YOU HAVE STARTED SAYING, I LOVE YOU – ONLY YOU SAY, “I YOU” WHICH IS EVEN CUTER. YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOOTS AND SHOES, AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORDS TO HEAR YOU SAY IS, “BOOT” B/C IT’S ALSO SUPER CUTE.
YOU’VE HAD THE FLU. SO HAVE I. IT SUCKS. I’D BE SICK A MILLION TIMES IF IT WOULD SPARE YOU FROM BEING SICK. YOU’RE TOO PRECIOUS TO BE SICK. HEARING YOUR LITTLE COUGH IS TERRIBLE B/C YOU SHOULDN’T EVER HAVE TO COUGH. YOU SHOULDN’T EVER HAVE A SNOTTY NOSE B/C YOUR NOSE IS TOO CUTE FOR SNOT.
YOUR 2ND HALLOWEEN WAS UNEVENTFUL AND I’M SORRY. YOU WOULDN’T WEAR YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME. YOU LITERALLY THREW YOURSELF ONTO THE GROUND AND SCREAMED AS THO I WERE STABBING YOU, WRITHING ON THE GROUND TRYING TO GET IT OFF. IT WAS JUST A DRESS. A WITCH DRESS, BUT NOOOOO, YOU WERE HAVING NONE OF THAT. SO I TOOK IT OFF AND THAT WAS THAT. WE DIDN’T GO TRICK OR TREATING. NO ONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES HALLOWEEN, NO ONE CAME BY OUR HOUSE OR ANYTHING. YOUR NANA HAS STREP THROAT RIGHT NOW, SO WE DIDN’T GO THERE. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN, TO DRESS YOU UP (HAD YOU COOPERATED, LOL) AND TRICK OR TREAT OUT THERE IN ARKANSAS. BUT THAT’S OK. YOU HAD A FUN NIGHT AT HOME WITH MAMA AND DADA, SO NO BIGGIE.
YOU STILL CALL YOUR DADDY, “MAMA”. YOU CALL YOUR NANA, “MAMA”, YOU CALL ME “MAMA”, BUT I’M JEALOUS. I WANT THAT WORD. IT’S MINE. NO ONE ELSE’S. DADA IS DADA, NANA IS NANA, AND I’M MAMA. I SO BADLY WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT I’M THE ONLY MAMA, JUST ME, ME, ME, ME, ME. I WENT THRU TOO MUCH SWELLING AND BACK PAIN AND SURGERY RECOVERY AND ALL THAT TO NOT GET TO BE THE ONLY MAMA. YES, I REALIZE THIS IS SILLY AND THAT YOU’LL GET IT AND WILL EVENTUALLY ONLY CALL ME MAMA AND NO ONE ELSE, BUT UNTIL THEN, I HAVE AN INNER HISSY FIT EVERY TIME YOU CALL YOUR DADDY “MAMA” OR YOUR NANA “MAMA”. I KEEP TELLING YOU, “I’M MAMA” BUT IT’S JUST NOT STICKING YET. I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE, “DON’T ANSWER HER IF SHE’S NOT CALLING YOU BY YOUR NAME,” BUT THEY DON’T LISTEN, SO I THINK THAT’S MAYBE MAKING IT A BIT HARDER FOR YOU TOO – B/C THEY ALL ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU SAY, “MAMA”.
WE BROUGHT THE DINING ROOM TABLE DOWNSTAIRS, SO YOU GET TO EAT AT THE TABLE WITH US NOW. YOU LIKE IT A LOT MORE THAN IN YOUR HIGH CHAIR WITH YOUR TRAY. YOU’RE STILL IN YOUR HIGH CHAIR, BUT WE DON’T PUT THE TRAY ON IT, AND JUST SCOOT YOU UP TO THE TABLE. LAST NIGHT I GAVE YOU A CUPCAKE AND YOU JUST LICKED OFF THE ICING. SUUUUPER CUTE!
YOUR DADDY FOUND YOU A POWER WHEELS 4 WHEELER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND WE FINALLY FOUND A BATTERY FOR IT AND HE CLEANED IT UP AND YOU LOOOOOVE RIDING IT AROUND THE BACK PATIO. YOU GO IN CIRCLES AND THINK IT’S ABSOLUTELY HIGHLARIOUS WHEN YOU SCARE THE DOGS.
YOU’RE JUST GROWING UP SO FAST. I’VE ALWAYS HEARD THAT TIME FLIES AND STUFF WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS AND AS YOU GET OLDER – AND I NEVER LISTENED B/C WHEN YOU’RE 15, TIME SEEMS TO CRAWL. EVERY DAY GOES BY SOOOO SLOWLY. IT SEEMS LIKE AN HOUR TAKES FOREVER B/C YOU’RE SO FULL OF ENERGY AND THINGS YOU WANT TO DO – BUT THEY’RE RIGHT. WHEN YOU GET OLDER TIME SPEEDS UP, AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS, IT FLIES. THE FACT THAT ONLY 9 MONTHS AGO YOU STARTED LEARNING TO WALK, AND 12 MONTHS AGO YOU WERE JUST REALLY GETTING THE HANG OF CRAWLING, AND 16 MONTHS AGO YOU HAD YOUR FIRST BITE OF (BABY) SOLID FOOD, AND ABOUT 19 ½ MONTHS AGO YOU WERE BORN – THAT’S NO TIME, AND YOU’RE ALREADY WALKING, TALKING (MOSTLY), LAUGHING, RUNNING, JUMPING, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, YOUR OWN FEELINGS, YOU’RE YOUR OWN REAL LITTLE PERSON. IT’S AMAZING AND WONDERFUL – AND AT THE SAME TIME SAD B/C I FEEL LIKE I’VE MISSED IT. I WAS THERE, I SAW IT, I EXPERIENCED IT, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE IT WENT TOO FAST AND B/C OF THAT I MISSED IT, EVEN THO I KNOW I DIDN’T.
CRAZY.
OK, WELL, MOMMA LOVES YOU BABY ♥