My baby is getting older (Sigh!).

Well, at 4 and a half, he's not technically a baby and I do have a younger child. But today, I just wanted to curl up on the couch and snuggle him until he fell asleep like we used to do. Sometimes I just look at him and can't believe how absolutely perfect he is. I just want to hold him and keep him close to me forever. I don't want him to get older but I do. I can hardly wait until he comes bounding in the door and tells me about his day at school, but not yet. I can hardly wait for so many wonderful things that I just know he has in store, but for all of them, not yet, not today. In him, I can see a better world and I do not ever want to see the day when I do not. His eyes are so bright and shining and I do not ever want to see the day when they no longer sparkle at the thought of playing in the dirt. So many things that I know he will do and he will be, but not yet, not today - for just today, can he still just be my little boy?