Month 22
Dear Little Man,
22 months has passed since you were born. I am not ready for it to be this long since your day of birth. I know I have said it before, but here I go again. You are growing so much, it seems that every time I turn around, you have gotten bigger and learned something new.
You now know the sign for thank you, well, at least what we are going to work with as thank you. You will put your hand up to your heart area and move it forward, but I cannot get you to go up to your lips and do it. Oh well, whatever works is fine with me and when prompted, you will use it correctly. The other day we were in a restaurant with Gramma S and the waitress gave you cookies when we were leaving. Gramma asked you to say thank you and you made the sign. I was very proud of you.
You still aren't talking much, but you still astound us with your ability to understand what we are saying to you and around you. Last night you daddy said that we should go outside and you got very excited and went looking for your shoes. He asked you where you were going and you pointed towards the patio doors and bounced quite a bit. You love being outdoors and even though it was raining lightly and the black flies were out and biting, you did not want to come inside last night. We had to convince you to come in with the promise of a cookie and it was still a bit of a struggle. You are just like your daddy that way.
You have also started to say Poppa whenever you see an older man. We pulled into the bank the other day and an older gentleman pulled in next to us. You shouted "Poppa!" and got really excited until I told you he wasn't Poppa. It is very cute. You also seem to recognize when we are going to your grandparent's houses. You know when we drive by the entrance to Gramma and Poppa H's and Gramma S said you knew where you were the last time she took you home to her place for an overnight.
This month, Drew Barrymore was named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Person and she was on the cover of the magazine. Your daddy had you out grocery shopping one day and he told me that when you guys were waiting in the checkout line, you kept pointing at something and saying "mum, mum". When he looked at what you were pointing at, it was the magazine with Drew on the cover. Later that day after you guys picked me up from work, we stopped in to get something and he picked up the magazine and asked you who she was. You said it again, "mum!". I am very flattered, Little Man. I think she is a very beautiful person and I have always been a fan of hers, so you made mummy very happy by saying that. I just had to put this in because, well, it made me feel good.
You are a blur of activity and I love you so much. You are still sleeping in our room and in the mornings I hear you moving about. I watch you sit up and look around. Not long after that, you reach for the railing of your crib and pull yourself up and call out "mum". If I don't answer you soon enough, you start to say it over and over with a question at the end, like you are checking that I am still there. Once I say good morning to you, you will move on to saying "dada" and then switch back and forth after he answers you. You like to have me get you out of your crib while you daddy is in the bathroom and crawl back into bed with me. We snuggle and you talk to me while we wait for him to come and take you downstairs. I love spending that time with you. You are still somewhat cuddly from sleeping and it is a nice start to the day. I will miss you so much when you move to your own room.
Love you,
Mummy
22 months has passed since you were born. I am not ready for it to be this long since your day of birth. I know I have said it before, but here I go again. You are growing so much, it seems that every time I turn around, you have gotten bigger and learned something new.
You now know the sign for thank you, well, at least what we are going to work with as thank you. You will put your hand up to your heart area and move it forward, but I cannot get you to go up to your lips and do it. Oh well, whatever works is fine with me and when prompted, you will use it correctly. The other day we were in a restaurant with Gramma S and the waitress gave you cookies when we were leaving. Gramma asked you to say thank you and you made the sign. I was very proud of you.
You still aren't talking much, but you still astound us with your ability to understand what we are saying to you and around you. Last night you daddy said that we should go outside and you got very excited and went looking for your shoes. He asked you where you were going and you pointed towards the patio doors and bounced quite a bit. You love being outdoors and even though it was raining lightly and the black flies were out and biting, you did not want to come inside last night. We had to convince you to come in with the promise of a cookie and it was still a bit of a struggle. You are just like your daddy that way.
You have also started to say Poppa whenever you see an older man. We pulled into the bank the other day and an older gentleman pulled in next to us. You shouted "Poppa!" and got really excited until I told you he wasn't Poppa. It is very cute. You also seem to recognize when we are going to your grandparent's houses. You know when we drive by the entrance to Gramma and Poppa H's and Gramma S said you knew where you were the last time she took you home to her place for an overnight.
This month, Drew Barrymore was named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Person and she was on the cover of the magazine. Your daddy had you out grocery shopping one day and he told me that when you guys were waiting in the checkout line, you kept pointing at something and saying "mum, mum". When he looked at what you were pointing at, it was the magazine with Drew on the cover. Later that day after you guys picked me up from work, we stopped in to get something and he picked up the magazine and asked you who she was. You said it again, "mum!". I am very flattered, Little Man. I think she is a very beautiful person and I have always been a fan of hers, so you made mummy very happy by saying that. I just had to put this in because, well, it made me feel good.
You are a blur of activity and I love you so much. You are still sleeping in our room and in the mornings I hear you moving about. I watch you sit up and look around. Not long after that, you reach for the railing of your crib and pull yourself up and call out "mum". If I don't answer you soon enough, you start to say it over and over with a question at the end, like you are checking that I am still there. Once I say good morning to you, you will move on to saying "dada" and then switch back and forth after he answers you. You like to have me get you out of your crib while you daddy is in the bathroom and crawl back into bed with me. We snuggle and you talk to me while we wait for him to come and take you downstairs. I love spending that time with you. You are still somewhat cuddly from sleeping and it is a nice start to the day. I will miss you so much when you move to your own room.
Love you,
Mummy
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