To My Favorite Little Man

I watched you sleeping the other morning. I came into your room to wake you up for your hockey game. You looked so sweet and so calm. My heart melted and I thought to myself. I thought can this be my baby. The baby that I held my arms not that long ago. The baby that I thought would never have the guts to do anything if I was not in the room. The timy little baby that I loved so much it almost hurt. How did you get so big? When did you turn from a baby to a little boy? When was the day? The hour? The exact moment? I do not remember it. I do not remember waking up one day to find you being a big kid. I mean I know you have been a big kid for a really long time now but I do not remember when it happened.

And you are such an amazing little kid. Such an amazing person. I am so proud of who you are and what you have accomplished. You have worked so hard to overcome obstacles. Reading was a battle between us just a few weeks ago and then yesterday you were reading all the magnets on the fridge and the headlines out of the newspaper. I was so impressed and proud. I did not dare point it out to you or tell you you were reading. You are not ready for that. You need your space and I understand that. But now you BEG me to sit and listen to you read and I am just so proud that you have accomplished this. I am so thrilled that you are beginning to see the wonder of being able to read to yourself. It is an exciting thing to watch your little mind expand.

Your sister's love you more than anything. They literally light up when they see you. Little Sister thinks EVERYTHING you do is funny. You look at her and she just laughs and laughs. It is so nice to see her smile at you. Big Sister on the other hand may not find you completely hysterical, but she wants to be just like you. She wants to do anything and everything that you do just because you do it. She is so happy when you are around (well, except when you annoy her but even then she wants to be with you). And she learns so much from you. Soon Little Sister will learn from you as well. It is fun and exciting to see them love you. And the fact that you love them as much as you do just warms my heart. The fact that you regularly beg me to have ten babies makes me happy. Do not get me wrong - you are not getting those ten babies - but it make me so happy to know that your love for your sister's runs so deep that you want more. Lots more.

You are truly amazing and I am so grateful that I get to be your mommy. I feel so lucky to have you for a son. You make me so happy. Sure you frustrate me sometimes. Sure there are times when I get annoyed or angry with you.I just do not know what to do with you but I love you so much I cannot stand it. My life would be so incomplete without you. I cannot imagine my life today without you. I love you with all my heart and you will forever and ever be my baby. No matter how big you get.