Hello my little boy!
Happy 7 month birthday. I am getting smart and starting these posts early since you are keeping us very busy. I was talking to a friend yesterday and said that even though I see you every day, it doesn’t often occur to me that you are getting older. I look at pictures of you as a newborn and it strikes me how TINY you were and how SKINNY your legs were. We’ve chunked you up real good!
The end of 2013 has been quite a whirlwind. Where should we start?
{Your First Christmas Eve} This was the first year Momma hasn’t spend Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa’s house and I was VERY excited to start our own traditions. We opened our jammies and you looked very festive in your red and white stripes and you didn’t even try to take off the matching hat! We went to church and even though it was the adult service, you hung out in your wrap and enjoyed bouncing to the music and making faces at the people behind us. Your friend Sarah was there also and you both were AMAZINGLY good! Next year we will try for the children’s service.
{Your First Christmas Day} For only being 6 months old, you were pretty into the presents. You would sit on our lap and we would start to open the gift and you would get this intense, thoughtful look on your face and ‘help’ us open. You were really lucky to get some awesome gifts from everyone. The highlights? Daddy and I got you some Melissa and Doug toys, a light up remote and a bunch of books. Grandma and Grandpa got you an activity table, Bubbe got you some stuff to make eating solids more fun and Pop-Pop got you some cool clothes. And that was just scratching the top of how lucky you were this year!
{Crawling} I don’t think you are ‘officially’ crawling yet, but darned if you aren’t trying your hardest. You get up on all fours, rock back and forth, pull your knees forward and propel yourself forward. You just aren’t ready to make the connection that moving your hands and legs together will get you around much faster. Or perhaps you have your Momma’s coordination!
{Sitting} You are sitting like a champ, which is a fun milestone for Daddy and I because we can plop you on the floor sitting up, but some toys in front of you and you are entertained for a bit. And then for a kid who isn’t officially crawling, you sure do manage to get around. We are starting to keep a closer watch on you!
{Rough and Tumble} I was telling your Daddy this morning that you are going to be a rough and tumble boy. You are already pulling up and trying to standing and climb over me to get what you want (usually a tablet or cell phone). The higher we toss you, the fast we ‘drop’ you the more you laugh. As much as I want you to crawl, I can see our future is going to be busy chasing you around. Just be safe little guy.
Sweetie Pie, as rough and tumble as you are you are equally as sweet. As we rock endlessly on those nights when you are having trouble sleeping, it’s impossible to get TOO frustrated with you when you reach up and gently touch my face, or grab my cheeks and throw yourself into my neck. I hope this is a glimpse of the future – budding independence, but a calm sweetness. I could eat you up I love you so Mike-Mike.
Though you always fill my heart, this month I thought it would explode. When I imagined having kids, I thought of all the things that I loved, like Christmas and inserted a baby there. It was so much more fun than I could have imagined. Until next month …
A thousand kisses,
Momma
P.S. – Please sleep tonight. Please.
