It was such a joy to celebrate H's birthday yesterday. I love a Sunday birthday. Mom and Dad were here, so Ek slept in his room and was the first to wish him a happy day, which she was very happy about, and Mom and Dad were second. Ek said she thought he had grown during the night! H was convinced he had grown too and wanted to check it out to where we measured last week, he couldn't understand why he wasn't bigger and even said later in the day that he though his feet still looked 3. He opened his gifts from us at breakfast-- a new football jersey, basketball shorts, a concrete bulldog for his room, a tiger stuffed animal and baseball boxers. Mom and Dad gave him new rainboots and a book about a GA bulldog. Ek gave him a teddy bear from her room! Mom made him French toast and we stacked four bites, stuck a candle in it and sang to him. Ek and L wanted to be sung to too, so we sang 'happy day' to them. Off to church where he wore his new jersey and shorts and was wished happy birthday many times. Memaw and Big Daddy and Aunt Meri were waiting for us when we got home from church to have lunch, we had a very nice visit. After a nice nap, it was time for his wonderful party! He was so excited about his swim party and had a ball. Grandma and Papa gave him a new train set, Dave gave him several new t-shirts like he and J wear, the Polhills gave him a skateboard and a boomerang, the Browns gave him 101 Dalmations, the Kellams gave him a Bingo alphabet game, and Rhonda gave him a ice cream gift card. When we got home he was so excited to play with his new toys and quickly built a train and played 4 rounds of bingo. We had a really sweet moment during Bible story time. They were so tired but Ek wanted to read a Bible story and it was the story of the Crucifiction. Midway through H looked at me and said "Mommy, is sin in our way?" There was a great visual gospel presentation during Backyard Bible Club with God on one side, man on another and a boy in the middle who was sin. Sin didn't let man get to God until Jesus came to take the sin away. I think it beginning to make some sense to H. He was asking some great questions about sin. J prayed last night and then H asked to. The first thing he prayed was thanking God that Jesus took sin out of our way. Big 4 year old thinking about big things.
H is a great boy. He is playful, always up for playing ball, playing outside, and is very active. He is very generous and kind. He is thoughtful and affectionate- he gives great hugs and kisses. He loves to read and is getting very close to knowing all his letters. He is very excited to go to Trinity next year. He loves to laugh and smile and is very ticklish. He is very focused and self motivated. We are so thankful for our H and are loving to watch him grow up.
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