Today my baby is 13!!! I don’t even know how this is possible!!! I’m so proud of the young man that Hunter has become and love every single second that I get to spend with him!
There was a time that I just wanted to survive the seconds with Hunter!!! When Hunter was 3, I wasn’t sure that we were both going to survive!!!
![side walk chalk or face paint?](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.33.49-PM-230x300.png)
![Sidewalk chalk- Turner style](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.34.27-PM-300x158.png)
I asked Hunter if he cared if I wrote some about the year of 3 and he said, “I love those stories. They are hilarious!”
![I saw this face a lot!!!](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.31.47-PM-300x278.png)
Ummm….10 years later I think the stories are funny – still not sure that hilarious is the right word – as long as we don’t have to repeat that year of 3!
![he was super cute when he wanted to be!](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.24.25-PM-300x264.png)
One day, the boys and I were at Target (actually almost every day!) and Hunter threw himself on the floor and pitched a fit. I said, “OK – see you later.” I tried to get Jordan to walk a couple steps away with me – next thing I know, Jordan is crying because he thought we were really going to leave Hunter.
![nice look - socks, sandals & grey sweat pants!](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.23.01-PM-217x300.png)
When Hunter was 2 I used to say he was either the cutest thing ever or the most ornery!
![love that little smile](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.30.51-PM-193x300.png)
And, for months he really was cute. Then gradually he turned from ornery into a very strong-willed little boy and every day was a struggle!!
![content for a second](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.20.44-PM-239x300.png)
Fits and full-blown tantrums were a normal part of our day. It didn’t matter what I said to him some days – he would just throw himself on the floor and pitch a fit.
![he looks so innocent doesn't he?](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.23.48-PM-230x300.png)
I could hand him a sucker and he would throw himself on the floor! “I didn’t want red – I wanted blue!”
![pretty sure the spoons were swords](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.18.41-PM-244x300.png)
There was a period of about 3 months that I would sit at the dinner table with Chris after the boys were excused and cry every night. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong!
![my sweet little boy](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.58.14-PM-300x216.png)
After Jordan started kindergarten, Hunter and I had 2 years that it was just he and I all day every day. We had some fun times together (minus the fits of course)!!!
![so sweet](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.19.57-PM-240x300.png)
We also had some rough days!
![black eye (I can't remember what happened - poor boy)](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.17.38-PM-300x284.png)
![finally nap-time!](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.18.04-PM-300x283.png)
One day, after a very rough morning, I read the book Love You Forever to Hunter before nap-time. By the end I could barely read it because I was crying so much – I don’t think he got it but he wiped my tears and hugged me!!!
![such a sweetie](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-8.08.31-PM-300x297.png)
Even though 3 was a rough age, by the time he was 4, life was much better!!
![fun times](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.29.54-PM-300x275.png)
![brotherly love (even with guns & holsters)](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.31.24-PM-300x300.png)
![fun in the snow](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.29.30-PM-245x300.png)
Hunter went through about 2-3 years that he had horrible leg-aches at night. Several nights a week he would wake up crying because they hurt so much. Growing up I had the same thing and when I was in high school my sister and I shared a room and bed she had them. (I used to rub her legs until she fell asleep.) I spent many nights laying in bed with Hunter and calming him and rubbing his legs until he could sleep again.
Even though I hated the fact that he was hurting, I loved that time that I had with him in the darkness – he wanted me to stay with him until he could sleep again – I spent many hours just being there with him in the night!!! And they were calm times (after he quit thrashing his legs)!!
![a visit with some of the cousins and this happened](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-7.33.17-PM-221x300.png)
Hunter has always been happy to hug me and give me kisses – as a baby/toddler he was very snuggly and he will still wrap his arms around me and hug me!!
![this was actually Hunter's 1st birthday](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-8.46.26-PM-258x300.png)
Hunter hated having to walk places. Even at age 4 he preferred being carried – I think he was my original weight training!!! The summer he was 4 we spent 3 weeks in New Jersey – Chris had a training course and the boys and I were tourists. I carried him all over many places because “his legs were tired.”
![fun in Hawaii](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-8.14.30-PM-300x249.png)
![I think this was our first Hawaii trip - look how little those boys are!](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-8.02.45-PM.png)
Funny, that my little guy who hated walking from the car to the store is now training for a half marathon!!!
![our happy place](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Screen-Shot-2014-04-07-at-8.02.14-PM-300x259.png)
I look at pictures and see a sweet little boy who makes me proud every single day!!!
![bright yellow!](http://day-with-kt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/DSCN1825-225x300.jpg)
Happy Birthday, Hunter!!! I love that I get to be your mom and see the changes in you from day-to-day and year-to-year!
Happy Tuesday!!
Kim