my baby-o

Dear baby.
You are just growing up so fast. Couldn't you just slow down a wee bit? Look at you standing so nonchalant. You want ever so badly to be able to catch up with your big brother, whom you adore, and you are working so hard to get there. You are fully crawling now- and you can sit yourself up from a crawl to say, dig in the houseplants, or chew on a bit of thread you've found on the floor. And that diaper-less stair climbing trick? Pretty impressive (and you can thank me later for not posting those shots.)

You are a radiant, lovely, joyful little fellow, an absolute joy to be around. You wake up smiling that big sunny smile, and keep on smiling and chatting cheerfully nearly all the day long. And you have settled on a first word- one that makes me ever so wonderfully happy. "Mama." yup. you say it. And I love it. And I love you, dear baby, as big as the sky and then some,
love Mama.