From Baseball to Cookies and Milk - Those Special Moments

He is not even two years old. He leans back in his chair, placing his small fists behind his head…..pausing only for a moment to make sure he has the ‘pose’ just right.  He adjusts his lean, starts to lose his balance, rights himself and glances again at his Daddy.

It is his Daddy that he mimics.

All day.  Every day.

And this picture is just the beginning.

Cooper lives the role of ‘Mini Me’.

He sits like Daddy.  He plays baseball like Daddy.  He reads Sports Illustrated like Daddy.

But what is most remarkable to me are the ‘little moments’.  Sometimes it is like I am not even in the room - and that is ok with me, because I am witnessing something magical.

I always knew Jeff was destined to be a tremendous Daddy….but I can honestly say, I never knew how ‘tremendous’ would be defined.  I didn’t know it would include leg rubbing for growing pains in the middle of the night, hours of pitching, rolling in the grass playing tackle football, doing bath time almost every night, or making up songs to elicit the best belly laughs.

And while there are a few habits I would just as soon he keep to himself, there are some that make me giggle as I see them being passed on.

The love of baseball, naturally.

But even better, the special things I know Jeff did as a little guy  - like his love of cookies and milk. The guy simply cannot have cookies without a big glass of milk - and guess who is following in his footsteps?

Coop, or course, also puts his hands in his pockets like his hero, can recite the Cardinals starting lineup, hates tomatoes, and will do anything to avoid cleaning his room.  (Just like his Daddy)

Me?  Well, I’m partial to Oreos….and I could eat them with or without milk - and that is just a little something the small dude shares with ME. (and, I’m sure you can picture his Oreo Face when he’s done!)

If you would like to share some Mommy/Daddy/Little one time - cookies and milk is a fun place to start (can you see the love?).  Head on over to Nabisco’s Facebook FanPage, join, and get the chance to receive FREE Nabisco Cookies starting March 1st (and the 1st of every month for the rest of 2010!) while supplies last. A coupon can be downloaded from the page.

This post is sponsored by Nabisco and One2One Network, though the content, pictures and emotion contained within are purely mine and mine alone.

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