Dear Bentley,
I have known you for almost 18 months now. Your father and I were planning you for a very long time. When we found out we were pregnant with you, we loved you immediately. I remember giving you a personality while you were still in my womb. It wasn't hard though. From the first ultrasound we saw you waving and dancing, letting us know you were happy and healthy! All the following ultrasounds you were showing off by kicking, turning, moving, and being so very active. And the first flutters I felt left me breathless. Feeling you kick inside me always reassured me that you were okay. I never grew tired of the kicking.
And now here you are. Nine months old! You have spent half your life here with us already. It has gone by so quickly. I love the person you are. I love the person I see shining in all your little acts. You have the personality I imagined you having. And you take on such grown-up-like characteristics at times that it is hard to imagine that you are just a little infant. But you are still so tiny. And so, so adorable.
You are standing on your own now! You only do it occasionally but it is only a matter of days before you are walking! You mimic sounds and motions that you see us doing. You learn things so fast! Your grandma made a clicking sound with her mouth and you copied the same noise with your mouth. So we are trying to teach you to copy other cute things like blowing kisses, saying "bye bye!" or "uh-oh!", or waving. You even picked up my cell phone and started jabbering into it yesterday!
So we hit another big milestone. I am still excited about this holiday season we are in! Soon Christmas will be here. As usual at this time of year the weather is growing colder each week. I see a lot of excitement in our future: getting bundled up in our warm clothes, Christmas shopping, singing Christmas carols, and maybe even our first snow will be here soon! We get to celebrate in our new home with our new baby boy. This is by far going to be the best Christmas we have ever had!!
I love you, Little Buddy!!!
Love,
Mommy
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dear Bentley,
Today is your very first Thanksgiving! I have been looking forward to the Holidays as a mommy for a very long time!
We went down to Wayne to your Grandma and Grandpa's house. We had a houseful of our friends and family. Aside from the three of us, there was your Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Dan and Aunt Lindy, your Great Grandma and Great Grandpa McGee from Dallas, your Uncle Robin, Ryan Goodrich and his parents, and your "Uncle" Jim (Mijjy) Varner. We had such a wonderful time. We were laughing, celebrating, eating, eating, and more eating, watching football, talking and playing with YOU all day!
I think what we were looking forward to most was feeding you your Thanksgiving dinner. I have been planning what to make you since you first started eating foods. I made you sweet potatoes with cinnamon, butternut squash, and mixed berries. I sat you between me and your Grandpa. He has been excited about feeding you a little off his plate. You were the perfect age for Thanksgiving in the fact that you can start eating mashed "big people" food! So dad (your Grandpa) fed you some stuffing, some potatoes, and a little greenbean casserole.
Today was so wonderful. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful family, a loving place to call home, and most of all, a beautiful, healthy baby boy. I love you, Bentley!
Love,
Mommy
Today is your very first Thanksgiving! I have been looking forward to the Holidays as a mommy for a very long time!
We went down to Wayne to your Grandma and Grandpa's house. We had a houseful of our friends and family. Aside from the three of us, there was your Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Dan and Aunt Lindy, your Great Grandma and Great Grandpa McGee from Dallas, your Uncle Robin, Ryan Goodrich and his parents, and your "Uncle" Jim (Mijjy) Varner. We had such a wonderful time. We were laughing, celebrating, eating, eating, and more eating, watching football, talking and playing with YOU all day!
I think what we were looking forward to most was feeding you your Thanksgiving dinner. I have been planning what to make you since you first started eating foods. I made you sweet potatoes with cinnamon, butternut squash, and mixed berries. I sat you between me and your Grandpa. He has been excited about feeding you a little off his plate. You were the perfect age for Thanksgiving in the fact that you can start eating mashed "big people" food! So dad (your Grandpa) fed you some stuffing, some potatoes, and a little greenbean casserole.
Today was so wonderful. I am so thankful to have such a wonderful family, a loving place to call home, and most of all, a beautiful, healthy baby boy. I love you, Bentley!
Love,
Mommy
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Moving!
Hey Buddy!
We are moving! We just got a townhouse! It is in a wonderful part of town. So close to everything. It is 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms!! We are so excited. We have been living in such a small house that only has two bedrooms and one small, small bathroom. And now we will have so much more room! It is also going to be so much safer for you now that you are mobile. And not just mobile...you are everywhere getting into everything! I am so happy and I just cannot wait to move!
Your father and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary this weekend. You are here with us in Dallas. I am so glad you came. I would miss you so much if we left you with your grandparents!! I am enjoying watching you explore this hotel room. You have traveled all over it, investigating everything. You were immediately fascinated with the baby you found in the full size mirror. You made a friend. A very cute friend, I might add. You kept giving him kisses and smiling and laughing at him. I grabbed my camera and started video taping. You are adorable.
I love you! I love that I am married to your father. I love that we have had such a precious little baby. And I am looking forward to our new home as a family!
Love,
Mommy
We are moving! We just got a townhouse! It is in a wonderful part of town. So close to everything. It is 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms!! We are so excited. We have been living in such a small house that only has two bedrooms and one small, small bathroom. And now we will have so much more room! It is also going to be so much safer for you now that you are mobile. And not just mobile...you are everywhere getting into everything! I am so happy and I just cannot wait to move!
Your father and I are celebrating our 2 year anniversary this weekend. You are here with us in Dallas. I am so glad you came. I would miss you so much if we left you with your grandparents!! I am enjoying watching you explore this hotel room. You have traveled all over it, investigating everything. You were immediately fascinated with the baby you found in the full size mirror. You made a friend. A very cute friend, I might add. You kept giving him kisses and smiling and laughing at him. I grabbed my camera and started video taping. You are adorable.
I love you! I love that I am married to your father. I love that we have had such a precious little baby. And I am looking forward to our new home as a family!
Love,
Mommy
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