My Stairsteps

I took this picture to show you their new summer cuts.

And, how I can't believe how much they look like brothers.

The cheeks. The boyishness. The smiles.

My little stairsteps.

They just came into our lives - one after the other. Like each one couldn't wait to get here to join the party.

But, as I sit staring at this photo, I think to myself that when I was a little girl mothering my babydolls, when I married my husband, when I dreamed about what our family might be like one day...

I never imagined I could love like this.