Dear Laura, At four months old you are super involved in the day to day happenings of our household. You make a point to make eye contact while you are speaking – which is a lot of the time. When you are well rested and fed you have lots of happy conversational cooing as well…
First Year Letters
12 Months Old
Dear Nathan, My sweet boy who gives wonderful hugs and cuddles. I’m so grateful for you and the strength you give me by being a calm presence here (except when you are hungry). You are quick to show your love and excitement for each of us with arms waving and delighted squeals. Although you aren’t…
Eleven Months
Dear Nathan, Your personality is starting to shine through and you have serious opinions about how your time is spent. You are a thoughtful doer, personally exploring every inch of the world that you can reach. Nathan you have an explorers heart and you let it lead you without any permission from us. You taught…
Ten Months Old
Dear Nathan, You are a focused explorer. As soon as the front door opens you are on your way out. Crawling has become a thing of ease and you often surprise us where you pop up. You have started standing up and walking along furniture but you are adamant about not standing on your own…
Nine Months Old
Dear Nathan, Nine months old! You have switched from army crawling to hands and knees crawling and methodically work your way around the house. You are getting faster very quickly. We had our first top of the stairs scare which had Dad charging from the bottom and me from the top to prevent you from…
Eight Months
Dear Nathan, This month has been full of fun changes. You officially have two teeth! They came in a few days apart and their final entrance made for a few rough nights. You have very quickly figured out a use for them stripping fruit off its peel or gnawing on vegetables. There is still a…
Seven Months Old
Dear Nathan, You are growing and changing so much these days. You are super tall and the clothes that fit you best for length are 12 months, though I’m still putting you in 6 month size onsies and just tucking in the tails the best I can. It looks like you are moments away from…
Six Months Old
Dear Nathan, You are six months old today! You have grown up so much in the last few weeks. It is amazing to see your relationships develop with each one of us. You love love love Dad. As soon as you see him in the morning or when he comes home at night you light…
Five Months Old
Dear Nathan, You are five months old! You have the most wonderful laugh that stops us all in our tracks to see what has you giggling, which so far has just been something Emily is doing. You give the biggest, heart warming smiles when someone looks at you and talking noises that come from the…
Four Months Old
Dear Nathan, You have grown up so much this last month; it feels like you jumped from a newborn to a four month old overnight. You have rolled over twice from your tummy to your back! You can lift your head up really high during tummy time (although you still prefer to just leave your…