I tend to take a ton of pictures of you and your sisters. In the back of my head, I think, today is the last time that he'll ever be this little. Tomorrow he will be a year and a half plus one more day than today. Next year, your chubby cheeks, your frankenstein waddle, your obsession with cars and trains... It could all be different. It could be gone. I have got one shot to capture how cute and sweet and small you are before this day is gone.
What I have not been as good at capturing is other equally important pictures. Of your sweet grandma, the one who loves you more than any other human being, who you reach for when you are sick. Her face is also an important image in time that is fleeting in time.
Your grandpa, the one whose lap you crawl up into to snuggle with at night. You are such an incredibly lucky boy so be so loved by these two people. Our lives are so much richer with love time and energy thanks to them living with us, for them choosing to spend their retirement years- with you. Watching the fresh beat band, buying you train tracks and cars, snuggling with you all day and cutting up your food into tiny pieces.
They are precious and important. I hope they are with us for a long long time.
