Sweet Matt

This blog has been short on Matthew for the past many days and I am putting an abrupt end to that. Just because he didn't act in a school play or participate in a spelling bee or celebrate a birthday (soon!) or is chubby and tiny, doesn't meant he isn't absolutely darling and such an incredible boy.

Matt is just good. He is funny and energetic (understatement of the century!) and thoughtful and loving and hilarious. He loves school, loves reading, loves rollerblading and soccer and lacrosse and running, loves his siblings and loves to tease. Really loves to tease.

His birthday is coming up and he will be eight. It makes me emotional and oh so happy just to think about it. We talk every day about what he wants for presents, what he would like me to make him for his birthday breakfast and which restaurant he wants to go to for his birthday dinner. But mostly, he is excited to be baptized. And he is ever so ready.

If you have ever heard our Matthew pray, it is an incredibly sweet experience. He prays as one who is talking to his Father. Because he is. And unlike many of us, Matt never forgets that.

How much I learn from this amazing boy of mine and how grateful I am for the privilege of being his mom.