Eight

Dearest Grant,

Today you are eight months old. Wow! How the time is flying! Mommy's friend, Ashley just brought her baby boy home from the hospital and your Aunt Jessi will be doing the same next week. It's been fun thinking back to how anxious I was for you to enter this world and how in eight short months you have turned Daddy and I's world upside down. I remember going to bed each night before you were born thinking, "Is this the night it's going to happen? Is this the night I will meet my baby boy?" I could not have imagined how very perfect you would be and how perfectly complete you would make my life. I dreamed of you, I wanted you so very badly and now, I can't imagine my life without you, sweet boy.

Today was the best day. We enjoyed a lazy Sunday morning with coffee, the paper and you in your walker exploring. You are confident and fearless. You come running when I open the dishwasher and clash loudly with a thud against the door while grabbing at everything in sight. You napped and then we spent an hour outdoors while Daddy washed cars and mowed the lawn. You enjoyed watching every minute all the while your curious mind took in everything. Later, your pal Luke came over and you tried your best to tell him all about how you got to help Daddy mow the lawn and wash cars, you also showed him the progress you've made trying to crawl. He was very impressed.

My best moments with you are the moments we spend on Mommy and Daddy's bed. We play peek-a-boo. I tickle you and you laugh, we sing songs and say poems and rhymes. I put you on my knees and we play airplane. You look me in the eyes and I melt. Your favorite toys are your whoozit and stacking cups. You already have mastered pulling the cups out of the larger ones and you can entertain yourself for hours. You are such a happy baby and have the widest grin plastered across your sweet face the majority of our day. I am so grateful to be your Mommy. I am so grateful to watch you learn and grow big and strong. You are exactly why life is worth living. Thank you for the unbelieveable joy you have brought into our lives.

Love Always,

Momma
XOXO