A Mother's Love
By: Lynne G.
"As I sit here and watch you sleep, I can't believe
that you are a year old today. Oh where has the time gone my precious little
one?"
" It seems like only yesterday that I waited with much anticipation
for you to be born so I could hold you in my arms. Now here you are, a year
old."
" All the time I carried you inside of me I knew that you would be
a boy. It's just something a mother seems to know. Your big brother Hoss
also knew that he would have a baby brother. He told me that he prayed to
God everynight to please give him a baby brother to love and to be best
friends with."
" Now your Papa and oldest brother, Adam thought that you would be
a girl, but we proved them wrong didn't we my love?"
" I have to tell you my precious that I was scared when you decided
to arrive early. We were all scared, but thank God you were perfectly healthy."
" When I first saw you my precious baby boy, I couldn't believe how
tiny you were, but you certainly did have a loud cry for someone so tiny."
" You were so beautiful in everyway that your silly Papa thought that
Dr. Martin made a mistake saying you were a boy. As soon as your silly Papa
took a good look at you, he realized that you were all boy."
" I marveled at all that thick hair you had and those large eyes that
seemed to be looking at me."
" One of the first things I did was to give you a big, but gentle kiss
and tell you how much I loved you. Then I carefully looked at you to make
sure that you had all of your fingers and toes. I know that sounds funny,
but that is something we mothers do. Yes, you were absolutely perfect in
everyway my little Prince Charming."
" As soon as Dr. Martin laid you in my arms, I had tears in my eyes,
tears of happiness, and I thanked God for you. I am the luckiest lady in
the world to have you for my baby boy and I couldn't wait for your Papa
to come up here and meet his new baby son."
" As I laid there with you in my arms I could hear your Papa running
up the stairs, then down the hall to our room."
" I remember Dr. Martin's big smile as he proudly shook your Papa's
hand and he said, " Congratulations Papa, you have a tiny healthy beautiful
baby boy." " I wish you could have seen that look of pure love
and proudness on your Papa's face sweetheart. Did you know that he had tears
running down his happy face? He sure did, and so did I."
" Your Papa gave me a big kiss then he looked down at you and he gently
kissed your forehead. He looked back at me and he softly said, " Thank
you my darling Marie for giving me such a beautiful baby boy." "
All I could do was to smile as the tears ran down my face."
" We just sat there looking at our precious baby boy as we gently touched
you and ran our fingers through your thick curly hair. You had such a tight
hold of my finger in your tiny soft hand and I was surprised at how strong
you held onto my finger."
" Your Papa kept saying over and over about how beautiful you were,
and there was so much love in our room at that moment that flowed between
you, your Papa and me. I will never forget that magical moment."
" Then your two big brothers quietly walked into the room with big
smiles on their faces. They wanted to meet their new baby brother."
" I have tell you my precious that they couldn't get over how tiny
you were. They both sat down on the bed and took turns holding you. I could
feel the love they both had for you as they looked at you, and the way you
looked up at them. I swear that I saw you smile at them too."
" Did you know that it was Hoss who first called you Little Joe, because
he said that that name fit you so much better than your full name, and you,
he was certainly right about that. I love the name, Little Joe. I love you
so much my Little Joe."
" As you grew, you were so active that we had a hard time just trying
to keep up with you. You smiled almost all of the time, except when you
were hungry or when you needed your diapers changed."
" One of the special things about you sweetheart is that silly little
giggle of yours. It makes everyone want to giggle right along with you."
" We were all surprised at how fast you learned to do everything. So
many times, you out smarted us, and then you would look up at us and give
us that incredible grin of yours."
" Another thing you have is so much charm, and even at this very young
age, you certainly know how to use that charm my little one."
" We loved to watch you roll over onto your tummy, then raise yourself
up on your tiny, but very strong arms and knees. You would giggle that special
little giggle of yours, get a big grin on your very proud face, and off
you would crawl at a very fast pace and we would have to run after you.
We were amazed at how strong you were."
" You were always amazing us with every accomplishment you achived."
" As you crawled around the house you always had a big grin on your
face and mischief in those big green eyes of yours. We all knew you were
going to be a real mischief maker-our very own mischief maker."
" You were always trying to talk to us and at first we couldn't understand
what you were saying. Now you can say so many words that we can understand,
and you have such a cute little voice too my love."
" I will never forget that day, the first day you walked by yourself.
You were so proud of yourself and you had just the biggest grin on that
sweet little face of yours. Your eyes were shinning so brightly that they
reminded of me of the bright stars at night. Yes, we were all surprised
that you walked by yourself at only eleven months old."
" Within a few days of you walking, you learned how to run and we all
knew that there would be no stopping you now. You certainly do run fast
my dear son."
" I must say that you sure did enjoy your first birthday today. That
look on your excited face when Hop Sing put your very own little birthday
cake in front of you was just priceless."
" I was so proud of the way you blew out the candle on your cake. You
were so proud of yourself too, that you clapped your tiny hands together
so cute, bounced up and down in your chair, and gave everyone just the biggest
grin."
" We all had to laugh, because as soon as your Papa took that candle
off of your cake, you put your tiny hands all over your little cake grabbing
small pieces of cake and eating them still with that priceless grin on your
face."
" It didn't take long my love for you to be covered in chocolate cake
and frosting as you sat there laughing at us as we were laughing at you.
What a sight you were !"
" Poor Hop Sing didn't know what to think at his ' number three ' chocolate
covered son, but he soon as laughing right along with all of us too."
" Hop Sing made a bigger cake for the rest of us, and I must say that
is was excellent too."
" I hope that the rest of this year will continue to be a very happy
one for you my precious baby. I wonder what kind of mischief you will get
into my little Prince Charming? Whatever it might be, you are the most loved
little boy in the world. You are the heart of our family sweetheart."
" I love you so much my precious Little Joe. Happy first birthday my
darling baby boy. I love you !"
The End