My Little Sweet Boy

Dearest Joaquin,

You are the sweetest little boy ever. I wanted to write this letter to you so that I can keep this memory forever! :)

You are very generous with "I love you"s. You tell me, Dad and Ate Sam even without any prompting. Just last Sunday, we were hanging out at Verdugo park on our camp chairs. You kept on following Sam around and placing your seat beside her every time she moved. And each time, after you'd settle down on your chair, you would turn to Sam and say, "I love you, Sam." :) So sweet! I wish you and her will always be friends and will always stay close and to always remember that you guys have each other.

Early this morning, you woke up at around 5am asking for milk. I said I was going to get you milk in a sippy and you started to cry because you wanted milk in a bottle. It broke my heart not to give in but you've been so good without a bottle for over three weeks now so I held my ground. You were upset at me and when I went back to bed with your sippy, you turned away from me and said "I'm not going to look at you, Mom." Broke my heart, baby! I asked if you were mad at me but you didn't answer. I offered you my arm to sleep on like you always do but you moved further away. I asked you not to be mad and told you that I love you. In your upset voice, you answered back "I love you." That was enough for me :) A few minutes later, you inched your way back and turned towards me, pushing your head onto my arm. Ahhhh, bliss. These are my simple joys, baby :)

This morning, I left the house for work at 10am but you were still asleep. You must have been very tired from our little episode early that morning. I was just staring at you, lying on your stomach with your mouth half open and cheek pressed against the pillow. I was thinking how big you've grown. I wanted to keep that picture of you embedded in my mind forever.

You're my sweet little boy, J. And I love you so much! Don't grow up too fast now!

love,
:)mom