What a boy

I know every parent thinks they have the best child in the world. And I completely understand because I really do. Seriously. Spend an hour with me and you'll be nodding your head "yes." Every day I find that I love Holden even more than the day before, which blows my mind. My life has changed radically in the past 14 months. But radically in the most special way. Now that I'm a mom, it's weird to talk about "my life" because so much of my life is about Holden and I wouldn't change that for the world. In fact, it's truely an honor. I make sure I tell him every day how happy I am that I am his mommy. Holden brings so much joy to Tim and I. In our wildest dreams, I don't think we could have ever prepared ourselves for the sweetness the Lord has poured out on our little family.

Today I was cleaning up Holden's toys, and though I've been singing, "...Clean up, Clean up, Holden Ruse do your share..." for months now, in the past few weeks, he's just now started to "get" that he can help me. It's so neat to watch because he tries so hard. After I had put up the last of his books, he bent down, put his head on my knee, gave me a pat, and smiled. I could've ate him up!

My friends and I are always talking about what "little people" they are. They're not babies anymore. They're toddlers. They have their own thoughts and they can do their own things. It's such a beautiful thing to watch evolve.