Sweetness Abounds

Hi Baby!

It's a new year. I am so glad that I have been given the privilege to start out yet another year with you. Your third birthday has come and went, but you are still sweet as ever, if a bit more defiant. I guess that is to be expected as you are now three and starting to express your individualism.

I am so proud of you in many ways, but one of the things I am most proud of you for is your sweet sensitivity and empathy towards others. I don't think I have ever seen such kindness from someone your age.

The other weekend we were at a friends house and their dog had busted it's leg open. We had to hold the dog down (a German Shepard) so we could clean and bandage his wound. I told you to stand away because when animals are hurt they can become unpredictable and I did not want you to get bit. You did as you were told but kept telling the dog over and over again that it was going to be OK. Then you asked me if you could sing to the dog to make it feel better. I said that i thought that was a very good idea so you sang it the Kookaburra song. That is the same song I sing to you every night before bed, along with the Quinn Song, which is the song I made up for you within your first few weeks of life.  It melted my heart to see such kindness and empathy from you at such a tender age. You make me SO proud. I hope no one ever crushes that kindness out of you.  You are perfect just the way you are and I could not be prouder!

You also seem to have your first crush going on! You and your friend Morgan at Apple Tree are SO cute together. She is a cute little girl with curly red hair. Her mom is the assistant director at the center.  Not a day goes by that you guys don't hug or kiss hello or goodbye.

While driving home yesterday:
Quinn: Mama, Morgan has pretty eyes.
Erik: Does mama have pretty eyes too?
Quinn: Nope, just Morgan.
Is it starting already!? I am in trouble!

Also you would never wear your backpack like I asked until the other day when Morgan helped you put it on. Now you ask to wear it every day!

You keep growing and growing and I am just trying to soak it all in. I try so hard every day to hold on to every moment before they are just memory's and you are too busy to play with your mom. So, even when I don't feel good, or feel like it, I play with you, read to you, or whatever when you ask, unless I absolutely HAVE to get something else done.

I love you more than you will ever know, until you have kids of your own, if you do, anyway.
XOXOXOXO
~Mama~