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atticus grows up.

30 Nov

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Atticus turns 3 today.

I’m truly unsure how this is possible, but it is. There are no babies left in this house and that is more clear each day, as he uses his words and the potty, as he gets into brawls with his brothers, as he plays peacefully with his sisters. He is becoming a boy.IMG_1649

But he is still the baby of the family, that is for sure. He has us all wound around his finger, and how could we not be- with a face like that?
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This fall him and I have had so much time together, just the two of us, while everyone else is at school. We hang out at the library or Starbucks, lying in my bed with a stack of books, wandering the grocery store in a ‘car cart’ and me having the ability to say ‘yes!’ much more, because he has my undivided attention. It’s a pretty sweet gig, for both of us.
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But my Atti is growing up. I am choosing to hold tight to the moments I have with him, he is my Boo, after all.

Happy Birthday Atticus Paul, may you always know how very loved you are. xoxo

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atti the human-dog.

4 Jun

A few weeks ago we went to the beach with my sister and brother in law. The sun was shining and we crammed in the van and we headed up north to find sand.

The whole afternoon Atticus (2) decided he was a dog. He would carry a stick in his mouth as he crawled on all fours. He would drop it at your feet, barking to ask you to throw it for him so he could fetch.

We obliged. And we also let him eat doggie treats {aka chips} when he did tricks, “Roll over!” “Good Boy Atti!”

We were all having a good time. Especially him, as he lapped up the attention.

He is  good boy and a good dog and these are things I must remember when he is driving me bananas with “No!” and “Mine!”

It has been baby crazy in my circle of friends lately. Two of my favorite people gave birth this past week and another called to announce her pregnancy. I was able to deliver a meal last night and hold a darling 6 pound bundle of perfection and oohh and ahh over the tiny fingers and dark halo of hair and just absolute amazing-ness. Sigh.

My friend asked me if it was giving me baby fever, all this baby love, and my answer is, No, it isn’t. Not now. I have my plate full and my heart full and my mind is always feeling on the near brink of some other disaster. Besides I have atti-boy, my human-dog, to love.

I went home and let my doggie-boy curl up in my bed this morning and sleep in my arms as I kissed his head and pulled him close and told myself that these are the moments to remember. Not the Mine’s! and the No’s! but the doggie tricks and the sleeping sweaty bundle of terrible goes-way-to-fast-two’s.

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