Letters to my sons: Landon

My little Landon,

Last month I wrote a letter to your brother, but this month I wanted to write a letter to you. My little baby. My second born. Your babyhood is flying by faster than I can comprehend. I thought that already having had a baby would prepare me for this trick of time but it hasn't. You seem to be going through all the stages so much faster. So fast that I feel it slipping away faster than I can hold on.

I took these pictures of you the other day. We actually had a nice quiet moment when you were happy and fed and ready to play and your brother was still napping. These quiet moments together are a little rare these days but I cherish them because these are moments where I get to bond with you away from other distractions. I wanted to try and capture you as you are now in this stage but really it's impossible to sum you up in a couple of photos. You are an amazing little baby. You are amazingly easy-going, open to trying new things, happy, and an amazingly good sleeper and eater.

You amaze me when you wake up from 9 to 12 hours of being asleep and yet you are happily talking and unconcerned that you haven't eaten all night.

I had often heard that no two babies are alike but it was hard to comprehend before you came into our world. 

That being said, I love both my experiences with you and with your brother equally even though you are both very different. You have both been the babies/children that I needed at the times that I needed and bigger blessings than I could have ever comprehended.

Both of you were answers to a prayer.

Our family is so much richer for having you as a part of it Landon. You bring so much joy to your father, brother, and I.

There was a point in time when I was so scared at the thought of adding a second child into the dynamic. Now I can't imagine life any other way.

Who is Landon? What does he like? What sparks his imagination? Who will he be? Those are questions that we still don't know the answers to on a deeper level but I'm enjoying the journey of getting there.

For now all I know is that you are my happy little baby who loves snuggling, blowing raspberries, mama's singing, and watching his big brother.

And I'm so happy that you are ours.

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This month I'm linking up on a blog circle with some of my photographer mom friends. These ladies are good friends who I've been fortunate to form friendships with as we share our photography journey. To view the letter that my friend Niki wrote to her sweet twins, click here.