Gavin Turns Five!

So this one is mostly for the grandparents, but our little man turned five today. He could not have been more excited! We've been counting down the days from over 100. Finally it was THE DAY. He was up at 5:10 this morning wanting to know when he could open his presents. I had hoped to post a video we took, but alas, technology got the best of me. Instead, here are some photos.

This was in Cinque Terre on The Man Trip Cody and Gavin took this weekend. Gavin had a great time, despite the fact that the boats were closed down for the winter.

Gav broke with tradition this year and went with a SpiderMan themed birthday.

We ended a great day by dinner at McDonald's with friends.





Among those who joined us at McDonald's were another American boy (Drew on the left) and a couple of boys from Gavin's school. Yeah! What a huge milestone that was to have Italian friends join us!

Cody and I commented all day about what a difference there was between this year's birthday and last year's birthday. Not the least of which was Gavin speaking mostly in Italian at his McDonald's party! We are so thankful for God's sweet provision of friends for our shy little guy. It's taken a little longer, but Gavin is finding a great place here in Bologna.

What a great little man God has given us! We were thrilled to be celebrating him today!