In half a year, we’ve gone from:
this to this.
Oh, where does the time go? I’m so lucky to
be your Mommy, sweet boy. I hope you know just how much I enjoy it. I
love your that you’ve started giving me wet, open mouth kisses. I
absolutely adore them, even the slimed face I get afterward! I love your
fake coughs, the way you say “Ahhooo!” if you can’t get a sneeze out,
and how completely excited you get about tearing up napkins. You’re so
passionate about all the little things our day holds and you put your
entire heart into doing activities. You splash your heart out during
bathtime until your eyelashes are dripping with water and then you look
up at me and grin. You reach with all your might to grab things off the
table during dinner and you are a very enthusiastic eater. You know our
daily routine well, but if we stray from it, it’s no big deal. You’re so
easy going and happy-go-lucky and I love that about you. I hope that
never changes.
You’re still wearing 3-6 month clothes, but
I’m mixing in more and more of your 6-9 month clothes every day. You
graduated to size 2-3 diapers and are somewhere around 18 pounds and
28-29 inches long. So far you’ve had rice cereal (okay), oatmeal (good),
bananas (great), avocado (okay), pears (fantastic), sweet potatoes
(good), butternut squash (okay), peaches (fantastic), plums (fantastic),
apples (great), green beans (okay), nectarines (fantastic), and puffs
(okay). If I’m having an apple for a snack, you love to gum a slice of
apple to death while I eat mine. You make “mmm mmm mmm” noises while
you’re chomping and it’s just so dang cute! You sleep in your crib for a
5-8 hour stretch and then come snuggle in bed between Mommy and Daddy.
I’m sure you’d go back
to sleep in your crib if I rocked you, but I love having you snuggle up
close to me for part of the night. You’re an expert at sitting up and
rarely topple over anymore, you roll both directions (though you roll
back to belly much easier than belly to back) and you’re fascinated with
patterns on fabric. You enjoy the Exersaucer and Jumperoo, but you’re
also content to sit on my lap while I eat breakfast and watch Ellen.
It’s still hard to get laughs and giggles out of you, but man, when I
do, I could listen all day! You have the cutest chuckle and I love your
gummy grin!
The toes on your left foot curl over each
other (as evidenced by the above photo), and it makes me laugh! You love
your doggie (security blanket) and your brown/blue striped blankets.
You’re addicted to your pacifier and have perfected the art of putting
it into your mouth backward. You love hugs, you love it when your Daddy
gives you kisses on your neck, you love to pet the dogs, you love taking
jogs with Mommy, you love bathtime, and you love reading your Bible at
night…you seriously just seem to love life. It is such a joy for your
Daddy and I to see you delight in the little things that we take for
granted every day. You are always in the moment and I envy you for that.
I know that you’re like that because you are a baby, but it’s something
that I hope you never lose. All too often we spend too much time
looking foward to the future or remembering the past and we forget to
soak up every ounce of goodness in the life we’re living NOW.
This time next year, you’ll be a running,
walking, jumping, talking 18-month-old and I know I’m going to look back
at this letter and a small piece of my heart is going to ache that my
baby is growing up. But each day that you grow, my heart grows with love
for you. Six months ago I didn’t even have a clue what it meant to be
your Mommy. I remember staring down at you while you slept on my chest,
your little breaths warm on my neck, and being overcome with this
overwhelming love for you. It was a type of love that I never even knew
existed in human form…I’d known you for barely a day and I was knocked
over by these powerful emotions. All I wanted was more time with you so I
could stare at you, watch you breathe, and pour my love over you. Not
too much has changed six months later. I still stare at you and delight
in the deliciousness of you. I still watch you breathe (and always check
to make sure you’re still breathing before I go to bed). I still want
to drench you in my love until you’re dripping with it; I hope you never
doubt just how much I love you. And I still just want more time with
you, even if that time comes at 3:00 in the morning. I am so, so proud
of you Will. Your life is so meaningful. Your life has brought your
Daddy and I closer. Your life has brought my family and I closer. Your
life is going to change the world, I have no doubt about that.
I found this poem and it kind of sums
everything up. I am thankful for these past six months and so excited
about the future with you. I love you so much, Will.
MY DEAR CHILD.
You are the poem
I dreamed of writing
the masterpiece
I longed to paint.
You are the shining star
I reached for In my
ever hopeful quest
for life fulfilled..
You are my child.
Now with all things
I am blessed.
You are the poem
I dreamed of writing
the masterpiece
I longed to paint.
You are the shining star
I reached for In my
ever hopeful quest
for life fulfilled..
You are my child.
Now with all things
I am blessed.
Love,
Mommy
Mommy
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