with all our hearts

Dearest Nathanael, today you are 3 years old!  We look into your big beautiful brown eyes and we want to tell you that with all our hearts we treasure you and wish you well, every moment of this special day, and forever and always.  

We remember such beautiful times we've shared with you

this past year...

...we delight in how you always remember the fun times you've had at Grandma and Grandpa's house, how every time you come to visit us, you head right for your favourite playthings...


...we delight in your sense of fun and adventure, in your spirit of exploration, in your deep thoughtfulness...


...we celebrate your presence in our family, with inexpressible joy and awe that such an overwhelming gift has been given to us all...

... we celebrate the rhyme and the reason and the rhythm of you...

...Christmas will always have extra meaning for us now, as the anniversary of your coming into our lives...


...we are so happy for Michaela that she has the love and companionship of such a sweet (and sometimes wild and wonderful) little brother...

...for all those times you and I have spent together,

dearest Nathanael,

I thank God...

Happy Birthday, Nathanael Josh James!

 Your Grandma and Grandpa wish you every good thing

throughout this coming year of great big changes in your life!

 We love you with all our hearts, our dear little Prince.