Happy Birthday Kiet

  

My youngest boy is 1  ... last Friday my baby turned 1, no longer a baby actually, quite a big guy and walking around, just love is wobbly walk… such a special day, I feel so lucky with my two beautiful sons, a wonderful husband and very thankful for a pretty nice life...:)… I try to live life to the fullest, enjoying each moment, and birthdays play an important part in this for me, not so much throwing big parties but rather standing still and cherish the moment of yet another year gone by…so we celebrated BIG time with small group…Lode, our eldest, my husband and myself, we ate chocolate cake, sang songs, gave presents… it is funny, little Kiet has already had a big influence on our otherwise quite hectic household, he brings us joy, calmness and just makes you smile!

Of course I looked back on the day he was born, he was one month early, and how worried I was about his health, not to mention that he somehow had managed to wrap the umbilical cord around his neck multiple times, his tiny body, his low weight, only 2,2 kg (although if you see him now it is hard to believe he was ever that small…),  and my mom who arrived the day he was born, a tremendous help, and all the good things that have happened since... Kiet is roaming around the house, climbs on anything that gets in his way… and what is great to see for a mom, he is the biggest fan of his brother Lode… so as you will have noticed, an emotional day or two for me…, dear Kiet, I love you very much and perhaps in 15 years time you will read this online message somewhere in the world and once again know how much this proud mom loves you (by then likely very wrinkled mom…)

..thanks Sarah for the image and Khali for the letters..