I Beloved You David

Two hours and a hand cramp later...

behold the Lightning Mcqueen Cake, per request of the birthday boy. David introduced himself to people for the next two days saying, "I'm the birthday boy!"

The birthday bite.

Some very special letters for a very special boy. Some thing I love about David is how he still asks me to carry him to bed each night. He also loves to play with his brothers, especially Gabe, and it seems that nothing can crush his little spirit. He's unconquerable. Watch out world, here comes David. This past year he has learned to count to 20 and recognize the numbers, learned all the letters and their sounds, learned to go potty and how to ride a scooter, and decided that he doesn't care for naps anymore. We're working on putting the letter sounds together now to read simple words.

A few months ago Zach's Uncle David passed away and his sweet widowed wife, Aunt Shirley, sent us this picture of David as a child at about 1 1/2 years old. She also sent the accompanying name plaque with the meaning of the name David and where it comes from. I painted the letters and hung them up as part of his gift.

"David, The name is derived from the Hebrew words dad aveba, meaning beloved of Jehovah. It dates back to 170 BC as used by the boy who killed the giant Goliath with a slingshot, and later became the second king of Israel and author of the Psalms."

There's my three year old zipping around Kangaroo zoo. Of the three boys he's the only one that looks like me at all but in this picture I think he leans more towards the Hutchins side.

Another good looking kid I just thought I'd take a shot of.

Dad getting in on the action

We like to call this small child "dancy pants". He's into jumping, climbing, dancing, mov'n and groov'n right now. He enjoys the mini trampoline Grandpa Ogarek got David just as much as David does.

I thank Heavenly Father each night for giving you to us David.