Things I Hope to Never Forget | Crackers Before Smiles
I can’t get this picture out of my mind. I keep returning to it, in all it’s imperfect glory. Their hair is a mess. The clothes are faded play clothes suitable for what they were doing–playing in dirt. Their smiles, endearing but ridiculous. I interrupted them in the middle of an impromptu cracker break. I don’t know where Mikey found the crackers. They are from when they were both sick in November, and I thought we had finished the package. But, there they were, eating crackers and happy enough with their pilfered treats to give me quasi smiles for the camera.
They looked so happy sitting there, eating their crackers. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, they are looking more like brothers to me. I mean, they were always brothers, but before it was more like Mikey and the baby. Mikey and his baby brother. Mikey and Nicholas, my little boys.
But something about the way they were sitting there, Mikey talking about dinosaurs and Nicholas replying in incomprehensible gibberish, something about the way Nico’s collared shirt fit his toddler body catapulted me into the future 10 years and I saw them–both teenagers–sitting side by side talking about cars and girls and movies and, maybe if I am lucky, a dinosaur or two.
This is what got me:
Mikey talking about dinosaurs and Nicholas replying in incomprehensible gibberish..That’s I feel when I talk to Marie….Me being the Mikey to her Nico…
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Oh my, my heart can’t take this.
I think I just decided to have another baby in the hopes that Troy can have a brother!
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I love this, so sweet. I am anxiously awaiting this day with my girls. It’s getting closer and closer I can tell, but we are still not there.
I second Zak’s sentiments. My heart breaks to read these words. My little fella (also a Mikey
) is just a few weeks old, but I look forward to adding more children to our family and experiencing the joys of watching them all grow up together.
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Look how big Nico is getting!!!!!!!
Great pic -
It’s great, isn’t it? When that connection is made…not just your babies, not just one little person and another, but brothers or sisters…
Nico looks so much older!
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I know! I think it’s the shirt.
The sweetest. I love moments like that.
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You made me cry….I love watching my boys like this too.
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They look like little men there! So very cute.
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