One day James pointed to his male private part and said, "I have this one, Mommy. And you don't have this."
"Yes, that's right, honey," I said.
"And Daddy has one of these," he continued.
I said, "That's right, babe. Boys have that and girls do not. Mommy is a girl and you are a boy."
After a beat or two, he thought about what I said and responded with, "I want to buy you one."
I rolled laughing, but then had to actually respond with something that made sense of his discovery and sweet offer. What fun.
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James has recently learned to be in tune with emotions and feelings, and will often say "You're happy, Mommy?" or "You're sad and crying, Mommy?". I explain that sometimes grown ups get sad, for reasons that do not have to do with him. He knows when to get me a kleenex, and he intuitively knows when to stretch his arms out wide, wrap them tightly around me, and give me a big kiss and a giant hug. And he ends it by looking up at me to say, "Mommy, you're so pretty."
Ahhh, these are the moments that make your heart sing and make every uphill challenge worth it tenfold. Children are the most amazing and wonderful thing in the world -- mine in particular. :) Thank God for this incredible and enormous blessing of Sweet Baby James. He is two weeks shy of his 3rd birthday, and insists that "I am not a baby. I'm a big boy."
It's going by so fast, but I have been drinking in every moment since his birth: The late nights, the early mornings, the midafternoon post-nap snuggles, playing football guys, and throwing the football across the living room. I will give him my last bit of energy now until forever. True love is being a mother
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