Year 2

A few days after arriving to Louisville, our Walter turned 2!

We had very little time to prepare for his party, but did manage to pull together some fun things of his favorite monkey!

Due to us just arriving home, we decided to keep his party small and intimate this year.  It was a nice evening with our family.  

Walt,

I know a second birthday post should consist of milestones met, and your favorite things, and how tall you are.  But I'll save that for another post.  Because it's not what I'll remember when I think of year 2.  I will always remember your second year of life as the year when it was just the two of us.  I was pregnant with your sister....  Daddy was working hard in his fellowship....  and we were many miles away from family and friends.

Most days, it was just you and I....

and I loved every minute of it.

I tried so hard to soak up each second with you....  as I knew that this year was a special one.  I knew that our lives would never again look the way they did for your second year.  Soon, our family would grow and we would return home.

But for year two...  I had you all to myself.  

In year two I learned that you weren't only my child...  my baby...  my cute, fun toddler...  but as strange as it may sound, also my very best friend.  You are who I laughed with, cried with, went for walks with ....and talked with (even if it was about elephants and Elmo).  You're who I shopped with, had lunch dates with....and conquered a new city with.  You sat at my feet during ultrasounds, and on my lap during eye brow waxes.....  and in a stroller next to me during dental exams.  You never left my side.  And without ever knowing it...  you made my homesick, hormonal, heavy heart... feel so much joy.  

I know that eventually, the years will run together.  The time between birthdays will be a blur.

But year 2 won't. 

 I'll never forget year 2.  

Because year 2 will always be our year.

This one..   belongs to you and me.

I love you more than you'll ever know.

-Momma 

("Baba")