a happy birthday!

a recent self-portrait, ahem...extreme close-up!

He was much quieter in those days... ;-)

Sometime in 2004, I know for sure, he was our one and only at the time!

On this day, at this hour, seven years ago, I had labored effectively for 19 hours already. Little did I know, I would only be slightly less than half way through before meeting our boy! The wait was worth it and the time has flown by as they say.

Cheers to a great first year of home school, with all the ups and downs of learning to read, sharing most things with a little brother and sister, cleaning up messes without being told, losing several teeth with the help of a little brother, making creative toys, landscapes, music, games, cards, etc. Most of all, cheers to him for handling the adults with big challenges and skating along through it with us.

We pray he relies on the Lord when his storms hit one day as we reluctantly know they will.

Happy Birthday Gunnar!

We love you more each day!

love, Mom (and Dad too)