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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Letters to Jack Jack


Sweet baby boy

 You are 1!  I cannot believe how fast this year has gone by, and how much you have changed our lives for the better.  The definition of you... is pure joy.  You bring so much happiness and joy to not only our lives every day, but every person that you touch.  Your smile, laughter, and happiness is contagious and just brightens the day.  Over the past year you have grown from this sweet little innocent baby, to this little toddler boy with quite the personality.  You love to live, and we love to live through you.  Seeing the world through your eyes has given me an even deeper appreciation for this beautiful life we live.  You are a great mix of both your dad and I.  You have your dads focus, my inquisitiveness, and both of our enthusiasm. You love books, music, your tambourine (wonder where you get that from), playing catch, playing with Palin, and exploring the world around you.  You finally just broke your first tooth about a week ago, which I was a bit worried about for a while.  You are in the 18 percentile for weight and 70% for height, so you are right on track to your dad’s physique.  At this point you eat what we eat for the most part.  You love, love, love fruit and sweet potatoes…..green veggies are often times a stretch but we try to sneak them in.  You are a great sleeper despite getting up at 5:00AM the past three nights. You are just encouraging your dad and I to seize the day.   You love to babble, and you love your dada and are sure to tell him about 100 times a day.  You are the king of babble and there is nothing more that I love then hearing you talk and watching your expressions.  Music is your favorite, and you have some pretty sweet dances moves for a 1 year old, you have mastered the clap bounce.  For the most part we think you have likely inherited auntie MO’s dance moves.  Every day I feel like you learn something new.  I love watching how you have learned to stack your cups, and sort shapes into your shape box.  Just watching you discover new things is awe inspiring.  We have almost gotten you off bottles completely, but I am having a hard time letting the night one go because that is our time.  It is funny because all I did was talk about how  I could not wait to stop cleaning the million pieces of your Dr. Browns bottles….but now my heart strings pull to think about not holding you in my arms feeding you before you go to sleep.  We could not ask for a better a baby.  You rarely cry and enjoy just stumbling around exploring the world around you.  I find myself wanting to freeze time often with you my sweet boy, everyone said it would go by too fast and it is.  It just reminds me to enjoy each and every moment that much more.  Thank you for a wonderful first year, I look forward to every second of everyday with you!

 Love

 

Your Momma

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