When I was working I was pretty much heartbroken everyday. I would come home and Erik didn’t want me if he got hurt or upset. He only wanted his daddy. It was a lot of my motivation to stay home and go back to school. Now, it’s pretty much just Erik and me, everyday. Except for the fact now that we got blessed with Brandon’s job, and he gets to work from home two days a week. So after works days, like last Tuesday, this is what happens.
Now I know I’ve gone on about my two boys, but, their beauty is unsurpassable. You always hear that cheesy line that you never knew what love really meant – but it’s true. Whole heartedly and completely true. Our marriage isn’t always perfect, neither are our parenting styles, but we have all grown. As a family. And we find ourselves becoming happier and more comfortable in our lives everyday. And man, you can’t beat that.
Now Erik loves his baths. Like I’m going to stay in there for 3 hours and you’re still going to have to pull me out since I’ve asked for more hot water 30 times. Tonight, during his bath, he started yelling to Brandon that he wanted to get out of the tubby now. Brandon was diligently reading a history book for class (you know, that one I get a synopsis for every paragraph), so he got up after he finished reading his page. Apparently, that was too long for Erik.
Is he sleeping? I do not know.
We see flashes of him hurtling towards the floor after slipping when getting out of the bathtub, so we generally always make him wait until someone can get him out.
Then he runs around like a banshee, naked, but with a towel.
Erik very stealthy tricked Brandon into coloring with him tonight while he avoided bed time. A good 20 minutes after this I reminded Brandon that Erik might need to go to bed now.
Moms always ruin the fun.
I’m off to go live on the greener side of life. I like looking through my rose colored glasses every now and then. Because you know what? Happy is fun. Happy is life. And happy is a hell of a lot better than feeling bad for yourself when you are surrounded by this much love.
And times when Brandon and I share that glance, and wonder how we got to lucky to have such an amazing boy, I know my life is complete. I hope Erik grows up to love his own family the way our family loves each other. If that is true, baby I can promise you, he will never feel alone.
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