You are such a sweet little boy. I love thinking back to your first year and seeing you make some of the same faces now, finally knowing what those faces mean. I love how you still snuggle up to your brother when you fall asleep. You are such a sweet boy. You are gentle and kind. We like to call you a giant teddy bear... but don't wake the bear.
You rarely lose your temper, but when you do it isn't pretty. It's like you take all your pent up irritations and release them at one single moment. We've learned to give you space until you calm down, because nothing calms you down but time. You're a lot like your daddy in that regard, but don't tell him I told you that.
You're getting really excited for preschool graduation. You love surprising us. Every time Connor starts talking about the graduation you immediately start shushing him so that he doesn't ruin the surprise. For that reason, I love the wait almost as much as I'm going to love watching you sing on the stage!
You're probably the most excited about the baby coming. You can't get over how big my belly is. You constantly want to put your hand on it to feel the baby kick. You also randomly come up to my belly, put your face directly on it, and start talking loudly to the baby. You say random things and then you look up at me with a huge smile on your face and say, "did he hear me?"
One day in the pool you were wrapping your legs around me and getting super excited. I told you to calm down because I didn't want you to kick the baby. You acknowledged what I said with concern and then a few seconds later said, "but the baby kicks me all the time?"
We've been going swimming at the Court Club almost every night and you have been trying so hard to learn how to swim. You were practically begging for me to sign you up for swim lessons because you could see the swim lessons happening at the other side of the pool. I did sign you up, but they don't start for another 7 weeks. You're actually learning a lot about swimming just from trying the things Daddy shows you in the pool. I love how proud of yourself you get when you learn something new. You practically burst with excitement that you mastered a new skill.
The other night we were in the deep end. You like to stand on the deck and jump in. Daddy catches you and then we help you to the side of the pool so you can do it again. I didn't see it happen because I was helping Connor, but apparently Kaylee decided it was time for you to jump and just shoved you hard into the pool. I turned around after the splash and saw you in a complete panic trying to pull your head up out of the water as Daddy rushed over to lift you up. You were only under for a second because Daddy was right there but it was enough to send you into a full blown panic. To make sure you calmed down quickly Daddy just started telling you what a good job you did swimming to the top and what a great swimmer you were becoming. You calmed down very quickly, got out, and continued jumping.
Fast forward to the next day... Hunter says to Daddy, "remember when Kaylee pushed me into the pool and I just swam right up all on my own? I am such a good swimmer, I don't even need your help anymore."
Daddy and I were giggling as Daddy whispered to me, "Funny, that is not how I remember it going down." We then had a good laugh about how "independent" you've become. One day you won't need us for anything anymore. We know that. We're hoping that day is a little ways away yet. We're also hoping that when that day comes you'll still come to us even though you don't really "need" us. We will always be here to pull you up, regardless of the depth of the water.
We love you so much! Thanks for making every day so much fun.
Mommy
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