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| Uncle Si...or Michael? |
No, this title is not referring to the return of Duck Dynasty (Although isn't this a GREAT pic of DH?:)
It's about Gabriel's first word!!
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| at lunch with friends |
About 3 weeks ago, he started saying "aw-BEE, aw-BEE..." over and over again, and we just could not figure out what he was saying. I was at lunch with a friend about a week after that, and he was smiling and laughing at the table, and my friend says, "are you a happy boy?" And Gabriel responds with "aw-BEE!" I kind of stopped for a moment and looked at him and said, "happy?" And he responded again with, "aw-BEE!" Of course, he has said the typical momma and dadda, and I'm pretty sure he's said some form of "Annabelle" (our beagle's name) as well. But, as far as his first regular word, happy it is!
I can't help but smile every time I hear him say it...but it's not just from the obvious joy he displays every time he says those two syllables. As a mom, you want your kids to be happy, but as an adoptive mom, I think sometimes we worry more about that for different reasons. So I just think it's such a precious little gift that Gabriel's first word is him proclaiming how happy (or, rather, "aw-BEE!") that he is. My prayer for him is that he would grow to understand that true happiness is not based on circumstances, but based on the LORD, and that He will grow to know the JOY of the Lord. Now that's something that would make this momma VERY "happy happy happy!"
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