oh how i love him! i remember thinking "how am i ever gonna love another as much as i love karyssa? she's so perfect!" well, let me tell you, i can. he's started shaking his head yes when we ask him questions and it really is when he means yes. i love the way he double fists it with passies. if he's sucking on one and finds another he picks it up and tries to shove it in piggy backed until he realizes it might be easier to take the first one out. then when he gets the 2nd in his mouth and discovers there's yet another passie (the first one) he keeps putting them in and taking out the other until he decides which one is better and drops one and goes on about his business. it is SO funny!
he's gotten so opinionated in his old age. he wants everything karyssa has. it used to be that she could have a balloon, or a mechanical horse ride at the store, or a snack or a sippie with out asher even noticing. now he's all about it. if she has it, surely he needs one too. and if you pick him up to redirect him from something he can put on a cry that's oscar worthy. he's always shown his frustrations by taking his hands with his fingers fanned out and shaking his flat hands from his knees to his ears-that's cute too-even though he's trying to be mad.
he's getting his 4 top front teeth right now so he's kind of cranky, but when he forgets about his teeth he is the happiest baby on the planet. smiles and laughs ALL day long. it's so refreshing to be around him.
i love the way he wanders around the house looking for the next great thing. he has the cutest little baby hips. i love the way the fronts of his thighs stick out to the sides. and how tiny they make his butt look when he's in the tub.
and i LOVE the way he growls. he does it when he's laughing and it. is. so. cute!
he's all boy. it's so amazing to see the differences from karyssa, and yet so many similarities too. as he got nearer to that 13 month 2 day mark that karyssa was when we brought her home it became more real to us how much she had been through. and now that he's past it and doing so many things that she couldn't at that age we realize how blessed we are and how lucky he is that we were able to get him at just 1 day old. i miss the 36 hours we missed with him before he came home...but i'm so glad to have had those 13 months and 1 day more than we had for karyssa. and in that way, she will always hold a special place in my heart. i will always grieve those 13 months and 2 days.
he amazes me every day!!! and i am so lucky, and i know it, to be able to call him my son.
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Beautiful! And he is equally blessed to be able to call you MOM!
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