Happy 9 month Birthday!!!

(a few days late!)

We've been waiting for the sweetness to
slowly melt off as you get older - but
it is clearly stuck. You are the most
loveable boy that ever existed. You
cover me in slobbery kisses when you
greet me in the morning. When your
dad gets down on the floor to play with
you after work, you pull yourself up
onto his face and sing as you bounce
kisses all over his head.

You learned to crawl a few days ago
and you are very excited to have
the power to dissrupt your sisters
in their games - chewing on their
puzzle pieces or stealing their crayons.

I am going to have to perform some
kind of miracle early potty training
because you are already too strong
for me to hold down when it is diaper
changing time.

I am cherishing this time when I only say no to you once or twice a day.
(You keep trying to pull the fireplace screen on your head and you like to
find buttons and hair things to put in your mouth). But I know the days are
nearing when you will have to hear no every other minute. I'm sorry that
this is coming, but I am also excited for your world to grow. I just have to be here
to keep it baby size - no jumping down stairways or poking outlets and things
like that.

I thank God for gracing me with a baby with such a gentle spirit and amazing cuteness. He definitely knew that we needed you and you truly make our family more complete.