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Adarius,<\/p>\n
My beautiful boy, I am so over-the-top in love with you. Someday when, God-willing, you have a beautiful boy of your own…maybe you will understand what I mean. You have been such a gift since the day I first laid my eyes upon you and kissed your sweet face, and there hasn’t been one single day since that first July 4th together when I didn’t have to muster up a huge amount of will power just to stop kissing you.<\/p>\n
I cannot believe you will be four in just a few minutes…or that I will be forty-two. I took this last photo of us just right before I put you down to bed for the last time as a three-year old. You are were so tired – probably all that marching around the house letting everyone kiss and hug you goodnight for the last time before you emerge a four-year-old tomorrow. Then, after the two whole minutes it took for you to fall asleep, I did the same. Getting my fill of caresses, smelling you, and taking mental pictures of your sleeping face to store in my forever memory bank – such precious deposits, indeed.<\/p>\n
The last year in the life of you has been chalk-full of adventure…your first year of preschool, the loss of your first tooth – and all the mouth bumping accidents that led to its early demise, the\u00a0(at minimum)\u00a0quadrupling of your vocabulary, the end of your need for night-time pull-ups because you’re such a big boy now, and your personality…Lord have mercy. You are literally the most<\/em> witty kid I have ever known. You make us laugh with nearly every thing you say, and those facial expressions! So dang funny. You have a thousand daily questions, and then you turn around and also have a thousand and one answers…usually for your own questions!<\/p>\n You are, well, you are…<\/em><\/p>\n PERFECT.<\/strong><\/p>\n Happy birthday to us! Another July 4th to celebrate another year in the life of us. Man, I am so blessed and humbled that I was chosen to be yours. I love you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adarius, My beautiful boy, I am so over-the-top in love with you. Someday when, God-willing, you have a beautiful boy of your own…maybe you will understand what I mean. You have been such a gift since the day I first … Continue reading