My Most Adorable Wilder,
What an amazing few weeks we have had together! You started eating Cheereos 2 weeks ago and you LOVE to use your hands to pick up food and feed yourself. The look of pride on your face is unmistakeable and it lifts my heart to the heavens above. I offer them each day now and it helps me because I can put you in your high chair to snack and it keeps you happy and busy for enough time to allow me to accomplish tasks. Win-win!
We also went to Tennessee to visit my aunt Lori and Tony and the kids AJ and Ryan. AJ was absolutely taken with you. It was hard to get you away from him, Lori was always teasing him about how he never shared you:) You fell asleep on Ryan's chest one night at it was so sweet, he was so enamoured with you! Lori was all over you too..she spoiled you senseless and I hve sweet pictures of her kissing and hugging on you. Family is so wonderful! We drove 14 hours each way to get there and you were incredibly tolerant of being in the car seat for most of the day during our trips there and back. You were so sweet and smiley on the way there, nary a fuss. The way back had a few bumps, but those were more our fault. We left at 8pm hoping to get started before the sun set so you could fall asleep in the light, but we misjudged and ended up pulling out of their driveway about 10 minutes before sundown and you hate to be in your car seat in the dark so you cried for about an hour while we tried to sing and soothe you. We even pulled over to a gas station hoping to buy a flashlight to help you but they didn't sell them. Finally we just accepted that we were on your schedule and not our own so we stopped at a fast food place, parked you right under the parking lot light and waited for you to fall asleep:) Success!
We have been home from TN for almost a week now and you have suddenly noticed that you have a voice! You scream with Lulu and giggle, both with the understanding that you are streetching for fun. You lay on the couch yelling in short bursts to avoid nap time:) You are SO funny. Babbling with more known sounds like "ba-ba-ba-ba". I was rocking you to sleep the other night humming to you and all the sudden you started humming along with me in this sweet high pitched voice. I wanted to cry it was such a beautiful sound, though I didn't because I didn't want to distract you from your song.
You are also seeminly teething some more, though we cannot find the culprit tooth. You are clearly miserable on some days. I use Oragel and it seems to help, but you still pull on your ear and whine a lot, you tend to want to be held almost all day every day. We'll get through it darling...it is no fun to have sore gums but it will all be worthwhile when you finally have enough teeth to try new foods;)
The best part of the last few weeks?!?!? YOU ARE MOBILE! You started doing this commando style crawling a week or two ago, you pull yourself around on your belly and can move very quickly! You have been trying to pull yourself up into a standing position onto things and you can now pull up into a sitting position from laying on your belly. And for the grand finale of this letter to you...the most exciting thing yet...last night you took your first steps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daddy and I were on the rug in you and Lulu's room and you walked (or tried to walk) back and forth between us for over 30 minutes! You were SO determined. You were sweating and so proud of yourself as you either hobbled 4-6 steps across or tried to and ended up diving head first toward the parent you were walking to...it was SO amazing to see your determination and will. I am so proud of you. No matter how tired we thought you were, you continued to try, through a few successes and even more falls you persisted and dad and I were overwhelmed with love for you. You will be walking soon enough my darling, you desire it so. I am proud to have a son that puts his mind to a task and won't stop until he accomplishes it. Just remember my precious dear...sometimes it is okay to stop and rest in mommy's arms. I will always be a step behind you to catch you when you fall, and once I do, I will hug you and tell you how proud of you I am (no matter what the outcome) because you gave it your all and that is all I will ever ask of you.
I love you SO much kid. SO MUCH. There simply are no words to explain how much I love you...
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