What Was It Like Watching Altuve’s Career Rise?

I just looked at some pics of Altuve from his Rookie season, and his Greeneville debut, and it's interesting to think he had hits in each of his first 7 MLB games, and 2 in the AS Future game.

This got me wanting to ask those of you who are old enough to have watched consistently since he was a prospect for us, what was it like over time watching him blossom into a 2x player of the year and the future best player to ever wear an Astros uniform?

On a side note, this really made me wonder if we'll ever see another player have a similar rise to prominence, and deep care for our city the way Altuve has, I mean he's been part of our org from 2006, till his retirement!