Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Happy Birthday McKay!


Oops, a little late.

It's been crazy with the end of school and then the whole family getting so sick, but I really did want to post that McKay is 9 now.

Sheesh, I almost have 2 kids in double-digits.

It's been a good year for McKay. He's done so well with Michael in Mrs. Chirrick's class. He has been so good about learning and following more rules, so he gets to go out and play at friend's houses more. (He's never been naughty, mind you. Just prone to disappear.) In so many ways, he's growing up so quickly this year.

But in a lot of other ways, he's always the same. He loves to cuddle. He says the funniest, awesomest things ever. He's keenly observant. I think if people knew how much he was watching them, and really, how accurately he was assessing them, they would be shocked.

Having McKay in our family is one of the most sincere blessings I could imagine. He brings a sweetness and peace (most of the time...;) ) to our house. We also are in a unique situation. Seeing how people react to McKay is a very interesting filter for people. We have seen the best of people come out and we've been able to bond with people more deeply than I would have imagined over McKay, and on the flipside, we have seen some of the ugliest of human behaviors over McKay. But, it has been a blessing to our family to be able to learn and grow with McKay as a guide.

Happy Birthday, sweet boy.


5 comments:

Alison said...

Hope your family is feeling better! McKay is growing up and it is so fun to watch. What a sweet pic of him!

Kathryn said...

What a blessing he is! GREAT GREAT photo!!

Alix has helped the best of people come out too (& the worst, sadly). Again, a true blessing.

Happy Birthday, McKay!

Cynthia said...

Happy birthday McKay!

And that is a great picture of him!

Trimble said...

Love the picture, love McKay!

Linda said...

What a great picture of McKay! I'm glad everyone is feeling better. Happy Birthday McKa!