I can hardly believe how quickly time passes, especially when I feel as though I spend a lot of my energy wishing it to move faster with thoughts such as "Is it 5 o'clock yet?!?" or "Come a little quicker Friday!!" and yet with the 2 of you, I am wanting it to S-L-O-W...I am wanting to drink in every second...not wanting to miss a thing!
For in my mind, it seems like just yesterday that you both looked like this...
And in what seems like nothing more than a blink of my eye, you have grown and in the past week, hit milestones...
Miss Kate, My Love Bug, My Sugarbritches -- At 4 and a half, you are ALL GIRL. You love picking out your clothes, your hair accessories, every last detail of your outfit; you love to carry a bag everywhere you go (filled to the brim with who-knows-what!); you are emotional in the best sense of the word - you laugh deeply, you love with all of your heart, you are sensitive to your feelings and more importantly to the feelings of others.
You've grown so much as you've started preschool and I am so glad that you love "school" as you do, you have such a joy for learning, you love your friends and you LOVE reminding Drew that you go to school and he, he just goes to daycare...
That said, you love your brother -- you love to help me take care of him, you teach him, you play with him, and oh how he looks up to you and wants to be doing what you're doing! I look forward to watching the relationship you share continuing to grow -- it is my hope you will one day be the best of friends!
I think you're a bit sad to see Drew grow from a baby to a "big boy" as you LOVE babies - be it the babies of our friends or your "own" babies -- I love catching you rocking one of your babies in your arms, or tucking a baby in for a nap, or talking to one...you are going to be a great mommy one day! And as you love to tell me (and remind me often) -- when you "grow'ed up" you're going to be a nurse, a teacher, a baker, and a momma --- and my girl, I can't wait to see it!
My precious girl, my first born - I thank you for making me a mom, I thank you for the joy that you bring me each and every day, and most importantly I thank you for teaching me how to love in a way I didn't know possible!
Mr. Drew, My Pumpkin, Little Bigs --
If your sister is ALL GIRL, you are absolutely ALL BOY...you are rough and tumble, you are fearless, you are the cause of my hair turning gray (thank goodness for my highlights!)
As I have whispered to you before, I admittedly was nervous about having a boy - having had a a sister and having your sister before you, I wasn't sure I would know what to do with a boy, but my precious Drew...I can NOT imagine my life with you...
I am so thankful that I was chosen to be your momma -- that I am the one that wakes to your smile each morning, that I am the one that feels your chubby little arms reach around my neck and pat me on the back each afternoon as I pick you up from daycare, that I am the one that gets to hear your deep belly laugh, that I get to hear you yell "Cookie" at the top of your lungs when you see Cookie Monster anywhere (be it the TV, a book, an article of clothing), that I am the one that gets your slobbery kisses, that I am the one you reach for at the end of the day when you want to snuggle...
I enjoy each and every minute of watching your personality develop - you have such a sense of humor, you love nothing more than to make others laugh, you also are such a flirt (thank goodness I have a few years to get used to the idea of there being another "girl" in your life), you are fearless - you don't think, you just go and I can't help but wish for a bit of that in my personality...
But most importantly, you are such a joy - you complete my heart and I love you more than I can put into words!
Being a momma to both of you, it is the time of my life...I am so incredibly blessed to call you both "mine" and say a prayer of thanks every night as I sneak into your rooms for one last kiss and every night, my breath is taken away in disbelief that you are "mine", that I get to love you as no one else can or will.
I love you both to the moon and back -
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