Zander and Maddox,
You two boys are such special blessings from God. It is incredible the love I have for both of you. I spend all day, every day, thinking about you two and hoping that I am providing both of you with the love and care you deserve. Sometimes I fall short on all the mommy duties and sometimes I think we have things figured out.... our mommy-son relationship that is! I just don't think I can give you enough hugs and kisses! I know that before too long it won't be "cool" to get a hug or a kiss from your mom so I am trying to soak up all the cuddles we can get now! These past two weeks have been very busy since I started back to work after Maddox was born. I question daily if I should stay at home with the two of you or continue working and attempt to balance work and home responsibilities. I pray God gives me the strength each day to make you two a priority when there are so many distractions around us.... from work email to television shows.
Zander..... some of the things I love about you right now at the age of 2 are: your "naked boy" impression where you will run up and down the hallway upstairs shouting "naked boy" as loud as you can, your kindness for your brother (any time he is crying you will try to rock him or tell me he needs milk or just walk over to where he is and say "hi"), your eagerness to help mommy clean up your toys at the end of the day, your enthusiasm to help sweep the floor with our Swiffer, your love for your dump truck (or pretty much anything that is a form of transportation), your ability to "read" words in the books we read together (you can tell me the title of most of our books and give the basic gist of a story we are reading because you are familiar with what it is about), your excitement when a school bus passes us on the way to school, your knowledge of numbers, letters, colors and shapes, your hands when they hold mine, your attempts to dress yourself or undress yourself, your cuddles on a Saturday morning when we have a little extra time to be lazy, your love for animals and all things Marvel comics (might have got this from your daddy!), and I love that you are my first born son... the boy who made me a mommy!
Maddox..... some of the things I love about you right now at the age of 3 months are: your smile (it is almost constant!), your laugh (it is already so contagious), your middle of the night cuddles (you can also start sleeping through the night any time now and we can exchange those cuddles for the morning or afternoon!), how you move your hand when I say "hi" as if you are trying to wave, your attempts to have a "conversation" with me (I feel certain you are saying a lot of great things based on the excitement you have in your voice), the way you look at your brother (you follow him with your eyes no matter where he is or what he is doing), the way you hold your brother's hand when we are sitting on the couch, your spiky hair (it is coming in a lot darker and faster than your brother's did), your attempts to stand up while I hold you (you are really strong), your attempts to roll over, the way you suck your thumb (it is like your favorite thing right now!), your laid back personality (I hope you are able to keep this.... you get it from your daddy!), your "chunky monkey" status (it is so great that you like to eat..... all 15.5 lbs of you!) and I love that you are my second son..... the boy who completed our family! The Houstons did not feel whole until you arrived.
Happy Valentine's Day to my two favorite sons! You will always be my boys!
I love you! -Mommy
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