4 Years and Counting!!

It's true that Ellis is 4 years old. What happened?? Where did the time go? I have been spending a lot of time looking at pictures of him when he was a baby. I get teary every time I look at them. I suspect that one day, this emotion will go away. So I hold onto it as long as I can. I clearly remember when he was just a little baby, thinking I wonder what it will be like when he is a "boy"! And although, we are far off from him being a big boy, I still think that time is going by way to fast. At 4 years old, Ellis has done more then I did by the time I was 10.

I know that I am of course biased because that is what mothers do.....we think or convince ourselves that OUR child is the best child. Know, don't get me wrong he has his faults....he occasionally awears, (not in the past 3 months), he talks way to much sometimes (got kicked out of storytime at Pre-school), kind of demanding, (in a polite sort of way), when he is tired he can be emotionlly unstable (picks that up from his mom), he is a back seat driver (no...go that way) BUT with all of that being said...here is what makes my heart full of gratitude. He wakes me up every morning with a huge smile, at night he comes to me and gives me a kiss, a hug, and tells me he loves me (this all without being prompted), he tells me I am beautiful (like the KOHL's sign at the mall) he thinks that Dad is a good helper, he tell us he loves his Allie and Emma, and when we are gone for a few days that he misses them, he loves school, his friends (Koby and Miles), and all of his grandparents. These are a few reasons, why I think that he is the best kid! So he is entering his 4th year of life and I have not messed him up yet. In his own words " mommy and daddy...you are good helpers"!!