Dear John,
You are going through a rough time right now and all I want to do is make it better and help. You are almost 3.5 and a lot of changes are happening; you are not a fan. you have reverted back to potty problems, baby talk, insisting on being carried and fed and needing help with things you have mastered long before.
I know that you love us most and that is why you take out your frustrations on us. I am perfectly fine with that and I hope you will continue to always tell us how you feel. You will flat out say if you are happy or excited or mad or sad, even though your facial expressions are all anyone would need to see to know how you are feeling. You are not good at hiding emotions. (not that you should be I guess. :) )
No matter what though, you still are the sweetest little boy I know. Your heart is so good and you have so much love for the world.
If you had it your way Daddy and Matthew and I would be upstairs playing 24 hours a day. You love when we are all together, but are not afraid to ask Daddy or I to leave when you are enjoying some one on one time with the other.
Arts and crafts are one of your favorite things to do and you are an incredible artist. I hear compliments all the time on what a good colorer you are for your age. You should be considering how much you do it at home!
Right now you love to make and watch home videos on my iphone, you could do it for hours. You also LOVE to go swimming and you have gotten really good at it. You love your noodle, but will swim all around the pool without it too. You are working on diving to the bottom of the pool to get your toys right now. Getting you out of the pool continues to be a struggle.
Thank the good Lord you have not totally given up your nap, but you are well on the way. You take a nap about 5 out of 7 days, but those 5 days are SO much more pleasant in the evenings. :)
You love Matthew and are generally very concerned about him and ALWAYS want to help, but I think you are still pretty annoyed with him when I have to feed him or carry him, etc.
I truly miss you when we are apart and my heart instantly smiles when I see you. You give the best hugs and kisses and say the sweetest things at the most random times. You make laugh and cry harder than anyone else can. You are my sunshine!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Letters to my loves: Dear Matthew
Dear Matthew,
You are a very easy baby and I just want to cuddle with your cheeks! Every time I lay eyes on you I want to SQUEEEEEEEEEZE you! You are beyond adorable and have an absolute contagious smile. My favorite thing to do with you right now is to lay you down and get within in gripping distance of your hands.... you immediately smile and start talking and rub your slobbery, fat fingers all over my face and in my mouth and occasionally up my nose, but I don't care, I love every second of it (less the hair pulling).
You have found your feet, but instantly forget where they are when I try to take a picture of it...stinker! you have a grip like nothing I have seen and you kick like a mad man when you are excited or have something to say.
I love to watch you watch John. You will contort yourself every which way to get a glimpse, but he is a little fast for you to follow sometimes. You would give your right arm if he would sit still long enough to grab hold of his cheeks and talk for awhile. If you are fussy about something, John is almost always an instant cure (assuming I can talk him into singing or dancing for you).
The pacifier is a MUST the first time you lay down at nap/night, and you like it okay when you are in the car seat, but I think you could care less for it most of the time. Nap and night time are so easy with you (compared to John that is) and you like baths. I think God threw me a bone on those two things as your brother was a bit of a nightmare in these areas. :)
You started foods this month and are a champion yet messy eater. Still slouching quite a bit in the high chair, but we are working on it. Your neck strength is much more on track, but you still have a STRONG preference to look to your right. We do "exercises" every time you are awake and it is getting better, but far from normal I think.
You are a Mama's boy, but will warm up to others after awhile. Part of me loves this, part of me does not.
A perfect stranger could not pick out you and John as brothers in a line up, I think you got my side of the family and John got the Jones' physical traits. Which means you will have abnormally long fingers and toes and possible prone to some chubby legs. :)
Life with you in it is just better! I love you little bubba!
You are a very easy baby and I just want to cuddle with your cheeks! Every time I lay eyes on you I want to SQUEEEEEEEEEZE you! You are beyond adorable and have an absolute contagious smile. My favorite thing to do with you right now is to lay you down and get within in gripping distance of your hands.... you immediately smile and start talking and rub your slobbery, fat fingers all over my face and in my mouth and occasionally up my nose, but I don't care, I love every second of it (less the hair pulling).
You have found your feet, but instantly forget where they are when I try to take a picture of it...stinker! you have a grip like nothing I have seen and you kick like a mad man when you are excited or have something to say.
I love to watch you watch John. You will contort yourself every which way to get a glimpse, but he is a little fast for you to follow sometimes. You would give your right arm if he would sit still long enough to grab hold of his cheeks and talk for awhile. If you are fussy about something, John is almost always an instant cure (assuming I can talk him into singing or dancing for you).
The pacifier is a MUST the first time you lay down at nap/night, and you like it okay when you are in the car seat, but I think you could care less for it most of the time. Nap and night time are so easy with you (compared to John that is) and you like baths. I think God threw me a bone on those two things as your brother was a bit of a nightmare in these areas. :)
You started foods this month and are a champion yet messy eater. Still slouching quite a bit in the high chair, but we are working on it. Your neck strength is much more on track, but you still have a STRONG preference to look to your right. We do "exercises" every time you are awake and it is getting better, but far from normal I think.
You are a Mama's boy, but will warm up to others after awhile. Part of me loves this, part of me does not.
A perfect stranger could not pick out you and John as brothers in a line up, I think you got my side of the family and John got the Jones' physical traits. Which means you will have abnormally long fingers and toes and possible prone to some chubby legs. :)
Life with you in it is just better! I love you little bubba!
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