I love the little person you are.
It almost hurts to know what a temporary phase this is.
How you'll grow, how you'll change... Until the smiling little man I know today has been replaced by someone else. I have no doubt at all that the person you become will be equally as fantastic... But it does make me a little sad to know that I'll only know this version of you for a limited time.
I cherish every second of it... Even the seconds I have to remind myself to cherish... The ones when you don't have that amazing smile on your face... When all I'm hoping is that you'll fall asleep... All of it is fantastic and there's a part of me that would keep you like this, keep us like this always.
I know that's the way things go. I know that's just how life is. But I tell you... when you look at us... when you give us that amazing grin... Really, nothing else matters. Only this. Only right now. I know the future will come. I hope nothing but the best for you. I love you with all my heart. More than I knew possible.
I look forward to the words that will come. I look forward to hearing your voice. The things you will eventually say. The things I will teach you. Likewise, the things you will teach me. But at the same time there is a part that dreads it. I wish we could slow all this down.
I know today you are still a baby. Yet, it's often hard to see you that way. You are my Little Man. I want to be able to hold you and protect you for all my days.
Don't worry. I'll get used to the changes. It'll be much like today, how I can barely realize you were so little, not that long ago. One day, the smiling little boy will be but a memory. But always a happy memory. A wonderful memory.
It's not for us to know what the future will bring... but we'll always have this.
