This last year has been a huge year of growth and maturity for our Daveman. For some reason I thought four year olds were still toddlers. This is absolutely false. My baby is a little boy. He is full of the sillies and loves to speak in random non-languages. I have died over hearing the kind of jokes he and his friends have made up that make no sense at all. They crack up with laughter and are perfectly happy with their little oblivious four year old sense of humor.
David still loves to dress-up and often goes through 3 and 4 costumes a day. He has become very opinionated about what he wears and prefers to wear hats and boots to school every single day. He loves big boy clothes: basketball shorts and t-shirts. I never thought I would let my little bud wear mesh shorts before elementary school. Never say never.
This year has brought all kinds of growing up, from his first experience in team sports (soccer), first field trip, first real bike ride, first time really making his own friends and truly loving them, and first time spending the majority of his week at school. David has also grown tremendously in his eating habits. He loves broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, and also downs tilapia under the guise of chicken :). I am so proud of how brave he has become, though he still will not come within five feet of a bouncy house. According to him, "they are too squishy." However, he will fly down hills coasting on his balance bike, do flips on our bed, and attack all kinds of playground stuff he would never have attempted last year. His favorite interests include Auburn football, Spartan football, marching bands, army men/camo, airplanes/helicopters, and legos/tinkertoys.
His mind is very spatial and he loves to build entire cities in his room out of every single toy he has. Everything serves a purpose and he will notice if one thing has been moved out of place. He has also impressed me with how well he has done in school. I was nervous because we did 4K a year early and jumped from 2 to 4 days a week in just one year. David is very responsible and conscious of whatever assignment he has been given. He loves to remind me what is due when and will not let me live down the ONE time we forgot his "I" collage. I am very aware of how "upset and angry" he was with me on that day :). Did I mention that he is extremely good at labeling his feelings :)?? School has been tremendous for him--he knows all of his upper and lowercase letters and can write pretty much any one of them. He loves to practice writing and has memorized how to write all the names in our family. I can only hope his affinity for school continues over the years.
What I really want to remember from this past year is how incredibly tender, loving, and affectionate our bud has remained. Though he becomes more of a boy everyday, he is all about expressing his undying love for all of us spontaneously throughout the day. He really loves verbal affirmation and always tells me how much he likes it when I say "good job bud". He responds extremely well to a sticker chart--the boy loves encouragement!! He is still very conscious of right and wrong and is very sensitive to my feelings towards him. I have to be careful when I find myself frustrated with him because he is easily wounded. It is the best feeling in the world to have him whisper in your ear multiple times a day that you are the best mom in the whole wide world. I am far from it, but he definitely makes me look I know what I am doing. I praise God for the gift of being his Mommy and pray He comes to know Christ as his Savior at a young age. Though I might could hope or dream for some certain type of life for him, I really just ask the Lord that our boy learn to cling to His faith all the days of his life and walk in the truth mapped out for us in scripture. No matter what the details end up being, I will be one proud Mama if this boy loves the Lord first and foremost.
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