a birthday party to go! WooHoo!

At any rate, we started out our summer with a bang! We headed to Holden Beach! Grandma and Papaw Keller have been looking forward to this trip for a long time, and we all had a blast! Thanks Grandma and Papaw!

Daniel LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the beach. He was in love with the sand, shells, birds, and ocean. He was super precious walking on the beach and also "crab crawling." His 1st trip to the beach was so much fun!

David LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the swimming pool at the house! :) He was like a fish in the water from sunrise to sunset, literally. He also liked the sand and being buried in it!

Matt and I also had a great time as well and even had a date night! There is just something so very humbling about the ocean to me. I feel it every time I stand in the presence of the ocean. The ocean is so grand, wide, full of wonder, and yet, our God loves me more. How is that? Thank you God for loving me and thank you for making the beautiful ocean and beach.

We are already excited about our next trip to the beach...the little boys and I will be headed to Hilton Head with the other grandparents very soon! Yippee!

Here are some pics of our wonderful time!!