Aaron, You Are Loved

Dearest Aaron,
Okay, I know I have said this before but I have to say it again, I am so very sorry.  When I started this blog, I blogged a lot more.  I had a monthly update full of every single thing Andrew did.  I feel such guilt that I blog very seldom now.  But please know you are just as loved, it's just life is so seriously busy.  Instead of blogging, we are playing and having fun! :) I upload lots of photos to Facebook through Instagram because it's super easy.  I tell your tales on there, but I just don't get to sit down to the computer all that much.  After you and Andrew go to bed, I am folding laundry, picking up toys, cleaning the kitchen, etc.  Life is busier now that there are two of you and I am constantly astounded the amount of laundry two little people can produce! :D Hehe.  One thing Andrew and I love to do is sit in the floor and play with you.  Andrew has as much fun playing with baby toys with you as he does playing with his trains.  Your brother loves you with all of his heart.  And then when Daddy comes home, you get all excited because you know he is going to carry you all over the house.  Daddy says you get excited because your "mule" is home.  Hehe.  That Daddy is sure a funny guy.  I love to snuggle you (when you let me), and make funny faces just to hear you laugh.  Our days are full, but they are full of such joy.  So the blogging is a lot less frequent, the baby book isn't as detailed, but we are busy making memories, and we are busy LOVING!  I hope you know how much you are loved.  Always.  You brought a completeness to this family I was longing for.  Sure Mommy, could have another five of you, but I have a feeling we will be a family of four.  And we are going to be the best family of four there ever will be! So, I am going to go so I can get some sleep and be ready for whatever adventures tomorrow has for us!  I love you my little buddy!

Aaron and the Bedtime Song

Dearest Aaron,
I have always sang to both you and your brother before bedtime.  The songs vary until I find the "one".  Andrew and I sing You Are My Sunshine and Jesus Loves Me before bed.  When it's your time, I gather you up, turn the lights down, give you your pacifier, and you lay down on me as I rock you and sing.  It's one of my very favorite times of the day.  Your song is, Make You Feel My Love.  I don't know or care who sang it first, but I just love that song.  I also sing Jesus At the Center by Israel Houghton.  I want you to hear about Jesus from day one because a relationship with Him is the most important one you will ever have.  However, when I sing the other one, I feel like I am singing to you from my heart.  The words are so very sweet and I mean them when I sing them.  You and your brother are the most precious gifts God has given me and I would protect you with all I have.  I love you both so much!  So, here are the words to the song that I sing you every night.  I love you more than you could ever know.  You bring me joy every single day with your bright, beautiful smile and a laugh that melts me into a big ol' pile of goo. <3 You are my sweet little buddy!  Thank you for bringing sunshine in my life.

Make You Feel My Love

When the rain is blowing in your face,

And the whole world is on your case,

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love.

When the evening shadows and the stars appear,

And there is no one there to dry your tears,

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love.

I know you haven't made your mind up yet,

But I will never do you wrong.

I've known it from the moment that we met,

No doubt in my mind where you belong.

I'd go hungry; I'd go black and blue,

And I'd go crawling down the avenue.

No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love.

The storms are raging on the rolling sea

And on the highway of regret.

The winds of change are blowing wild and free,

You ain't seen nothing like me yet.

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true.

Nothing that I wouldn't do.

Go to the ends of the Earth for you,

To make you feel my love

To make you feel my love.