Dear Em,
You are our sunshine! You are a little spitfire!
You can crawl so fast now it is scary-and I mean that in the best possible way… I can completely understand why cats have bells on them-you sneak up so fast I have been terrified on more than one occasion. And there you would be, at my feet, climbing up me, a mere fifty feet from your previous position. Perhaps I am shocked at your speed because your brother only crawled for such a short amount of time(carrying his 30 lbs of chub with him) before he started cruising. And little one, you are there! You crawled much faster than your older brother-months faster- albeit you had a much better reason to move so much quicker-you just adore your older brother and attempt to keep up with him all day. You give yourself quite the workout and the two of you can entertain each other even without any toys.
I love how much you love each other.
You stick out your tongue when you think you are funny. You now click your tongue-just like when I cook- and your brother and you have your own “click” language at the dining room table that you communicate with and crack each other up. Hilarious!
You are a lean, mean, fighting machine and don’t hold any punches when you tackle your brother. And I mean tackle. You are rough and tumble and we are working on getting your brother used to using evasive maneuvers because frankly if he sat on you, you’d be toast.
You are the instigator, the little firecracker, and goodness knows you revel in the attention.
You are such a good eater! You eat 4+ bananas a day, loads of pureed veggies, beans and other pieces of our dinners end up demolished when we put them on your tray. You are still being exclusively breastfed 4-5 times a day. And are waking up once a night- please start sleeping through the night-your mother’s bags under her eyes are massive.
You covet any of your brother’s toys and it appears that almost all “baby” items just don’t cut it when it comes to the “coolness” factor- nothing beats a Tonka Truck- nothing.
We love you with all our hearts!
Love,
Mom & Dad
