Aw, Buddy... you're EIGHT!!! You've grown so much this year in all ways. You're taller. You're such a gifted artist... please don't ever stop drawing. And building. Your mind astounds me with the creations it comes up with and the way your hands are able to then make it. I pray that you daily ask God to give you imagination, and that you would allow Him to use your hands to create echoes of the perfection that He created.
Your courage continues to grow. You're very brave and you're very tender. You exercise gratitude and thankfulness. I love it so much. May God continue to fill you with gratitude and that you'll always find ways to exercise it and feel Him use it to strengthen you.
You are a very wild little boy, curious and inquisitive. I love watching you interact with your sister, with babies, with everyone. You're very charming, have very cute dimples, and such a handsome smile. You make me laugh and laugh and laugh. And nobody makes Ruby laugh the way that you do. You are my most favorite little boy in all the universe.
I'm so thankful that we have these years together. I know we'll change and grow together. I know new seasons are coming, so I'm soaking this one in for however long it lasts. I love that you act like you hate kisses but then get that little mischievous smile on your face and let me catch you. You once told me that if I can't recognize you when you're a grown up, you're the one with the three freckles on your cheek. I daily catch glances of those freckles and thank God I still know you so well and that we get to be a part of each other's day and that He gave us to each other.
You are so deeply loved, Buddy! Happy 8th Birthday!!
