And He Made it to 5

On some days, I honestly didn't think he'd make it to this age. But alas, Lincoln is 5!!

While I paint him as a busy boy that makes it his full-time job to make his mother pull out every single strand of her head, he actually is quite the beautiful-spirited boy. 

I really shouldn't say (too often) how much he can exasperate me, 'cause really, that's not just his problem. My reaction and behaviour is MY doing. MY choice. MY sin. So over the last 5 years, it has been quite the learning curve for me, about me. This son of mine has made me grow for the better in so many ways.

Lincoln Denver Edward. Our son. Our gift from God. What a joy he can be - with his blue eyes that don't miss a thing, a mind that is sometimes too quick for his own good, and a sense of humour that makes you go from wanting to throttle him to laughing with him in all of 7.5 seconds.

Life, to him, is to be explored, questioned and enjoyed to its fullest. He has two very different sides to him - one where he is quite the engaging boy. The other side is his lack of confidence, which will make him shut down and he will not engage. At all. 

His birthday this year was a bit "under-rated" as we had just gotten back from the Dominican the night before and the day of we had my family get together. So we actually didn't celebrate it till the day after his birthday. As long as he got cake at some point, he really couldn't care less when we celebrated :)

We did have a few presents for him on his actual birthday

 His sister reading her card to him :)

 

 

 

Speaking of his cake, he wanted a dinosaur-tractor-truck cake. In fact, he wanted to decorate it himself. Go nuts, my boy!! I am NOT a cake decorator, so I had no problems with him taking over this part....

 

 

Although he enjoyed decorating it, I believe he loved eating it more!!

 

 

 

Some things just haven't changed.....I rarely have a photo without food on this kid's face

 

We pray that God will continue to keep this precious child of ours safe and healthy another year. We feel honoured, humbled yet privileged to be chosen as his parents. As his parents, we continue to pray for wisdom in leading this tender heart toward Jesus, his Saviour. May we do our best with the gift God has given us.