the big T-W-O

Dear Caiden-
Today is your second birthday. I can't believe how fast you are growing and learning. I am amazed by you every day. I'm so grateful that I'm your mommy. You have taught me so much about myself, my faith, my patience, and how much my heart can love in the last two years. I am in awe of all that you are capable of and the bright future that is before you. I realized this week what I would want my super power to be if I could have one: the ability to freeze time. Sometimes I would freeze it to take a nap, sometimes to go for a run or to count to ten when I'm frustrated. Sometimes I'd freeze time to snap the most perfect photo of you. But mostly I'd freeze time so that I could really study you, to remember every inch of you because it seems like every time I blink you're a little bigger, a little smarter, and more of a boy than a baby. But even if I could freeze time I would never change a second of the moments we have spent together. Thank you for the sweet hugs, kisses and snuggles I get every day. Thank you for saying "I luh you mommy" even if I have to beg. Thank you for saying sweet prayers and reading us scriptures at night. Thank you for your laugh, it is like the song of my heart. Thank you for loving me.
I love you to the moon and back infinitely,
Mommy.