Views from a Father

Garrett, I've been doing some thinking about you lately and thinking about your many different personalities. You have the highest highs and the lowest lows. You can be the most lovable boy in the world and then you have other days that can just drive us insane. You screech at the highest decibels that just will make your toes curl, but then you will hug me and tell me that you love me. I wouldn't trade any of the bad moments for fear of losing those moments where I just want to hold you and love on you. I want you to always feel good enough about yourself that you will tell me how you are feeling. I love you pal. I was just looking through some photos on my computer and it made me want to post this blog, and so here are some funny pictures of you at your best times.

Garrett, you are hilarious... You are always just trying to make us laugh, and this was one of those times. (You and your mom are going to kill me when y'all see this picture on the blog.)

Garrett at the breakfast table, during vacation, goofing off and having a little fun at someone else's expense.

Sitting and soakin up the rays at the beach, on vacation.

I love this picture, because I feel like I can see your soul in those wonderful big brown eyes.

I was runnin'. I love the pure joy on your face here buddy.

We really have to capture these moments when you are hugging Esther, because most of the time you are both tormenting each other.

Making one of your funny faces for the camera, again!

This picture is exactly how I want our lives to be. Just you and me walking along, hand in hand, enjoying each others company.

dude, i love that you are all boy.For your birthday, you got a punching bag from grammy and p-pop. last night was a bad night for you because you had eaten cookies all day and really nothing else and the sugar was really getting to you. i had you go into your room with the punching bag and you started doing some ufc moves on the bag. i was so proud and i can't wait for the day you start turning those moves on your friends (ok, so may be i shouldn't teach you how to throw elbows and use your knees to hurt people, but it is a good stress reliever for the both of us). anyway, mom caught you the other day doing some more boy play with some sticks and you don't understand how much enjoyment we get out of watching you play like a boy and use your imagination like a boy. you are so wonderful and we love you so much. here are the pictures of you with the sticks. i love you man!!!

Dude, you just turned 4 yesterday and it feels like it was just yesterday that you were born. I'm so proud of who you are becoming and I am challenged daily to learn how to love you all the more. I am learning just as much about myself as you are about yourself and about life. I am learning how to control my anger as I watch you learn how to be self-controlled as well. I see so much of myself in you and I have to apologize that most of the bad habits that you have, you probably got from me. I love you dude, and I always will. Here's to many more years of birthdays and days that we can laugh and play and wrestle, and to live this life out together learning and loving. Have a good one buddy!

Dude, I know that I haven't kept up with this thing as well as I would have hoped, but you keep me busy so much of the time. I am so glad to be your dad and it is my prayer that you are my son. I was just looking through some pictures of you just here lately and it's a total reminder of how funny and crazy you are. You make me laugh non-stop and you are such a good kid. Hope that when you look at these pictures you'll see the beauty of your personality and your good looks (that you got from me of course :-)

You and Gideon, cheesing for the camera.

I have no idea what this face is about!

You having a little fun at Playworld

Some more fun at Playworld

You riding your sister like a horse.

You even love your Mom (that's okay, I love her too)