Happy 2nd Birthday! I love you through and through

I can't believe my little October baby is already two years old.  It seems like only yesterday Matthew and I were changing her first poopy diaper and watching our tiny little 8 lb, 9 ounce miracle coo and yawn and stretch as a teeny little baby.  Gavin has grown into such a smart, silly, loving, creative, ornery and happy little boy.

There are a lot of bittersweet feelings on a birthday- feelings of nostalgia, remembering where we were "this very minute two years ago" and remembering a tiny little boy placed in our hands and in our lives to take care of raise to be a Godly man.  But rather than focus on that, it's a time to celebrate the awesomeness that is our little Gavin Cox!  I am not sure I could sum it up more perfectly than with our favorite "good night" book that we got him for his first Christmas.  I wish I could claim fame to this cute little poem that's become a Cox family favorite, but alas it was written by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak.  I would also like to brag mention that Gavin knows the book by heart and can read it along with us when we read it to him at bed time. 

 So without any further ado, I present a birthday poem for our birthday boy and wish him the happiest day a big 2-year-old boy can possibly have. 

 

I love you through and through!

 

I love your top side

and I love your bottom side.

 

I love your inside

and outside.

 

I love your happy side,

your sad side,

 

 your silly side,

and your mad side.

I love your fingers

 

and toes,

your ears

and your nose.

I love your hair and eyes

your giggles

and your cries.

 

I love you running

 

and walking

silent

and talking!

 

I love you through and through

 

 yesterday, today and tomorrow too! 

 

We love you, Gavin Cox! May you continue to grow in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and men. 

Same Same. But Different.

  

Who's up for a little Cox Challenge?  

I am convinced that Harper is a little "copy" and "paste" of Gavin- with a few slight modifications.  These two are such look-alikes!

See what I mean?!

Let's try this again.  Who can tell me which one is Harper and which one is Gavin?

For those of you who guessed based on the numbers of wrinkles in my chin, you were wrong.  Baby #1 in the first group of pictures was Gavin...and Baby #2 in the second group of pics is Gavin again.  But for reals- these kids are pretty similar looking.  

Don't you think?  

Here's a few more for your viewing enjoyment.  I realize the dashes of pink or blue respectively make it a little bit easier to differentiate them, but at least humor me to see if you can see a resemblance. 

Gavin

 

Harper

Gavin

Harper

Gavin

Harper

Gavin

Harper

Gavin

Harper

 

Gavin

Harper

Need I go on?  It's pretty crazy to watch.  Someone said the other day- "it's definitely clear that you and Matthew have a kid template."  I would definitely agree.  

Our two templates are so cute together.  Gavin has always been pretty giddy around his little sister and she has always been enamored with him.  

But as she's getting bigger, it's getting even funner to watch!  Especially as she's sitting up now, Gavin has a little friend that he can play beside.  

One of my favorite parts of the day are the mornings that I get to take Harper into Gavin's room when I wake him up.  He gets so excited to see her!  Forget mom- he goes straight to little sis.  He'll kiss her hands and reach for her and say "sister".  If I happen to wake him up after she goes down for a nap, the first thing he does when we walk out of his room is point to her door and say "Harper"! I love their little budding relationship. 

I love our little templates!  

I'm so glad that God allowed us to copy and paste!

(Please disregard the large tuft of hair coming out of the middle of my forehead.  It was very windy and we don't have photo shop!)