6 Months

Technically, August is six and a half months now that I'm finally getting around to posting these. Life flies by, especially with littles. Anyone with children knows this all too well. I just emptied a box of Finn's old clothes to get them washed and ready for August to inherit, but the funny thing was it seemed I'd only packed those clothes up a few months ago. I can't believe that it has really been five years since Finn used those clothes, and that my baby baby is now big enough to use them [ in part because he's a giant for his age]. Slow down, please...I'm still trying to get used to the fact that you're here!

It still boggles my mind that I am now a mom to three kids. I have to remind myself of that fact quite often...not that I forget to bring the baby places, but that this little life, this extension of my hip is really mine. I know he's here. I know I carried him in my womb for nine long months. I know I felt the pains of giving birth to him. But I still look at him and think Where'd you come from? It's amazing. And he's amazing. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed watching my babies learn and discover even the smallest of things.

[Don't you just want to eat those rolls?]

Little boy, you are so much fun! I love watching you grow. You are still big. You are filling up your 12  month clothes and even venturing up to some 18 month sizes. Needless to say, my arms are quite tired. You are very strong, and you make it hard to hold you and do anything else, like typing this post. You are so very curious, and you'll crane your neck and twist your body so far towards an unusual object or funny sound. Then, you always look back at me with a quizzical expression as if asking me What is that? 

you are in constant motion. Do you know how hard it is to keep you on your quilt for pictures? Most of them are blurry because you have to move, or they're of your back...

You haven't mastered crawling yet, though you're close...

You're really not in any hurry to learn because you can roll just as fast as any seasoned crawler, and you can get to most any place you want. Every once in a while you'll get stuck next to a wall or chair, but most often you can figure out how to get around the obstacle...

or under it...

This is your centerfold pose...you do it all the time...

It makes us laugh.

Perhaps you'll be a model one day.

Wherever life takes you, though,  if you're as happy as you are now...

I'll be happy.

I'll eat you up. 

I love you so.

xo

mommy