Christopher James is four today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTOPHER!

I love this picture of Christopher!

We took a lot of pictures on our most recent
trip to see everyone.
I think this is my favorite one of Chris.
He is all ready for bed, after having just brushed his teeth,

and showing us how clean his teeth are.

It seems like just last week you were TWO!
How can you be four already?


Christopher "jazzing up" the xylophone at our house

And isn't he the happiest little
ferocious lion you have ever seen?
Christopher helped rake leaves (Spring 2006) ...
but mostly he dug in the dirt at the bottom
of our driveway
Here he is really enjoying Thomas K!
This is one of my very favorite pictures of Christopher ...
but I have a TON of really favorite pictures of him!

This was taken at our July 2007 visit to El Paso
(We had flown down at the end of July to say good-bye to Jesse)

Saluting the flag, like a good son of a soldier!

At Union Station in El Paso (left)
Stenciling pictures with us (right)

At the Air Show at Biggs Air Field
September 2007

These are just some of the beautiful pictures of our Christopher. He is a rough-and-tumble, all boy kind of a kiddo and we love him very much. I used to call him my "little Spanky" (when he was in his terrific two's) because he was such an imp. He is growing up much too fast! We send him all of our love on this his fourth birthday.