Hope & Feathers

Some things to remember

• the soft sigh Gabriel breathes out as he falls asleep next to me during nap time.
• how he grabs our hands and says, "Come, walk...walk" when he wants you to follow him somewhere
• the way he dances: by stomping his feet and then turning in a circle a few times.  
• and how he wants me to join in with him in the dancing, usually when I am trying to do something around the house! :) 
• how he lays down on the floor with some paper and crayons, busily "coloring" like a little kid.
• how he cannot speak in sentences yet, but can say and usually correctly identify a circle, a star, a moon, an octagon, and the letter B.
• how he puts the cat to bed by covering her with a blanket and saying, "Night Night Kitty" several times in a row.
• how he loves to play with his new farm toy and his new little wooden kitchen.