7 Months.

Dear Van,

Hi Love. Another month has flown by and you continue to amaze me. This month has been so much fun for us. You are no longer the newborn with 3 distinct tasks for the day: eat, sleep, poop. You are so much more than that now. You have gotten to be so much fun lately I can't hardly stand it. It's been a blast seeing your personality come out in a hundred different ways.

One thing that's been hard for Mama this month is how much I've had to work. I absolutely HATE leaving you. Hate it a strong word that you should be very careful with. But I can say that I HATE to be away from you, it's the worst. I'm very lucky that Nannie takes such good care of you when I'm gone. She is such a blessing for both of us. All day long when I'm at work, all I think about is you. I hope you know how much I love you Bub.

I have always loved you. I loved you from the second I saw your little heart beating on the monitor in the doctor's office, to the first time your tiny fist grasped onto my pinky, to the first time you reached out for me when you were in someone else's arms, and I love you now. I'll love you forever. You are so easy to love. I count my blessings every day that you are my son. I made you a lot of promises before you were born. I plan on doing my very best to keep every last one of them. I'm not perfect, and I know at times I might fail. But there is one thing I am an expert at: I know how to love you.

Here's some of your adventures for the month:

You said DADA!
Daddy was so excited. I'm not exactly certain that you know what you are saying yet, but every time we say, "Dada" you repeat it while looking straight at him. It's a good first word if you ask me.

You Wave.
And you're so proud of yourself every time you do it. It's not super controlled yet. More like you are flapping your arms around like a bird. So cute.

You said MAMA!
Now I was excited for this one. I have to admit, I was a little erk'ed at your dad for rubbing it in so much that you said Dada before Mama. I was helping Nannie make her bed after a long day of working, and I was a little down because I had been away from you all day. Nannie said, "Van, say Mama." And you looked right at me and said it, plain as day. I cried. haha

You switched to formula.
This one hits a definite sore spot with Mama. Refer to previous post for the whole sob story. Let's just say, I am not happy.

You stopped nursing.
Again refer to previous post. I can't talk about it.

You ROCK Out!
On your hands and knees that is. You get into crawling position and just rock back and forth. You'll be crawling so soon, I just know it. This is a milestone I'm both looking forward to...and dreading. Time to baby-proof the house!

V, I just love you so much. You make life worth living. Your smiles melt my heart and your laugh is music to my ears. You are growing up so fast, and you are more fun with every day that passes. I don't know what Daddy and I did to deserve such an amazing gift, but I think we'll keep you. Love you all the way around the world and touching.

Love,
Mama

Blowing spit bubbles.

Like I said, melts my heart.


Chewing on Alfred. Another favorite pass time.

Look at those baby blues. Ahhh, I could stare at them all day.

Doesn't he look so innocent. Don't let that grin fool you.

He loves to make messes!

Minor crash while playing airplane. Don't worry, both pilot and airplane came out of it unscathed.

Oh, I just want to squeeze those cheeks.

We love you V. Thanks for being ours.