4 Years Ago...



Dear Tyrus,

Happy Birthday sweet baby boy! 4 years ago at 6:19 our lives changed forever with your birth. You Dada and I were so happy to finally have you in our arms. I think we both remember the first moment we held you. Now, you are 4! I can't believe how fast you've grown up.

This birthday has been a little easier on me. Your first, second, and third birthdays were really difficult because it was going by way too fast. I just wanted to stop time or at least slow it down a little bit. Today, on your 4th birthday, I'm at ease because I see the little man that you are becoming. You are smart, hilarious, silly, kind, sneaky, and such a mama's boy. I secretly love the last one the best.

Tyrus, I hope as you age you keep curiosity for life and everything in it. You ask a million questions a day looking for answers to why things are the way they are. I hope you always want to know. I hope you keep your sense of humor. Your Dada and I crack up at you everyday. Whether it be a funny joke that you make up yourself or a secret way that you try to negotiate what you want. I hope you keep your loyalty. You love your family more than anything and you love your little friends. Every minute that you spend playing with your friends is a good one. Even though you are loyal to your old friends, you love making new ones. Whether it be at the park or Grandpa and Grandma's pool you love getting to know some new little kid and playing with them for as long as you are together.

This year has brought a lot of changes for you. For starters, and probably the biggest change, Mary is mobile and follows you around everyday. The two of you now fight over toys, but you still are so sweet to her. You love to teach her how things work and you will, most of the time, give up a toy that she wants. I think you are such a wonderful big brother to her. She is a lucky baby to have a big brother that loves her so much.

We moved!! This year we moved from the house that we first brought you home to. You love the new house, but sometimes you still like to drive by the old house to make sure it is okay. That's going back to the loyalty that I love so much. It took some time to adjust to the new house. For the first few months you wouldn't sleep through the night. I would wake up in the morning and you would be curled up beside me. Then you got a big boy room with your very own fort! You helped design your new room by picking the color and giving your opinion on the bedspread. I think you like it because you stay in there all night (most of the time).

Tyrus, I could write you forever. I love you so much. I love the little person that you are becoming that has his own opinion about things and his own ideas. You are a very cool little man! You have a lot of adventures to look forward to in your life and I hope that you approach them with an open heart and mind. I hope you trust Mama and Dada in that we would never hurt you and that we only want the best for you.

4 years ago today our lives changed with your birth and parenthood continues to challenge us. However, it is a challenge that we both love to take on. We do make mistakes and you are to the point where you tell us when we are doing so. I hope we are doing a good job. I think if you are a testament to our parenthood then we are doing a pretty good job.

Happy Birthday sweet baby boy!!
I love you!

Mama