Dear Gabriel

Dear Son...

Today is your second birthday. You have been such an incredible blessing in our lives and we can't imagine life without you. You are the cutest little boy we ever saw and we love you so very much. There are so many reasons why...
1- You say the cutest things with your own language.
2- You are very full of expressions like no other....when you were a baby, people would comment many many times how many cute expressions you had and how often you would change them.
3- You make us laugh very hard.
4- You are so very energetic, but you sleep oh so good!
5- You loved to be rocked to sleep as a baby, then became Mr. Independent and now just in the last couple weeks you are getting all cuddly with me again.....you like to be held again...and Mommy loves it when you wrap your little monkey arms around my neck and hold me tight.
6- You love playing with water....you are infatuated with water bottles and love to make messes with them.
7- You love watching your praise and worship "vees" (movies)
8- You learned how to pray very young and are so good at reminding Daddy and Mommy if we forget.
9- You love watching Daddy play the drums at church.
10- The first words out of your mouth when you wake up in the morning are: "Daddy! Paw-Paw! Tractor!" It absolutley melts my heart.
11- You love on your little sister so well...although sometimes you squish her a little too hard and she squeaks. She adores you!
12- You love riding the four wheeler, tractors and anything that moves.
13-You aren't talking in full sentences yet but this past week you started saying "Daddy, car, school" Yes, Daddy drives his car to school....you are so smart!
14- You love flirting out your bedroom window with the girl next door that is close to your age. Just yesterday I came into your bedroom to see you jabbering out the window and when I looked out, Ellie from next door was sitting below your window jabbering back. Later on in the afternoon I heard her yelling: "Little boy! Little boy! Where are you? And you went running to pick up where you had left off. I think I'm going to have to watch you very closely Mr. Man!
15- You are Mommy's big helper and love to follow me around the house.
16- You LOVE LOVE LOVE to clean! We vaccum frequently and you have your own vaccum, dust pan, broom, and duster. I hope you stay with this obcession!
17- You would live outside if I let you and the minute a car door opens, quicker than lightening you are sitting in the driver's seat trying to make it go....who teaches you these things?!?!?!?
18- You are still allergic to dairy products, but we are believing God for a miracle and that you are being healed even now of this.
19- You are very tall for your age and super skinny....we can count all your ribs no matter how much Mommy tries to fatten you up!
20- You LOVE boots.....and are quite the little cowboy, you wear them constantly!
21- You love hats and just today Mee-Maw gave you 2 new ones and when I went to check on you at nap time you were wearing them backwards.....I don't know who taught you that, but you'd rather wear it backwards than frontwards. I think it's adorable!
22- You love to lift your hands and worship Jesus and when someone asks you where He is, you point to Heaven and to your heart....May you never ever forget this!
23- Your smile lights up the world and you have so many of them ;)
24- You like to do very onery things and push Mommy's buttons, but I still love you.
25- Just today you started shaking your finger and saying No-no....and I had just told someone last night you didn't know how to say it....Your Auntie Sandy taught you that one!
26-You are the bestest little boy in the whole wide world and I love you up to the moon and back!

We thank God for you every day. Happy Birthday Gabriel Paul!!! Our little GPS ;)

Always yers....Mommy