My little Drew seems to grow up minute by minute these days. The older he gets the more I think he looks like his Dad. He has always favored Jim's looks, but now I often feel like I am looking at Jim as a child, they look so much alike. Drew LOVES his Dad! And I don't just mean your "run of the mill, every little boy loves their Daddy" kind of love. I mean this child LOVES his Daddy...fiercely! Lately it has been nothing but tears when Daddy has to leave for work. I love the bond that they have...it is truly something special. Drew will tell you all day long about "riding on Daddy's tractor" today, as if it was the first and only time he got to do it (clearly that is not the case). Anytime he did something deserving praise today, he would promptly tell me that he is "going to tell Daddy 'bout that when he gets home!" This evening, I had to chuckle when he matched his father not just in looks, but personality as well...
Jim works VERY hard and does many projects for us around the house. He is a very handy guy and does a great job with everything he does. His only pitfall in this area is that he has a tendancy to attempt more "jobs" at one time than can really get done. He will start a job, need to go out to the garage for a tool, and be out in the garage for the next 1/2 hour starting a new "job" out there that is totally unrelated to the original job! ;) So, this evening Drew announced that he wanted to build "our house" with his big Lego blocks. I told him that would be fine, but that he needed to first pick up his monster trucks so there would be room on the floor to dump the blocks. He obeyed and while walking over to pick up the monster trucks, spotted a puzzle (on the other side of the room) that he then decided just HAD to be done right then and there! I literally laughed out loud!!
I'm grateful that he not only looks like his Daddy, but has a lot of his personality as well. Couldn't think of a man I would want him to mirror more than his Daddy! I hope he always aspires to walk in his Daddy's shoes! :)
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