Dear Bently,

You are growing up so fast! I feel like every day you are saying or doing something new! I love watching you learn and grow! You are so anxious to learn new things! We bought you this book from the dollar store that went through the alphabet and had different activities and you LOVED it! You finished coloring it and doing the activities in one day. This morning you were carrying it around telling me to "clean it" so that you could color some more! I felt bad that I couldn't. I am tempted to go and buy you the same dollar book again you loved it so much!

While working on this coloring book I noticed how you color is changing. You now color specific things on the page and try and stay inside the lines. Now you are no where near close to perfect at this but you sure try. It's crazy that you just don't scribble anymore. You love coloring and telling me "the monkey is pink!' Maybe a good mom would tell you monkey's are not pink, but me, I love learning how you see the world! :)

I love you my handsome boy! Forever and ever!

Love,
Mom

Dear Bently Elmer,

Kid, I love you. I love you so much it consumes me and I feel like I'm going to burst! You are my favorite little boy in the whole world and all I want to do is spend time with you. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Right now your Mom has to work 40+ hours a week, plus be a mommy, and a friend, and a wife. And I have to be a mommy not only to you, but to your very cute and very demanding little sister. As I sat here at work today, my mind was running over all the things I have to do the next couple of days. In the midst of the chaos in my mind I thought about you. My sweet innocent beautiful son who is often a tagalong to my many many errands, who is often ignored while I try and do the dishes, or finish a project, or work on the bathroom. My poor son who asks me "Mom do you want to play with me?" And while my whole heart wishes to exclaim yes, of course I do. I know my time is limited and there are things I have to do. As much as I hate it, I tell you no more often than not. Today, as I sat contemplating how much I miss you and just spending time with you, I decided it has to change. I can't do this anymore. I am making a goal for myself to spend more time with my Bently. To do more things that you enjoy. To make the sacraifices necessary to get the chance to play with you. I love you my beautiful boy. I promise to do better. I promise to spend more time with you. I love you little man!

Love,
Mom

Dear Bently,

You my darling boy are adorable! That's not to say you don't have your flaws, because you do. But you are just too cute for words. You say the sweetest things and always love to give us hugs and kisses. My favorite thing is you randomly tell us you love us! You actually do it quite often! It melts my heart every single time! Today I called you into the family room to say goodbye to me before I went to work. As you walked towards me and the open door you noticed it was raining. You said, "Okay it's raining, be careful!" It was seriously the most adorable thing ever! I scooped you up in my arms and your Dad and I just smiled at each other as I held you tight! I love you forever and ever sweet boy!

Love,
Mom

Dear Bently,

We celebrated another great 4th of July this passed Friday! It was amazing that both your Dad and I had it off work! Such a blessing considering the jobs we do! We had seriously the most amazing day. I had talked up the 4th of July to you so you were already pretty excited. All week you kept asking if we were going to the parade! Finally it was time. I couldn't wait to see your reaction and let me tell you, you loved it! You danced and sang and went after that candy with all the big kids. I loved watching you squeal and jump with excitement! And your dad, sat on his knees for like 45 minutes of the parade just so he could enjoy it with you. His knees were black and so soar by the end! You have a seriously dedicated dad! :)

After that we went home watched "Wreck it Ralph" with Aunt Stacey, Uncle Jesse, and Aunt Janaye. My favorite part of the day is you kept getting confused and telling your Dad, "Happy father day's Daddy!" It was so adorable we didn't have the heart to correct you half the time! I loved hearing it! :)

After Liv woke up from napping we played at Aunt Shawna's house. To be honest I barley saw you during this time. You played outside in the pool with your cousin Kara all day. It's hit or miss with you two, but that day, you got along just fine! I loved watching you guys be buddies! I love watching you develop relationships as you get older.

The fireworks were, crazy. You and Livvy were tired and you showed it. Once they started it turned out okay. I loved watching the fireworks go off while snuggling next to my cute family. I can't tell you how proud I am to be an American. We are seriously lucky to live in this country!

I love you Bently Elmer. Holidays just keep getting more and more fun. I love that you get excited for things and you are starting to understand more. I love you so much my son.

Love,
Mom

P.s. I can't believe how big you have gotten. Seriously kid, you are huge! ;)