I remember being worried about Reid before he was even born. I worried that he would get overlooked, neglected. How could the second child get as much of my love and attention as the first child? How could anything he did feel new and exciting? I felt kind of sad for this little boy who would come into a family with a pretty awesome toddler and big baby shoes to fill.
Well Reid came into this world to teach me more about our Heavenly Father. Reid once again taught me about the pre-existence and how we all lived there before with our own unique personalities and Reid showed me that we all have something new and exciting to give.
This little Mr. of ours cannot be overlooked because he is so new to us. Garret was such a lazy baby. We loved watching him just lay there and smile, and he would do that most of the day. We use to call him our little baby Buddha. Reid we affectionately call little baby Rattlesnake. He definitely has the Beck temper. He LOVES attention and when you aren't giving him what he wants he has so many sounds at so many different pitches and volumes to let you know he is please or not well please at all.
He is just so different from Garret. He is SO expressive. His noises have so much variety and his little facials can tell a story all on their own. He frustrates us and then in seconds melts our hearts with his sweetness. We feel like we are brand new parents. We feel like Garret taught us nothing and we are learning all new lessons with Reid.
Reid my sweet boy, you are one in a million! There has never been another one like you and there never will be.
