Dear Jonny, 10 Months

Dear Jonny,

Time is flying by way to fast, and you are becoming more of an independent little man. I went into your room this morning when I heard you calling for me, you were all smiles, and held your hands up for me to pick you up. I love starting every morning like this, and I cannot imagine life any other way.

As hard as it is to believe, your birthday is just around the corner. You are not my little baby boy anymore. I am so thankful for everything that we have, but I also wish that time would slow down. I want to soak in this time, time where everything is new to you, and you and I are learning new things everyday together. I don't want peek-a-boo to get old, and I don't want to see the day when you find belly loves annoying instead of hysterically funny.

I love when the house is filled with your laughter, laughter that could blow the doors down. Honest to goodness happiness that can be brought simply by Momma or Dada talking in silly voices. I hope that we are always able to find a way, no matter what stage of life we are in to bring laughter to each other. To find something that we can laugh about together, to laugh until our bellies hurt.

Jonny,
I am so proud of you. When I look at you I can hardly believe that I made you, you came from me, and that you are mine. I know that you are smart but I am blown away every time you do something new. We have been showing you signs since you were 3 months old, and tonight when I asked you if you wanted more perogies, you clapped your hands. This is very close to the sign for "more" and at first I thought it was a coincidence, however when I asked you again if you wanted more you clapped your hands. At 10 months you are communicating with me what you want! I am much older, and I cant even communicate my wants or needs as clearly!

I know that you wont remember the this time in your life, but I hope that you have felt as complete and as happy as I have. I look forward to watching you grow, and exploring and learning new things with you. Please, just don't grow up to fast!

Happy 10 Months Jonny! I love you very much!


Love Mommy

Pretty Sweet Life

All to often the stress of life gets to us, and makes us lose sight of the bigger picture. As I sit here, I am watching my son who is laughing at the reflection of himself in a mirror. It made me stop and think for a second. First of all because he is so stinkin cute, but also because I was wondering what was going through his mind, wishing that something like a mirror could bring me such joy. As I watch Jonathan, exploring things, and being able to use a shoe as a telephone it made me long for a time when I was amused as easily as this. A time when I found such joy and was able to use my imagination to turn a calculator into a cash register and play for hours.

That's when it dawned on me...I don't have to long for these things. It is right in front of me. The things that bring joy to my son bring me just as much if not more. When I paused for a minute and really thought about it I realized that I have more than I could ever need right here in front of me. A little boy that I love more than all of the stars in the sky, and as of right now I think he feels the same for me. (at least until he is 10 and I tell him there is no way in Hell that he is getting a cell phone at his age)
As the breeze comes through the house with the scent of fresh cut grass I realized that I have a pretty sweet life. Grass that is ours at a house that my husband and I worked so hard to get, but more importantly the home that we have created here. I have a husband that adores me, and would do ANYTHING for his family without question.
We have a beautiful son who is perfect in every way, we have a roof over our head, and food in the fridge. We have a pretty Sweet Life.

Finished Product

I forgot, I finished patching the hole in the wall!!! It doesn't look perfect, but if I didn't know it was there, I don't think I would notice it. The first time I painted it I painted it with a paint brush, and I could not figure out why it looked so much smoother than the rest of the wall. I called my cousin, and as soon as he asked what I painted it with it dawned on me that the rest of the wall was done with a roller. So I went out and got a roller, and painted it again. Looks pretty good to me...what do you think?



Okay now that I look at it in picture form you can tell....but hey not bad for my first attempt.