Dearly Departed Drawings ~ Kole {day 337}

Me: Won't you share with us some of your most treasured, happy memories of times with Kole?


Renee:

Thanksgiving 2006

"If I could just hold him again and smell him.

"My happiest times with him were the mundane times. Waking him up, getting him dressed, putting him to sleep. He was my little mockingbird. As long as he was near me I was ok. Always wanted to do what I was doing or eat what I was eating.

He loved Lightning McQueen and Nemo. He loved Thomas the Tank Engine and all things train-related. He loved to go to Strasburg Railroad.

He loved to run. He was a fast runner. I used to have to run down the hospital corridors chasing after him with his IV pole on wheels, praying to God he didn't get too far ahead of me and pull his tubes out of his chest. Happened once. Nightmarish.

Thanksgiving 2007

His laugh was infectious 

and I wish I could have heard it far more frequently than I did near the end. He loved to blow bubbles and he loved bath time. I'm certain if he had gotten the opportunity to see the ocean and the beach, he would have loved it just like mommy. He loved to eat. Eat eat eat. He liked to play in the big leaf piles and throw freshly cut grass around. He liked to go down sliding boards, multiple multiple times.

Thanksgiving 2008

When he would fall asleep, he would play with the mole on my chest, fidget with my earlobe or twist my hair with his little fingers. He loved to hold hands. 

He loved to snuggle and he hated to see anyone cry."

Today I shaded his face and hair more.  I started adding dimension to the crib spindles and adjusting tones as well.  Making good progress.  The most adorable little boy.