Four

"This arm is four, this arm is four and both of my legs are four, too!  All of me is four!!"    

  -Cannon

Cannon is four today.  This boy who makes me crazy half the time.  I also don't know what I would do without him.

Sometimes I think he's too much like me.  He gets frustrated easily and gets hurt doing things he shouldn't.  When I see him acting this way, it makes me feel so guilty for being the one who shows him how to handle situations.  I wish he had patience like his dad.  But I see some of my better traits in him too.  I try to be kind and considerate most of the time and I think he has that desire as well.  He truly loves his little sister.  He isn't always the nicest but he has an obvious attachment to her.  That is one thing that I'm grateful for.  He lets her play with his toys and snuggles her when they watch movies.  He tells people not to give her food and is a fantastic big brother.  I always wanted a big brother like him. 

Anyway.

So, he's four.  He made me a mommy.  I love him endlessly. 

And one quick story before I go.  So we decorate their rooms during the night before their birthday, right?  Well, last night Cannon was talking about it.  He was so excited and asking if he was going to wake up in a birthday room.  I sent him to bed hoping he'd go to sleep quickly so we could decorate and go to bed.  Jarom and I were both super tired after unpacking from our almost-two-week trip.  I went in to check on him about every half hour and make sure he was asleep and he was not.  Each time I went in starting around 9pm, he would turn and look at me and say something cute like "tomorrow I'm going to be four!" or "Am I four yet?"  This continued until about 11pm when sleep finally overcame his excitement.  I'm glad Jarom and I were able to stay up that late and decorate.  What a great kid!

We celebrated with a little trip to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum with two of his best buddies.  Pizza, vegan cupcakes, and later some swimming and presents.  Hooray for FOUR!