{ cody :: november 2006, about one week old }
dear cody,
mama’s baby...you are turning 5 years old today. how did the time go by so fast? i must've taken hundreds of pictures of you as a baby, but why oh why didn’t i take more? if i had known then that they only way to 'freeze' you as a baby was through pictures, and that i really would forget all those magical (and not so magical) in between moments, i would have surely taken thousands upon thousands of photos of your sweet face.
you were such a quiet baby, rarely ever fussed, rarely ever cried for a thing. i would always tell you, “it’s okay to cry and ask for what you need.” i remember that i would have to make a thoughtful effort to pick you up and snuggle with you just to bond; you were so content to sit or lie by yourself, play by yourself, and then fall quietly to sleep, all by yourself! imagine a baby who fusses for milk, and then falls asleep eating! imagine a baby who fusses to be carried, then actually stops crying! imagine a baby who falls asleep all by himself...that was you! (never has there been such a stark contrast between brothers!)
of course, now, you are making up for all that quietness with 24-7 talking, question asking, laughing, fussing, singing and your vintage sesame street skits with your brother! you crack us up every single day cody; we don’t know where you get your material!
where oh, where would i be without you and your brother?! i, who was quite certain i didn’t want to be a mama. (shows you just how much i think i know!!!)
thank you for making me a mama again, one last time. thank you for telling me that God looks like pink sprinkles. thank you for adding your laughter to our family, my little eggy. your dada, your babu (cody-speak for brother) and your mama love you something fierce.
xoxo
