{"id":185,"date":"2015-03-03T19:29:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2015-03-05T19:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T19:31:40","slug":"two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/?p=185","title":{"rendered":"Two."},"content":{"rendered":"

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He is 2 today.<\/p>\n

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He loves to zoom cars, play trains, and go spinny spinnys.<\/p>\n

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He adores animals. He showers our puppers with affection every single day, whether they want it or not, and he calls the goats at the zoo his \u201cfriends.\u201d He is gentle. And loving. And kind.<\/p>\n

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His laugh reaches a part of my heart that I never knew existed before he arrived. It consumes me. I am convinced that stripped of all other physical necessities, I could subsist on it alone.<\/p>\n

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My boy can roar like the fiercest of lion cubs. With the same volume, he can also cheer on his beloved Magic, better than any full-grown fan.<\/p>\n

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Much to my delight, he has his father\u2019s sense of humor. He loves surprises. He thrills to make other people laugh. He has an impish gleam in his eye that foretells of many future adventures that are sure to leave me shaking my head in hilarious disbelief.<\/p>\n

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This boy can eat. I\u2019m not sure where it goes, but we are constantly astounded by what he is able to put down in a single meal. He loves to see how much will fit in his mouth at once, much to his mother\u2019s chagrin. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t get me started on his curls\u2026they are the stuff that dreams are made of. Like perfect spirals of white chocolate adorning the top of a heavenly cake, they perch atop his head and make me swoon. I\u2019m not sure that many other babies have as many pictures of the backs of their heads as mine does.<\/p>\n

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And oh, his heart. While I may have been prepared for other aspects of him, nothing could have prepared me for the countless ways my heart would near burst in the presence of his sweetness. He delights in his friends and family. He cares when others are hurt. He loves \u201cBIG MUCH.\u201d He can be brazenly independent, but at the end of the day, just wants to be close. He constantly covers me in hugs and kisses and the hugs he requests are \u201cBIG hugs!\u201d He throws his arms around my neck and squeezes tightly with every cell in his little body.<\/p>\n

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He is 2 today and in my eyes, he couldn\u2019t be more delicious if he tried. Years will come and go, but I doubt I will ever be able to sing \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to him without welling up in tears. I\u2019m just that grateful.<\/p>\n

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Grateful for two years. Grateful for this precious boy. Grateful for all that we have to celebrate today.<\/p>\n

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Thank. You. God.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God.\u201d Philippians 1:3 (MSG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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