Cole's Last Night as a 3 year old

My sweet boy

Last night with my 3 year old

I am feeling quite sentimental tonight as Cole says goodbye to 3. He has really become such an intelligent, hilarious, affectionate little boy. He and I have always been incredibly close, and I am so glad that our relationship has only deepened each year. I laid in bed with him for a while tonight just talking and laughing. Almost in tears at one point, he said, "Mommy, I want to stay three all day." When he says "all day" that means forever to him. He said, " I want to stay this big." As I started to tear up myself, I talked to him how it is fun and exciting to get bigger and that God made us to grow and change. Then, we just got really silly. He and Noah have a book that has all kinds of quotes like, "I love you like I love blueberry pancakes or strawberry milkshakes . . . etc." Anyway, we started coming up with our own ones that were really off the wall. Some of his were, "I love you like I love frogs in my eyes" and "I love you like I love peanut butter in my nose." I must have come up with 25 of them and had him laughing so hard he almost threw up. What a special time with my big boy! I took a few pictures of him in his bed, gave him a big hug and kiss, and said, "Goodnight, 3 year old, I'll see you when you're 4." He liked that.