Letters to Rex

Rex Allen,

My baby boy.  I just love you so much!  You have grown so much it seems like since you started Kindergarten.  I wasn't really prepared for it.  You tried to sit on my lap yesterday. I was looking at your back and shoulders and realizing you weren't a baby anymore.  You are a little man now.  You barely fit on my lap.  And you rarely want to sit there anymore.

You are the sweetest boy I know.  Last week I was in bed with a migraine for a couple days.  On the second day you came in my room and told me "Mommy I really don't want you to go to bed early tomorrow." You love doing things for me when I'm sick.  You love taking care of me.

When I was pregnant with you, I didn't know how much I needed you.  But you filled my heart completely the day you joined us.  And now I can't imagine my life without you in it.

You are such a big boy in a little body.  You have such big feelings and emotions.  You love your friends like something I've never seen.  Your best friend Matthew was recently sick with the flu and strep and you were so sad about it.  He had just spent the night at our house.  You cried when we dropped him off at home the next day.  You just didn't want your sleepover to end.

Every time you see a sloth, you have to buy it for me.  Even if it means spending your money on something for me.  2 times Daddy has taken you to the book store to buy a book and you spent your money on a sloth book because you knew I would like it.  But it's not just me.  Anytime you see something green you tell me we need to buy it for Granny.  Anytime you see something crafty you say Nanny could make that.  You have the biggest heart.

Sometimes your emotions are too big for your little body.  We're still working on it.  You're doing so much better about vocalizing how you feel instead of lashing out immediately.

Right now you love your ipad, the computer, and playing the nintendo switch.  You're in the top 10 on laps run at school.  And you didn't want me to make a big deal about it.  It was just part of your day, no big deal.  But to me, you are a big deal baby boy!  Everything you do is special to me!

I love you so much and I hope you never forget it!