Live, Laugh, Love'tro

Today was a beautiful day; my two love bugs sent me a beautiful bouquet of red tulips in a playful yellow pail. It was the sweetest thing this morning when Bret and Cyan were leaving, Bret handed baby boy his credit card and said get mommy a present today it's Valentines day.. :) and never would I have thought that I had flowers waiting for me on my station at work. Ahem sweetness. That's the stuff dreams are made of.

What I've learned about love, I've learned these past few years. A love for another human so strong, nothing could come between. Loving a man enough to want to share genes with him because you know he'll be the best husband and father that he ever could be. Being a mother has taught me the selflessness of sacrifice. As I rock my sleeping baby in my arms, my heart boasts. He allows me to see the strength and courage I have in myself.

People often say I'm/we're spoiling him by parenting the way we are.. Breastfeeding, no crying it out, semi co-sleeping, tending to his every need even if it's just a fit for me to hold him. To me this is the most intuitive way, the most loving way that I know how to mother Cyan. I'm not so eager to have him be super independent at 1 he'll be independent when he chooses to be not because he is forced to be based on someone else's thoughts.

We opted for Chinese takeout over the hustle and bustle of a busy restaurant.  I think it'll be out Valentines day tradition!  My fortune was even lovely.