Video: Daniel Riding Bicycle

Dear Grandpa Boon,

My first own bicycle arrived and I'm so excited! Yesterday, I started to learn how to ride it and had so much fun! Thank you so much for your generous birthday gift and I hope you enjoy watching the video.

I love you!

Daniel

P.S. Even though I fell off my bike twice yesterday, I did not hurt myself at all. I am a brave boy!

Thank you Grandpa Boon for giving me the bike (this last sentence came from Daniel's own mouth!)

March 3rd: 4th Birthday Home Photos

Here are a few photos of us at home on Daniel's 4th birthday, before and after the Karate party. We got to speak to lots of loved ones and it was great that Granny Heather got to watch him open the presents she had sent him.

Sweet moments... Daniel, I love you SO much!

After the Karate party, Daniel got to open one present a day. That way he really got to enjoy each one and it was like Christmas morning for about a week in our home!

March 3rd: Karate School Birthday Party Photos

Hi loved ones! I'm late with posting these photos but we have been sick off and on since Daniel's birthday. But here they are! It was such a great party and Daniel still talks about it often.

MB: Daniel's 4 year old check-up

Daniel had his 4 year old check-up today with a new pediatrician, close to our new home, and I was very pleased with the care he received from both the nurse and doctor. He had 2 shots today and we'll need to go back in the summer for two more (including the MMR).

He is 41 inches tall and weighs 41.4 pounds. He is still tall for his age (75th percentile) but not as much as before, when he was close to 90th.

Since he needs to work on his fine motor skills (writing, cutting, etc.), we will visit an occupational therapist to help strengthen that area.

This evening, he has been complaining of pain on his left arm, because of the shots. So Jonny had a wonderful idea to put his arm in a sling and this cheered him up and he ate his dinner...

Here are the two bandaids!

Video of Daniel's Karate Party

Almost 9 full minutes of fun, enjoy!

Daniel is 4! Party # 1.

Our sweet boy is now 4, and we experienced so much joy these last few days celebrating his precious life!

We had two parties: one on Friday March 2nd at his pre-school, and one on his actual birth day, Saturday March 3rd, at his Karate school. Daniel has so many friends, thank God, that we wanted to make sure he got to celebrate with all of them!

So to start, here are the photos of his party at school. It was simple; I took some cupcakes for them to have after lunch and the fact that it had "Spider-man" on it was enough to make everyone very happy!

First, this is how I found them when I arrived...

 

Then, it was time to bring out the cup-cakes and sing Happy Birthday!

After singing, he got to have the Spider-man and eat a cup-cake!

This picture really shows the difference between boys and girls... Daniel rarely poses for photos and will avoid them as much as possible. His friend Victoria, however, really wanted to take a picture with Daniel, so she posed and he played!

And finally with Ms. Sue, his wonderful pre-school teacher!