Four Years Ago Today - My Sweet Boy Was Born
His small hand reaches out to me, even as he sleeps. Sometimes he rests his palm on my shoulder….occasionally he wraps his fingers in my hair.
He just has to know I am there. And I love that. In fact, I dread the day that he no longer wants me to snuggle.
Four years ago today, I laughed him into this world. Literally.
I pushed one time, Dr. Cartwright made me laugh and Cooper came flying out. That wonderful doctor even convinced me to grab my sweet guy under the shoulders and pull him the rest of the way out.
It was spectacular.
I am convinced the way he was born - via laughter - has shaped the happy little guy he is today.
And on this day, your birthday, I celebrate you.
My sweet, small dude,
Every day I am amazed by you. You illuminate every room you enter - refusing to be intimidated by anyone or anything. You aim that blue-eyed gaze at kids and adults, making friends, garnering smiles.
From the moment you entered my life, you have made me better. From the sporadic, “Mommy? I love you’s” that you sprinkle throughout every day, to your love of holding my hand, I am charmed by you.
If your daddy had written a letter to God before you were born describing the little man he wanted in his life, you match it perfectly. You are kind - giving hugs and love freely. You laugh and joke easily. Every day as he comes home, “Daddy, can we play baseball?”. You would rather watch SportsCenter than cartoons and go page-by-page through Sports Illustrated when it arrives every Wednesday.
My sweet boy - I hope you never outgrow that special little something that makes you sparkle.
Thank you for the privilege of being your Mommy.
I love you my little buddy.
Love, Mommy
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Happy Birthday!!! Such a sweet post, you are not only a real sweet person but such a wonderful Mama!!! Hopefully your son enjoys his “special day” ((HUGS))
Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday times four.
Blessings for you on each and every day of your fourth birthday year.
God Bless you, little guy.
What a sweet boy! Happy Birthday Cooper, your mommy certainly loves you very much!
What a sweet birth! Happy Birthday, Cooper!
Happy Birthday!! So much fun!! There was no laughing in my labor so you are a Super Star!!
My youngest turned 4 on May 31. Time is flying.
Happy Belated Birthday to Cooper!
Oh Danielle, I absolutely love this post, and I think I have been so drawn to you and your life, b/c it’s so similar to mine. I am just behind you, my daughter will turn 4 at the end of August, and my little dude will be 2 in 2 weeks. I am so in love with my kids, it still amazes me, how much they have made my life just about perfect. And my little guy is also a sweet, adorable little dude, who ADORES his mommy, and his sister! He is already a boys boy, but he is also sweet and sensitive, and much more cautious than his crazy, no-fear, sister. I also get sad when I think about the day he no longer wants to hold my hand, snuggle with me, and just think I am the bees knees, but I am eating up every single minute of it now~
Thank you so much for sharing your fantastic thoughts about you little dude, and thank you for letting me talk about mine!
Happy Birthday little dude.
Christine