Dear Sprout,
This week has flown by. We did, however, get a lot accomplished at our house. We now have a planted garden and a little red barn. Me and Daddy and Grammy and Grampy and you -- we are a team and together we accomplish bunches!
I am so grateful for this time ... but I want more ... is that greedy? I want more time to hold you and to walk you in your stroller. I want more time to sing to you and more time to explore the world with you. I want to see more of your smiles and hear more of your laughs.
I have loved doing extra mommy / baby stuff with you. However, it has made me acutely aware of how much I still have to learn as a mother. I so want to be the best mom possible for you ... and I hope that I am being the mother I am supposed to be. I really, really do.
I love you, Sprout. Thank you for being such a patient baby for your first-time, fairly new, mom.
Love always ... and forever ... and ever,
Mommy
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Busy Wonderful Week
Dear Sprout,
Today is Wednesday and my week off is half way through. It's been a busy and wonderful couple of days. We celebrated your birthday and Easter over the weekend. And, thus far, our week has consisted of home improvement projects. Hopefully, I will create a lot of separate posts that further explain all of these many many many things. For now, a quick list will have to suffice. :-)
1. Your sweet little birthday was perfect. We set up a few tables and chairs in Grammy and Grampy's garage. Wildflowers, Easter eggs, rubber duckies, and balloons filled the room. Grampy made hamburgers and hotdogs. Grammy made coleslaw and sweet tea. And me and you and Daddy just smiled and smiled and loved everything and everybody.
2. Easter morning started off with a beautiful cantata at church. Daddy was in the choir and he wore black pants and a white shirt ... it was like his chorus uniform. You wore the sweetest little outfit that Aunt Donna gave you for your birthday. Mommy wore her BBQ wedding dress for the first time in a year and a half. Afterwards, we all went to Nana and Papa's for a tremendous lunch. It was fantastic! I especially liked the lima beans, believe it or not. When lunch was finished, we sat on the porch and talked about the weather and other things of interest.
3. On Monday, you had your year appointment. You are in the 45th percentile for weight at 22 pounds(up from the 25th percentile!). You are 29 and a half inches long -- this puts you in the 40th percentile for height (down from the 75th). Your head circumference is right at average ... smack dab at 50%! You have met your milestones and you are a healthy, happy little boy. Healthy and happy ... something I've prayed for lots of times for you. What a blessing and an answer to prayer.
4. Me and Daddy and Grampy have been working on a gate for our back porch. We love our animals, but the porch in a no-animal zone. Hopefully, it will be complete by tomorrow. It looks great! Your grampy, he knows how to make everything! Honestly, I think he should have his own home-improvement TV show ... "At Home with Richard," or something like that.
5. Daddy and I have been working on our garden. The raised beds are complete. The fence is assembled and just has to be made permanent with concrete posts. Today, we lined the ground with cardboard and mulched all around each bed. (As I write this, I smell like mulch). We bought white cucumber seeds, green bean seeds, okra seeds, yellow crook-necked squash seeds, and baby tomato plants. Tomorrow we are going to get strawberry plants and topsoil. Yes sir, by noon tomorrow we should have an almost complete garden! A beautiful bench made by Grampy will make it 100% finished.
6. Tomorrow, we hope to move Daddy's old turkey barn onto our property. It will be Heidi's new home! We are going to paint it blue like our house or barn red. Then we are going to "cuten" it up with little wooden decorations made by Grammy and Pat. We also want to add a fenced lot to it. Hopefully, the barn can be completed by Friday. Maybe. We'll see.
7. Me and you are in the process of weaning. I nursed you for one whole year! Yay! And now, it's time for you to drink whole milk. You're a toddler, can you believe it?! Bitter sweet times... Honestly, you are being a trooper about the everything. I'm doing okay, too. I have such fond memories and I am looking forward to new adventures. I will be forever grateful to our hospital's lactation consultants for providing us with the support we needed to accomplish this goal.
8. Tomorrow I will start organizing the inside of our house. It is in desperate need. Also, lesson plans ... they must be done! I have sub plans to create and neat ideas I'd like to try. Busy, busy, busy bee is me...
Simply put, this week has been full of work and full of fun. How wonderful it has been to spend this time with you, daddy, friends, and family!
Love always,
Mommy
Today is Wednesday and my week off is half way through. It's been a busy and wonderful couple of days. We celebrated your birthday and Easter over the weekend. And, thus far, our week has consisted of home improvement projects. Hopefully, I will create a lot of separate posts that further explain all of these many many many things. For now, a quick list will have to suffice. :-)
1. Your sweet little birthday was perfect. We set up a few tables and chairs in Grammy and Grampy's garage. Wildflowers, Easter eggs, rubber duckies, and balloons filled the room. Grampy made hamburgers and hotdogs. Grammy made coleslaw and sweet tea. And me and you and Daddy just smiled and smiled and loved everything and everybody.
2. Easter morning started off with a beautiful cantata at church. Daddy was in the choir and he wore black pants and a white shirt ... it was like his chorus uniform. You wore the sweetest little outfit that Aunt Donna gave you for your birthday. Mommy wore her BBQ wedding dress for the first time in a year and a half. Afterwards, we all went to Nana and Papa's for a tremendous lunch. It was fantastic! I especially liked the lima beans, believe it or not. When lunch was finished, we sat on the porch and talked about the weather and other things of interest.
3. On Monday, you had your year appointment. You are in the 45th percentile for weight at 22 pounds(up from the 25th percentile!). You are 29 and a half inches long -- this puts you in the 40th percentile for height (down from the 75th). Your head circumference is right at average ... smack dab at 50%! You have met your milestones and you are a healthy, happy little boy. Healthy and happy ... something I've prayed for lots of times for you. What a blessing and an answer to prayer.
4. Me and Daddy and Grampy have been working on a gate for our back porch. We love our animals, but the porch in a no-animal zone. Hopefully, it will be complete by tomorrow. It looks great! Your grampy, he knows how to make everything! Honestly, I think he should have his own home-improvement TV show ... "At Home with Richard," or something like that.
5. Daddy and I have been working on our garden. The raised beds are complete. The fence is assembled and just has to be made permanent with concrete posts. Today, we lined the ground with cardboard and mulched all around each bed. (As I write this, I smell like mulch). We bought white cucumber seeds, green bean seeds, okra seeds, yellow crook-necked squash seeds, and baby tomato plants. Tomorrow we are going to get strawberry plants and topsoil. Yes sir, by noon tomorrow we should have an almost complete garden! A beautiful bench made by Grampy will make it 100% finished.
6. Tomorrow, we hope to move Daddy's old turkey barn onto our property. It will be Heidi's new home! We are going to paint it blue like our house or barn red. Then we are going to "cuten" it up with little wooden decorations made by Grammy and Pat. We also want to add a fenced lot to it. Hopefully, the barn can be completed by Friday. Maybe. We'll see.
7. Me and you are in the process of weaning. I nursed you for one whole year! Yay! And now, it's time for you to drink whole milk. You're a toddler, can you believe it?! Bitter sweet times... Honestly, you are being a trooper about the everything. I'm doing okay, too. I have such fond memories and I am looking forward to new adventures. I will be forever grateful to our hospital's lactation consultants for providing us with the support we needed to accomplish this goal.
8. Tomorrow I will start organizing the inside of our house. It is in desperate need. Also, lesson plans ... they must be done! I have sub plans to create and neat ideas I'd like to try. Busy, busy, busy bee is me...
Simply put, this week has been full of work and full of fun. How wonderful it has been to spend this time with you, daddy, friends, and family!
Love always,
Mommy
Friday, April 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Party
Dear Sprout,
Originally, I had planned on having a really big first birthday party for you. There are so many people that love you and I wanted to have a thank you celebration of sorts. However, with so many things going on and life getting busier by the day, I came to realize that it would be too hard for me to pull a larger party off. During the summer months, we will have a get together and invite bunches of your friends. And for now, for your birthday, we will keep everything simple and sweet.
On Saturday, we will not be having all of the decorations I originally had envisioned. That being said, there are two little elements that shall remain. You will wear a little felt party hat that I made especially for you and we will have very special party favors. Since you are our little "Sprout," we are going to decorate glass baby food jars with "boyish" ribbon and fill them with wild flower seeds. Your favors will make the world a little bit more beautiful, just like you did when you were born a year ago.
Today as Daddy and I were looking at seeds, I remembered walking through the same garden aisle a year earlier. Together we had picked out flowering seeds and a bird-feeder bells. We placed them in baby blue gift bags and included pre-written thank you notes to give to the doctor and nurses that would tend to us. Sweet memories like this make me smile and get sentimental at the same exact time. This year has been both beautiful and fleeting.
I am so excited about your birthday celebration. What a year of blessings this has been! And though your party will not be grand in scale, it will be busting at the seams with love.
Love always,
Mommy
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Feel better
Dear Sprout,
Today Mommy stayed home from work to be with you. You have been running very high fevers for two days now. I know that you are in good hands with Daddy, but sometimes a baby needs his mommy (or perhaps it's mommy who just needs to be with her baby). Despite your crazy high fevers, you have managed to keep a smile on your sweet little face. You amaze me. You truly are an inspirational tiny mister.
Tomorrow I am going to venture back to work. Despite everything, I am going to do my very best while I am there. However, make no mistake -- my thoughts, prayers, and heart will be at home with you. And as soon as I am able, I am going to drive right back to our little cottage ... where I can hold you and love you and kiss your little head until it is time for you to go to bed.
Sprout, thank you for making every minute that we spend together wonderful. I love your kisses, your sweet little "mama" voice, and your content smiles. You have brought so much into my life. I love you so.
Feel better, baby boy. Keep smiling away. Tomorrow will pass quickly and before you know it you and I will be back together again.
Love always and forever,
Mommy
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Don't You Love It When That Happens?!
Recently, Andrew and I were driving in the car and talking about our little boy. We were smiling and smiling as our conversations made us picture our little boy doing all of the outdoor things that he loves to do. And then Andrew said something like, "Do you know what I'd really love to get Budro? I'd like to get him one of those little red cars with the yellow tops. You know, they're kind of like Flinstone cars that kids can move around with their feet." And of course I knew what he was talking about! That classic plastic car that kiddos have enjoyed for decades. Do they still make those things?
Well, the very next day, we found one at a local consignment shop! Don't you love when things like that happen?
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Smile
Dear Sprout,
It's 10:20 and you just fell asleep. I had so much fun with you today. It is so wonderful to spend an entire day with you. Your smile brings me such joy. I cannot help but smile right along with you each time you give me that toothy little grin. You are so young, but I am so proud of you already. You really have a knack for spreading happiness all around you. Soon after you were born, I started to call you my "little sunshine." What an appropriate nickname that ended up being for you!
Sprout, thank you so much for making so many of us so happy. Thank you for doing something funny at just the right time. Thank you for the sweet hugs you have shared when people have needed a little extra love. Thank you for reminding me to celebrate tiny wonders. You are a delight.
Mama loves you, little man. God bless you, sweet baby boy.
Love always,
Mommy
It's 10:20 and you just fell asleep. I had so much fun with you today. It is so wonderful to spend an entire day with you. Your smile brings me such joy. I cannot help but smile right along with you each time you give me that toothy little grin. You are so young, but I am so proud of you already. You really have a knack for spreading happiness all around you. Soon after you were born, I started to call you my "little sunshine." What an appropriate nickname that ended up being for you!
Sprout, thank you so much for making so many of us so happy. Thank you for doing something funny at just the right time. Thank you for the sweet hugs you have shared when people have needed a little extra love. Thank you for reminding me to celebrate tiny wonders. You are a delight.
Mama loves you, little man. God bless you, sweet baby boy.
Love always,
Mommy
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