Yesterday Noah turned thirteen months old. I've been thinking a lot about when you stop keeping track of a babies age based on months. I think its around two?? One thing I love as a busy mom about keeping track of his age by month is taking time out to think about Noah and celebrate him. I think for each child until I die, I want the day of their birth (16th) to be their special day of the month. I want to do something special whether it be picking out what we will eat for dinner, an extra hour of T.V., game night, a special trip to the park, alone time with mom and dad, a care package to the college dorm, an email, a note in the lunch box just something that says "You are Special." I wanted to start yesterday but the weather was nasty so there wasn't going to be any park excursion or anything that required going outside of the house. And since he can't really voice his choice in meals.... we just played hard and stayed up a little later to play all three of us. Then we both gave the bath, and read stories. It was so fun just to delight in Noah. To forget all the stress of daily life and getting things ready for the end of the year and just enjoy being a family of three. I mean four, sorry Charlie! Below is a list of my 13 favorite things (at the moment about Noah).
1. Big blue eyes!
2. his new hide and seek game (I'll post a video of it later.)
3. His love for his dad! He is just crazy about Adam.
4. Appreciation for Charlie.
5. Love of books, his favorite toy!!!
6. kisses
7. excitement when he discovers something new
8. underneath his new fit throwing stage he has a sweet spirit
9. his love of fruit and vegetables, we have never struggled to get him to eat healthy things.
10. his health, despite the rough start Noah is a healthy boy!
11. his social nature, I love that Noah loves people
12. his sleeping habits, I continue to appreciate Noah's love of sleep
13. his potential, Noah's future is wide open, he can do anything he desires, dream any dream, I'm excited to see him grow into an amazing man!
And yes I am posting this from school! And I feel the need to justify. After the board/ state review visit yesterday a virus swept the school grade system and we are locked out while they fix it. So everything is graded, exams printed, room clean. Just waiting to get in and enter grades and I will be ready to walk out of here Friday and 3:30 ready to focus on Christmas!!
1 comment:
We talked about this today, but I forgot to tell you that I totally plan to steal this idea. I am so glad that I have you to look up to as a great mom!! I am proud of you for all you are juggling - especially all we talk about during lunch....
Post a Comment