Toddy: Just Me and You

I am so blessed...beyond words....to have my little guy, Luke, in my life. There are many days/nights that I ask myself what I did to deserve this joy of being a mother. I enjoy my time with me, Landis, and Luke...but often, my most special times with Luke come when it is just me and him...I know that there will come a day when Luke is grown and I am looking up at him that I will long for these days when I was holding him in my arms...to help me remember, this blog is dedicated to recording these memories of just me and you, Luke, my precious baby boy...

Just me and you...at bath time...I love to feel the sprinkles of water hit my face as you splash us both while we sing, "Splish, splash, I was taking a bath, at home on ---- night." (whichever night it may be). I love to watch your sweet smile as the fish and crab blow bubbles while I fill them up with water and squirt them at you to make you laugh.

Just me and you....on Sunday afternoons...taking a "siesta" in the big black chair...with you on my chest...while daddy snores on the couch and football plays in the background.

Just me and you...reading book, after book, after book...in the rocking chair on the front porch and in the glider in your nursery....in both places, I love to watch your face light up as you look at the characters in the books...you love to watch the faces of the "babies" in the pictures and you love to show me your ears when we get to the ear page...one of my favorite afternoons ever was a chilly afternoon in October when you fell asleep all bundled up with me rocking on the porch for a quick late afternoon cat nap. I just held you and looked at your sweet face as the traffic drove by...so sweet!!!

Just me and you...bouncing around like crazy during our "giddy up horsey" rhyme with some extra tickling sessions and upside down play...I love to hear you cackle when I tickle your upper thigh and belly. That gummy smile is the sweetest ever.

Just me and you...shopping...at Wal-Mart, Babies R' Us, the mall...you love to smile and wave at the people who come up and talk with you...you are already such a flirt.

Just me and you...swinging at the park...I love to hurry home in the afternoons on pretty days so we can go swing at the park...watching you relax in the swing while listening to that sweet humming sound you make just makes my day.

Just me and you...snuggling in the mornings when you first wake up....you brighten even the darkest, dreariest mornings by snuggling with me....I love the way you put your head against my chest, look up at me with that tiny grin, and then put your head back down as I sing, "You are my sunshine...my lovely sunshine...you make me happy when skies are gray...do you know, Luke, how much I love you? You are my sunshine everyday." I hope you sing this same song to your sweet boy one day...

Just me and you...exploring Barnes and Noble...I love to watch you knock the trains off the track onto the floor...I love to chase you around as you cruise from shelf to shelf exploring that big new world...

Just me and you....riding in your red car while I push....I love to hear you make the sound that a car makes...you are super cute when you wave to the cars..."Hi there" we say....

Just me and you...the sweetest boy I know...and, such a blessing from God...

Enjoy the new pics below...

Luke at the mall playing on the cars...