My baby is 27 today! I have never called Derek anything other than Derek but today he is gone and i miss him a lot. OK, this is a sappy post already, and i haven't even started!

At 27 years old Derek is a third year law student with a promising career as a tax attorney at an establishment which shall not be named, because it's his birthday and i don't want you to hate him!

He is a father to a one year old

A husband of almost five years.

An avid BMX rider

And he is very loved by all who know him.

He really is the best thing that has happened to me.

I hope his birthday has been great today. He is at the dunes kicking off his winter break after a few stressful weeks of finals.

Love you Derek!

This was Derek at age 26 :)