my little three year old.

dear cruz,

you just turned three. three years old! i still can't believe my little baby boy is three. i remember the day you were born like it was just yesterday. you sure changed my world that day. you made me a mommy, and a very happy one at that. you have brightened up my life each and everyday since coming into this world. i am so thankful for you!

you have grown up so much in the past few months. sometimes i look at you and can't believe how well you are talking. you love to talk. you love to talk to me about everything you see, and everything you are doing. it is so much fun to hear your little mind work. you have such a curious little mind and want to know about everything! some of our favorite conversations are the ones we have in the car, when it is just you and me. you are so observant and ask me lots of questions about what you see. we talk about the fire trucks about everyday when we pass them, and also about the buses, trucks, and police cars. oh boy, you love police cars. and you always have to make sure that we are buckled in so that they don't come and get us!

you also love music right now. your favorite things to do revolve around music. we did have a drum set in the house up until a couple weeks ago, and we would often find you down there...playing drums by yourself. another big favorite is playing piano...and playing the demo songs on the piano. you have your favorites...the "marching" song and the "jumping bean" song. you will dance to these songs over and over and over again. you got your own radio for your birthday, and that is by far your favorite toy right now. you will just stand and listen to your songs...for long periods of time! and you get so excited when your favorites come on. right now one of your favorites is the tractor song (big green tractor). you always ask me "you ready, mommy?" when the chorus is coming up because you are so excited! i absolutely love hearing you sing. whenever i hear you singing in your bed my heart just melts. you have the sweetest little voice.

you have such an adventurous, fearless spirit. i love that about you so much...but sometimes it scares me! like the other day when you jumped at me from the second to the top stop...when i was in the landing. i wasn't ready, but thankfully i caught you just in time. you are so trusting! i am so excited to see where this adventurous spirit takes you in your life. i think it is such a great character-trait to have, and i want to do everything i can not to discourage it, but to encourage it. i have a lot to learn about raising little boys...and am so thankful that i have the opportunity to be the mommy of such an amazing little boy.

i love you, cruz david. thank you for all of your hugs and your kisses...you are such a sweet boy. you are always so concerned about others. i love that you always ask me if i am alright if i sigh or get sick. and lately you have even been asking daddy how his day at work went. you are such a big boy! your daddy and i are so proud to be your parents. we will always be here for you, as your grow bigger and bigger. we are praying for you...that you will grow up to love Jesus and be a man of strong character.

happy 3rd birthday!

i love you,
mommy