Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Happy 6 month birthday...

Dear Marshall,

As this is the most complete of a baby book you have, we wanted to be sure to take a moment to commemorate your first 6 months with us here in the outside world. A you probably know at this point in your life, you were not a planned event. As we now understand it, you were an incredible blessing in disguise, your timing perfect.

The past 6 months have easily been some of the best months of our lives. The joy you continue to bring us is simply enormous. As much as we'd love to keep you sweet, cuddly and small forever, at the same time, we can't wait to see what the next 6 months, even years, bring to see who you become and what you kind of person you grow into.

We know all your days aren't perfect, but we promise to always be there to hold you when you cry and do our best to keep you well fed, healthy, and stimulated enough to grow and be excited by all the wonderful things this world holds. We can't promise we'll be perfect, but we promise that our intentions with you will always be pure and our love always present.

May your next six months here in Mali be even better than the first six. We can't wait to share them with you.

Happy birthday our dear son. We adore you.

More love than we ever imagined we could give,

Mom and Dad(aka the booby and the elbow)