The greatest, most terrifying 1:25 minutes of my day

My dear little Poopy Pants,

Peanut Butter,

Hannah Banana,

Stink Butt,

Uber Goober,

I love you.

     All of you.

     Your choo choos and bock bocks

     Bed head and yogurt-crusted brow

     Love songs and lullabies

     Shrieks and giggles

The way you twirl you hair when you drink milk

     Smile when you're in trouble

     Run away when I say "come here."

     Hug my face and say "awww"

     Kiss everyone in the room good night

          Even the people you don't know

I'm going to miss when you stop dragging your dollies by the arm

     Their plastic heads black from the pavement

     Stop calling the cat "titty"

     Bananas "nana"

     Oranges "ornch"
     The way your diaper crinkles when you run

     When your ability to jump with both feet in the air

          No longer thrills the way it did

          When all of your toes

          Still fit in my mouth.

Love,
Mama