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Happy Birthday Sweet Boy.

January 9, 2013 By Erika Zane

9 Jan

Dear Baby Boy Dylan,

Today you turned three.  THREE.

It’s a little hard to swallow.

Where have the years gone?

I still remember the day you were born so clearly.  I remember the anticipation upon feeling my first contraction.  I remember breathing you in the moment you came into the world and saying, out loud, you even smell like mine.

The bond was instant.  You changed my life FOREVER and I am so, so, so grateful.

I don’t even know how to begin talking about you.

You’re my buddy.  You’re so smart and sweet and special.  When you fall it hurts me.  When you’re sad because someone chooses not to include you, I ache.

You have such a big heart, Buddy.  When I watch you help your brother, my heart wants to burst.  You care so much about everyone.  You waste no time putting on a show to make someone smile if you’re worried about his/her feelings.

Every morning you come in and tell me it’s time for breakfast, and it brightens my day.

I couldn’t love you any more.  Thank you for starting it all Little Man.

One day old
Two days old
2 weeks old

1 Year Old – Christine Olsen Photography
1 Year Old – Christine Olsen Photography
Nearly 2 – Heather O’Connell Photography
Two Years Old

2 Years 2 Months – JennRo Photography

2 Years 2 Months – JennRo Photography
Nearly 3


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  1. Teresa says

    January 9, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    Happy Birthday to your first baby! They grow so fast, it doesn’t seem fair. 🙂

  2. Amber says

    January 9, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    I just want to hug him. 🙂

  3. Michelle says

    January 9, 2013 at 11:17 pm

    Happy, happy birthday! Congrats Mama on 3 years! 🙂 Hugs, M

  4. melanie jean juneau (motherofnine9) says

    January 10, 2013 at 11:47 am

    beautiful and congratulations to a loving mum

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    January 11, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    […] knew I shouldn’t.  I didn’t make it to the gym once.  Not once!  With two birthdays (Dylan‘s and Andy’s) and a little bug (read: Wyatt tummy issues) AND some preliminary potty […]

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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