You are five months old today. All day I thought of writing you a letter to celebrate how incredible you are and all day I just marveled at you instead.
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| Sitting On Your Own |
I can't believe it has been five months since I held you in my arms for the first time. It's hard for me to wrap my mind around how small you really are because to me you are everything, you are my world. And you seem so big, you seem like you have grown so much already. It is difficult for me to imagine all the places you'll go, all the thoughts you'll have - they are mysteries to me, a great secret to be discovered.
I don't want to miss a second of it.
These days you are sitting on the floor - wobbly but independent. You think your feet are hilarious, and you giggle hysterically when I kiss them or blow raspberries on the soles. You clutch them and bring them to your mouth, but if I congratulate you your focus is lost and the feet disappear. This, however, doesn't slow you down. You are so big now that you've outgrown the baby tub and Papa juggles you, all slippery, in the big kid bathtub while you desperately try to put everything in your mouth. Two months ago you were just noticing your hands, exploring them for the first time. Now you masterfully grab and handle anything placed within your reach and cover it with your slippery mouth.
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| Jumping in all Your New Easter Gear |
Your grandma and grandpa got you a Jolly Jumper for Easter and it is so strange to see you upright, standing there like the little person that you are. I love to watch you jump industriously, so much work to be done! You always look back at me and smile, checking to make sure I think this is as hilarious as you do. I do.
It's true that you don't like to let us get much sleep at night. Even though it gets hard and sometimes I feel completely spent, the cuddling, the kisses, the chubby little smiles make it all worthwhile. The other day you said Mamama and Papapa and we celebrated like you actually knew our names. Like you actually knew who we were and that we love you more than anything.
We do, you just don't know it yet. We do. And someday soon you will know it with all your heart.
A millionty kisses,
Mommy
Aw!!! How sweet, mommy! I love you guys.
ReplyDeleteI have always felt the same way about my babies being bigger than everything else in the world. How can they be so small when they're everything?
It always shocks me when other mommy friends hold him and proclaim that he is "so tiny!" because to me he is huge, he is everything! But then I realize their little ones are in school or already teenagers and I get it. He is so tiny.
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