14 months old

To my dear sweet Jack,

You are such a little monkey!! Crawling over everything - including the dogs! You laugh so hard when they play and run around - you laugh at the cats and sometimes you just laugh at nothing. You are such a good boy but very inconsistent. Some days you'll take 1, 3-hour nap and the next day you won't take any. It's quite bizarre. You've also boycotted vegetables - before you loved to pick cooked carrots and peas up and eat them and now you turn your head away - not sure what that's all about. You still love your baths and have such fun splashing around in the tub. You wear some 12 month clothes yet but we're going to have to get some 18 month clothes and some shoes(you haven't hardly worn any!) now that fall will soon be here. Still in size 4 diapers as well. You say mama now, talk in your own language and when you want more of something you'll make this noise with a slight inflection at the end of it like mmMMMa..so we say you're asking for more! I have been so blessed to be able to stay with you every single day since the day you were born and I wouldn't give that up for anything! But I start a new part-time job this week and I know it's going to be extremely hard for me to leave you. Even though I know you're in good hands and will be more than okay - it will be really hard for me. I'm just thankful I can work part-time for now so I still get to see you all morning and then I'll be off to work and will be home in time to put you to bed, so that makes me very happy. It'll be really great to get that extra income so we can do more with you as you get older. I just can't believe how quickly this time has gone - but I've cherished it and you as much as I possibly could. You are my world bubby and never forget that - no matter how old you get - you're always going to be my baby!

I love you so very much!

Kisses,

Momma