Andrew-Happy 7th Birthday

It seems impossible that Andrew is already having his 7th birthday (second birthday with us). Time just flies by too quickly. Andrew has grown and changed so much since his last birthday. He has lost more teeth than I can count and now those little front teeth have been replaced by big kid teeth that make him look so grown up. His adorable smile has stayed the same though and I am so thankful for that. He also now has his eye surgery behind him so gazing into those beautiful blue ocean eyes that are straight is an amazing blessing we are so thankful for this year.

Andrew requested green beans, cooked carrots and steak for his birthday dinner. He is my vegetable lover. He also wanted a Thomas cake this year that we ordered from Sam's in a large size so we could take it to church tomorrow (on his actual birthday) so he could share it with his church family. We decided to have his dinner and family party the night before and let him open his presents and blow out his candles. It was a sweet family night together.

Andrew loved getting to open presents from Mom and Dad; grandparents and siblings. Kathlena made us laugh as she thought that your birthday "comes in the mail". Meaning that's how you get a birthday through the mail since packages and cards arrived in the mail for Andrew's birthday. Too cute! She thought her birthday could be any day...she would just keep checking the mailbox to see.

Andrew enjoyed opening his gifts and was not quite as shy about tearing open the gifts this year. He has gotten the hang of opening presents over the past year. It really didn't even take much practice. :) He loved his star wars clone helmet and gun from Nana & DoDad & Uncle Todd, scooter from J.Michael, Candy & coloring books Emily picked out for him, His new lefty baseball glove and boxing set from Mom & Dad, some really cool robot magnets and robot game from PawPaw and Grandmommie and birthday card with $$ from his great-grandmother. Thank you all for making Andrew's 7th birthday so special for him.

We are so blessed by our extended families and I love the sweetness of the thoughtfulness of our kids to each other. Birthdays are a fun time around the Shiflet home that remind us of the whole year that has passed and we look forward to the year to come and all that the Lord is doing in our lives.