countdown - and Daniel's birthday

I'm very late in my countdown this week!

106 days until Dan is finished with his fellowship!

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We recently celebrated Daniel's 10th birthday!

Aah, baby Daniel. We have a hard time finding pictures of Daniel as an infant where he WASN'T crying.

Cute - yes. Quiet - no.

Christmas 2000 ... about 9 months old. He was already after my camera! This was also the year that he spent the entire holiday season trying to pull the Christmas tree down on top of himself. He succeeded a few times, too.

Fall 2001 - go Irish!

Daniel at six months. After (too) many months of colic, Daniel suddenly became the happiest baby known to man. The transformation was incredible.

yellow belt in karate :) age 5

Celebrating this year on Daniel's actual birthday. You can see Dan (Skyping) behind him. It was so cool that Dan could sing with us and watch Daniel blow out the candles in real time!

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At ten, his favorite colors are blue and green. His favorite foods are pasta and sushi. His favorite sports are football and (of course) karate!

Daniel has made it a point to drive back and forth with me to the airport to collect Dan (and send him back) during this odd fellowship year. He hasn't missed a trip yet, which is saying something, since our pickups are sometimes as late as midnight. It's "our" thing now...Daniel always tells me that it will be ok and not to cry. Then while I cry my way home from the airport we search the radio dial for something we both like.

I'm going to have to be sure that Daniel's around when it comes time to take each and every one of his siblings to college!

;)

We love you, Daniel!