Minnow Turns Two

And now you're two! I absolutely can not believe it. When we woke up this morning, or when you woke me up this morning with a measuring spoon in one hand and a bottle of children's tylonel in the other, I thought what an amazing person you are. My little Thatcher, so ready to take care of yourself, to let your needs be known even before you can speak. There's a clarity in you, in your sense of the world and what you need from it that radiates from you. Yes, you get frustrated with us. I can't imagine how silly we seem sometimes, talking and talking, spewing out all sorts of words and still not understanding you sometimes. We're all getting there though, you're showing us how everyday. Tonight we "wow"ed back and forth until we were both laughing so hard, your sense of humor is so rich, your smile so contagious.
This day two years ago was one of the best and clearest days of my life. You pushed your way into this world in just over an hour, you came faster than anyone expected and the mid-wife had to come running just to make it in time. I'll always remember that minutes before you were born I called out "it's a boy!". I just knew it, I knew you already. I feel like we've known eachother much longer than these quick two years. When you fall asleep in my shirt, when you lead me around by my hand, when you hug my neck so tight it's like you've been doing it all for thousands of years.
So today we played it easy, just the four of us. We flew a kite, read books at the bookshop, got chickens (!) and celebrated with strawberry shortcake. Another perfect and luxuriously simple day to kick off a great year. Happy Birthday my Minnow.