Gabe turned 13 years old today.. that just blows my mind !. Our baby is a teenager !  … and a very cool person …

Here he is as a pre-teen yesterday… look at that boyish grin..

And here he is less than 24 hours later.. already deep in thought as a proto-grown -up

Seriously, I’m so proud of this kid.. ..  he works hard and does a great job at everything he takes on.. he’s so together. I love watching him grow..

We all got together around 4ish today to do the birthday thing..  We stuck Gabe on the birthday thrown and he opened his loot..

Hannah and Dave gave him this awesome new Talent shirt.

He got a new hoody.. perfect for a 90 degree day like today…

Max found the perfect hat for Gabe in NYC…   Gabe has such a great style !  He does color like noone else does color !

Then it was time for cake.. we lit the candle and welcomed Sam into the party..

Then lit the candles for Gabe.. The mouse cake was getting the consistency of  ice cream when it’s at that perfect slurping temperature..

Then came the song !… look at all those candles !

Gabe and Max are now out shooting each other with paintballs. I a little while we’re all going out for Sushi and then a movie (Ironman !)..   After that I drive to NYC overnight to catch a 7am plane to south africa.. but that’s another story

Happy birthday my beautiful Gabriel.. I’m so proud of you…

TTYL everyone.. TTYL sam.
-me