Monday, June 15, 2009

A Birthday for a Beloved Daughter

My sweet firstborn turned 5 today!  It's so hard for me to believe that 5 years have come and gone since I had Davina... I am now truly beginning to understand why my mom always said that life just flew by once she started having children!
Davina is my little miss "happy spirit," she gets so much joy out of helping her mommy, and she is such a delight to my heart! She has reached the age where we have so many fun conversations together, and her pure love for the Lord continually draws and reminds me to have a childlike faith. Our precocious little firstborn has given us many a good laugh, and too many memories to possibly ever remember. Isaac has recently begun having us go through Spurgeon's catechism booklet at family worship each night, and Davina's little "thing" of late is to sit down in Isaac's office with the booklet and "quiz" daddy on his catechisms. It is so much fun to watch!  We're having her "big birthday party" with Isaac's family next week, but I thought I'd share pictures of her from over the years.

One week old


6 months old with Aunt Hannah


First birthday, first cake



Turning 2...


Terrific Two's


Three!





Four!


Five!

6 comments:

Isaac said...

My precious little Davina! How the years have flown by! Looking through the pictures brings tears to my eyes... you have grown into a truly Godly young lady. I am so proud of you!

Daddy

kristilea said...

These are wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing. I can't believe how fast time flies either. I just saw a short video that I had recorded of my older 3 trying to teach their littlest sister how to do "ring around the rosies". She could barely walk. Now she's 2 and runs and jumps everywhere she goes. My oldest just turned 9! 9, that's halfway to 18....where does the time go???

Elizabeth said...

Happy Birthday Davina... I can't believe I missed it somehow!
We miss seeing you guys!

This is a must-see! said...

Happy Birthday Davina from all the the Creaths!

Diane said...

So beautiful. Very sparkly eyes!

In Modest Apparel said...

Your daughter is so precious! It must be a joy to watch her growing up from year to year. My daughter is just 7 months, and it is hard to believe that one day she will be a big girl too!