Tomorrow at 7:19pm, my sweet little boy turns 4 years old. Cooper D, you are my favorite little boy in all the world. I remember holding you one night when you were a newborn and telling your daddy, "This little boy is so incredibly sweet." He nodded in agreement, as any parent would. But I'm not sure he understood what I was saying. You, my dear boy, have a special tenderness about you. It's sometimes hard for others to see it under the wrestling, the tackling and general rambunctiousness that is also you. But I get to see it every day when it's just the two of us doing life together while Daddy is at work and Sister is at school. I'm going to cherish every minute that you still allow me to see it. Someday you will care what the other kids think and you won't be so quick to hold my hand while walking together in the grocery store or give me kisses in the middle of Target for no reason. You are as tenderhearted as you are tough and as sweet as you are rough.
Happy 4th birthday my boy. I am thankful for you. You are extraordinary.
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