Eleven. We’ve made it 11 months together. 11 of the best,
toughest, most rewarding months of my life. As we look your first birthday
square in the face, I am so proud of where we have come. We’ve had our fair
share of frustration and tears, sleepless nights and long days. With that
though, comes endless giggles, long snuggles, and the pure joy in seeing you
grow and learn. The good far outweighs the tough. I would do it all again in a
minute. I would do it over and over again, to share this love with you.
As we prepare to leave your baby days behind and embrace
toddler-hood, I suspect we’ll face more challenges, learn more about each
other, and share way more giggles than ever before.
Every month gets better. And better. And better.
·
You understand (and even listen!) to simple
phrases. “Jackson come here”, “Jackson, no”, “Jackson leave the dog food
alone”. Ok, really, you just understand when we are calling you, and you
understand no J
·
You have both top and bottom teeth! You’ve done
serious work, seeing as in your 10 month post you had none.
·
You stand all by yourself for 10-15 seconds at a
time.
·
You are efficient at walking around tables,
couches, chairs. Whatever furniture happens to be close-by.
·
We discovered that you have been gnawing on your
crib. Little tiny teeth marks all across the railing. Someday we’ll find this
an adorable reminder of how tiny you were, but for now we’d like to preserve
the crib the best we can for future children to use. We went ahead and
bought a guarder. Chew away buddy.
·
You shake your head ‘no”. You have no idea what
it actually means, but it’s silly to catch you randomly shaking your head.
You’ve just discovered another movement you can control!
·
You love to splash and play in the bath tub. You
can’t get enough!
·
You clap and wave and point like a pro J
We wouldn’t be ‘us’ without you. Thank you for filling in a
piece of me I never knew was missing. Now, let’s enjoy this next month very,
VERY slowly.
;)
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