Dear Patrick,
- On
the morning of April 5th, your dad had to go into work early and I got you
up and changed your diaper and brought you to the couch with your owl
lovie. As you sipped on your
juice and rested your little head (so warm and lovely) on my chest, I thought the day couldn't start more perfect.
- I’m
amazed how you are putting words and complete thoughts together. You
asked, “Gangie come?” and then later in the month,
“Mama, Chair, Up” so you could watch me cut vegetables for dinner. I also love how you say "Get that" or "Read this."
- The
transition away from bottles has gone really well. We now read one
book cuddled in the chair in your room and then you say, “bed!” and point to your crib. You
roll around, play and talk to yourself until you fall asleep.
- You
have an amazing memory. You can say the end of nursery rhymes, which is
absolutely fascinating to me. “Humpty-Dumpty” and “Wee-Willy-Winkie”
are your favorites. And you can fill in the numbers “2, 3, 8 and 10”
when we count. And you know (about 90% of the time) the colors black, blue, orange, pink, white and red.
- Uncle
Sonny and Aunt Katie came to visit you over Easter, and you may have a
tiny crush on Aunt Katie - but who doesn’t?! We all do.
- My
new favorite word that you say so clearly and beautifully is “honeydew”
and you say all three syllables perfectly. There is just no way to type
it as cute as you say it. I want to make it my ringtone. (At the end
of the month, you said “honeysuckle” - your first four syllable word. I
also love the way you say “headcake” for headache.)
- I
gave you your second official “trim” haircut the evening of 4/11 and
only nicked you once. I then had to sticky-roll you up and down to
collect the pixie dust hair that fell on your clothes, the floor and
couch. You never took your eyes off Dora the Explorer.
- We’ve
had our first experience with a mini temper-tantrum this month. You
asked me for “canny” (candy) one evening and I said, “no.” So, you
thought for a moment and then turned without missing a beat to your father
and asked him. When he said no you thought the world would end and
told us all about it.
- You like to put on your monkey boots and jump in the puddle at the end of the Turner’s driveway.
- Pop
came to visit mid-month and you showed him how you can slide at the
park, “jump,” which is basically raising one foot off the floor, and
“dance” by moving your arms up and down like a monkey.
- Gerald has been updating the front yard this month and you ask about the Bobcat and Hank's shovel often.
- I love that you think the lawnmower naps.
- You
are such a sensitive soul. We mentioned that Nana (Nannie) had arm
surgery and you are so worried about her. Anytime we mention Nannie’s
name, you immediately say, “arm” and touch your own arm. Then Aunt Su
Su came to visit and had a bandage on her hand and every few mins you
would check on it. Also, Mr. Frumble, a character in one of your books,
lost his hat and you get this very worried look on your face and ask
about “hat” with wrinkled eyebrows out of the blue.
I love you very much,Mom
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