Dear Jack,
Has it really been EIGHT months since you’ve been born?!?! Two-thirds of the way to your FIRST birthday? Party-planning just around the corner? (Who am I kidding, been planning for months on Pinterest!) You are lively, persistent, joyful, and experience life to the depths of your being! I can already tell you will be the child that keeps me on my toes 24/7 – I look forward to enjoying your first Fall & holidays coming up – can’t wait! (and yes, your Halloween costume is already planned and being designed….)
Firsts:
*Vacation
*Time at the Beach
*First Bike Ride
*First time at the Oak Lawn Children’s Museum
*First Worth Days Parade
*First high school reunion (haha)
*First Boat Ride (Mackinac Ferry)
*First time out of state! (Indiana, then Michigan)
*First time out of state! (Indiana, then Michigan)
*Sit up on your own from laying down
*Scootin’ your boot and then full-on crawling!
*Screeching!
*Table Food & high chairs! (You eat what we eat and it makes life SO much easier!)
Likes:
*Nursing (my little cuddle bug!)
*Being held (usually by mommy or daddy the most)
*Charlie – you *LIVE* for Charlie – he runs into a room and you get giddy!
*Baby Einstein (thankyouJesus)
*Puffs!
*Watermelon
*Most foods (takesafterbigbrother)
*Lovey
*Scootin’! You get into mischief already!
*The Outdoors – you LOVE being out in the sunshine! (SPF’d of course!)
*The iPad (of course we don’t let you play it, you just gravitate towards it….)
*BATHS! You literally LEAP out of our arms when the water starts to run!
*The Beach (water – of course) & the sand – you enjoyed throwing yourself INTO it completely flat and scraping your hands and arms in all its wonderful graininess
*The walker – at Momma’s house you zip around in this thing and you have become quite proficient at it!
Dislikes:
*Being left alone
*Diaper changes (usually)
*Clothing changes (SCREAMING)
*Being put down or generally otherwise “neglected” aka notholdingyou talkingtoyou acknowledgingyou 24/7
You consistently nap in Charlie’s crib (unless it’s his time of course) and you sleep usually 8:30 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Mommy *usually* doesn’t mind spending time still in bed with you in these wee hours, nursing and cuddling you, and you drift back to sleep until 7:00 or 7:30 a.m.
You are in 6-12 month clothes – depending on the brand, sizing, handmedown factor, and type of clothing.
You are a beam of sunshine in our mornings, our smiley guy, our little one who feels two emotions – extremely happy or hating life (ha!). You love to terrorize your brother, but I can already see just how much the two of you love each other. Three years ago, I would never have guessed I would have TWO boys and now, I just could never imagine our lives without you in it! We love you to bits & pieces!
Love,
Mommy & Daddy
Mommy & Daddy
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