Success!

As the months pass on, my boys are getting better and better at photo shoots! This time last year, we literally had to drag the lego table from the waiting area into the studio just to get the kids to even cooperate- and still didn’t get a smile! Six months ago, they took a little time to warm up, especially Brody, but we still got some cute shots. But today, they were amazing. Little hams!!! They walked in like they had spent their whole lives in front of the camera. They posed, they smiled, they laughed and it was a joyful success! I am so very pleased!!!

It’s hard to believe how big my boys are. Mason had his first school picture taken yesterday. I can’t wait to see them. I can only imagine that he was cute as a button!

I was dressing Brody today for his pictures and pulled out a pair of jeans for him. They were a 4T. A little long, but otherwise a perfect fit. I started to have a mommy-denial moment. Mason just wore these jeans last winter. And now I’m shopping in the little boys section for him. No more toddler clothes. And then it hit me. My BABY will be 3 soon. Now, I still have 2 months until his 3rd birthday and we have to get through the holidays, but I couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sadness. My babies are not babies anymore. They are big kids who go to school, carry on conversations with me and yet I love every day more than the day before. They surprise me and awe me with their learning and their ability to do things so independently. But one thing makes me happier than anything else- they love each other. Today they sat in the floor for over an hour just laughing and playing and truly enjoying each other. This is a daily occurrence, not just a random thing, but it truly makes me so happy. I am so happy that they have the gift of brotherhood and that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. I hope over the years to come we can teach them just what an amazing gift that a brother is and that they will always cherish what they have together.

I’m a proud momma and I am so very blessed to have been given such amazing little boys to raise. My heart has been stolen by two little boys who call me mom.