Your first fish!

So, aside from the fact that daddy got just a little bit too excited and reeled him in himself, you were pretty over the moon about your first catch.

27th August, 2012

My boy

My sweet boy, you make me happier every day.

Today, after a long play in the sunshine, you fell asleep while eating your lunch...

You clutched your english muffin in your little fingers, and even in your slumber you clung on to it.

Eventually, you were in a deep enough sleep that I could scoop you out of your high chair and hold you to my chest. You smelled of milk and honey, of grass and dirt.

You slept that way on my chest for two and a half hours. Normally, I would deposit you into your bed for your nap, but lately I have been feeling like we need a bit more snuggle time together. Your little sister will be here soon.

And she made sure her presence was felt during our little nap. I had my boy, snoring quietly on one side of my belly, and my girl, squirming and pushing on the other side.

Every day I wonder how I could love another human being as much as I love you. You are my heart, walking around outside my body, so would I have to split that heart in two?

But, laying there with my outside boy and my inside girl, I realised I didn't have to imagine what it felt like to have two separate hearts beating, I felt it. One inside. One outside.

Two hearts. Two complete hearts.