I wish I could see the world with all the wonder and excitement of my child's eyes. It is breathtaking to watch him experience and fall in love with new things. It is the greatest honor to be a part of all of these moments, big and small! My child is very curious. He has to be touching, tasting, smelling and making noise about whatever or whomever he is watching. He epitomizes the phrase "live in the present." Without a care in the world, he will fall backwards off of a couch, not worried how he'll land (perhaps because I'm a helicopter mom and he's programmed to expect me there, always), pick up absolutely anything and either taste it or smack it against something to see how it reacts or sounds.

He chases shadows and runs against the wind. He looks up toward the sun smiling, so grateful for every second he is alive. He squats down with animals and interacts like they are old friends and has a sublime affection for music, especially for a little one. He can sit with daddy for hours watching him play the piano and tapping the little keys - with rhythm might I add. He'll run up to a complete stranger and put his little hand on theirs and tilt his head to one side with the biggest smile you've ever seen. People adore him wherever we go. He has this magnetic positive energy. It's contagious. You can't be sad around him. He's just too full of light.

I am so so blessed to be his mama. He's growing faster and faster before my eyes and I just wish with all the energy of my heart that I could preserve every memory in stone to revisit later. I'm drinking the days in, trying, (desperately) to focus on the present and hoping time will slow down a bit!

I love you to the moon, my t

xoxo

mama