Toddler? No!!!

I received an envelope in the mail from Gerber today. Inside were coupons marketed towards my "toddler". No, not Adri. She would be considered a "preschooler" by Gerber's terms. My "toddler" as in my crawling, 11 month old little peanut of a baby, Sammy.

It's silly, but I have to admit, these coupons brought a rush of emotions and realizations forward. Sammy is one month and 5 days away from being a one year old child. One year old! I don't even know where these past twelve months have gone!

I spend each day trying to document all of the new things he's doing as well as just enjoy playing with him and Adri, but it all goes by so fast that when I'm out of the moment it's really hard to even remember the details (hence the reason for my blog). I'm sad that both of the kids are growing so quickly, I want them to stay young forever! (Can I just bottle up the kids at this age and keep them forever young?) At the same time I'm so happy to see them growing up so healthy and becoming their own little people. Both of them are such happy and intelligent children. They have such wonderful little personalities that you can't help but want to be near them all the time. Adri with her independence and determination and Sammy with his little comedian tendencies and curiosity. They are quite the pair.

I write this after a very long and difficult day with both kids. It's unbelievable how much I love both of them, regardless of the events of the day. They just fill my heart with such love and joy.