Dear Easton,
Today is a big day buddy. Today you turn 1. You are no longer an infant, no longer my tiny baby. You are so much more. You are a big boy today boo. I cannot believe that a year has already passed. It seems like a lifetime yet it seems like just yesterday. I don't know where the time has gone. This past year has been the best year of my life. You have brought so much joy and delight into our family. You are the best baby and I know you are going to grow to make us so proud. You already do.
I never in a million years dreamed I could love someone as much as I love you, but boy was a wrong. The love in my heart I have for you cannot even be explained. Sometimes like I feel like I might bust or well up with tears when I think of you. When you smile at me, or when you laugh with daddy, or discover something new, my heart just melts. I feel so proud. So blessed.
You continue to amaze us. You are so smart. You are so fun. You really have started to communicate with us without words. We know what makes you happy. Though you rarely cry, we most often know the cause and how to correct it. Almost a year ago, if you cried, we did too. Well, I did. Daddy was strong. We didn't have a clue what we were doing. But now, you are one of us. We know you. We know everything about you. We have grown so much together as a family. I cannot imagine a more perfect child for me and daddy. You complete this little family in ways I never knew were missing.
If I started with the top of your head and ended at the tip of your kinked up big toe, I could count a million things about you that are just right and perfect. Jesus made you perfect in every way. Your little hair how it parts so sweetly after your bath, your eyes how they twinkle, your ears that stick out like mommys, your lips- oh mercy, those lips. Your sweet little shoulders and bare arms, those little hands that are constantly in to something, all perfect to me. Not to mention your belly and your newly found belly button, your love handles that you got from daddy (that I LOVE), your little fat legs, your thick feet, those toes. Lord have mercy, those toes are precious. I could eat them every one. These are just the few of the little things I love about you.
Your spirit is so sweet. You are a joy to be around. You smile at a stranger or at those you know and brighten many days with that sweet toothless grin. You have the most gentle personality. You have a tender heart. You love to love. You love to hug and snuggle. You have the sweetest little noises and talking when you see something you like or want. I'd give you the moon Easton. I know Daddy would too.
I don't know what this next year holds, but if its as good as this year, buddy, we're gonna have the best time. I look forward to watching you grow and enjoy more and more things that we do together as a family. We've got some fun things planned for this year. I can't wait to share them with you.
We love you so much,
Mommy & Daddy
