dear baby adam

busy doing your "work" and munching on carrots...

firstly, i would like to apologize to you, my son, for not recording your life in a more consistent way.  these months have been hard but there have been so many moments that have just wanted to bottle you up and save you forever just how you are and not let you grow a minute more!  you are such a joy in our family!

you love to run!  it is your favorite thing.  you run back and forth over and over again diving onto pillows or just rolling all over the ground. most of the time you are shouting, "fathter, fathter, fathter!!!" as you go.  you swing your arms all over the place and sometimes i think that you are going to wipe out with every step you take but you very rarely do.

you love to copy your brothers and play "ninja-ninjago" as you like to call it.  you punch and kick and do all kinds of moves while yelling "ninja - GOOOOO!!!"  it's one of the funniest things!

i love that you are in the phase where a kiss from me can make any hurt "all better" and you often come to me to kiss things better.

you are a big tease and love to say naughty words....especially "th-tupid head!" which you love to come and whisper in my ear.  you love to purposely point to the wrong animals in the animal book and get a naughty little look on your faces and you giggle to yourself.  the other day you were sitting in the cart at target and you purposely reached out and knocked a bag of sugar off the shelf.  when i looked up at you, you did your trademark little grin and said, "oooopth....th...th...th.." as you chuckled to yourself.  such a naughty rat!

but you are also a very easy going baby.  you are mostly very reasonable and just want to be a part of everything that is going on.  you are a dream nap-taker and i love that.  you are happy to go along running all the errands and taking your brothers and sister all over the countryside!

you have a beautiful, happy personality that people are drawn to.  you make people laugh and smile everywhere we go and talk to anyone in the shops and tell them that things are "awe-thome" and "cwa-thy".  you are a delight!  you have lots of friends who love you at church and piano lessons and sams club.

you still absolutely adore your grandpa and he can do no wrong in your eyes! he is a safe place for you where you feel such love and you thrive there. you give your grandpa such loves and love to put your arms around him and pat or rub his back.  it is truly a beautiful relationship!

baby, you make my days so happy and lovely.  i don't want you to grow and get bigger but i'm sure as you do, i will watch in awe of your special personality and the light and love and peace you bring to this world.  i love being your mommy! (who you sometimes like to call "jeeeneeeene")