18 mths

I can't belileve it is offically a year and a half. So much has happened! Recently you have been sick a lot since your started daycare. But inbetween illnesses you are giggling and exploritive! You babble more and more and I can tell when you are asking a question because you turn your hands up and shrug your shoulders. You love your Papa, he is tough on you but he also showers you with love and fun! I am you comfortor and your cheerleader one look from you and I melt!

Your Papa and Grandpa built a jungle gym for you in the back yard. It has a fort, a slide, a swing, and a sand box! You love climbing on it. The slide is a bit steep and you fly down it almost catching air! But you will grow into it!

We went swimming at Namma's you will not let us put any type of float device on you, but you love the water. You spent most of your time on the raft playing in the water on top of the raft and getting on and getting off the raft.

Your Auntie T came to visit you this month. You warmed up to her and the two of you played especially in the mornings. You swam together in the hot tub and played chase through the house.

I feel like the next coming months will bring so many changes. I can't wait to see what though changes will bring. I can see you becoming a little boy! I pray for you daily that you will be healthy, that we will be wise parents, that God provides for us and that you will come to trust in the Lord.

You are a joy and a challenge and your Papa and I love you!

Mama

DayCare

This is your second week in DayCare at MudPies and Music. I am so impressed how well you have adjusted to the schedule, even though you only go three days a week. You really seem to like being there. This Daycare has a "Nanny Cam" so I can check in on you throughout the day, which I LOVE!!! You play inside and outside on the playground, you do art and sing songs, and eat snacks and take a nap. Outside you like the slide and the tricycles. Inside you carry your "Tigger" around and play with the different toys and the other kids. I am so impressed at how you sit at the table in your own chair and wait patiently for snack or lunch, you take naps on a cot (not a crib) and you lay right down and go to sleep often sleeping through a noisy room.

You have not cried when Chris drops you off and whenever I talk about Daycare at home you perk up. Your babbling has increased, you are more obedient and your outburst have become less! I am so happy that you like daycare and it seems to be a good learning place for you. I still miss you like crazy and want to be with you all the time, but I am proud at how you are growing and capable of adjusting to new things. I hope this is a start to great social skills and a love of school and learning!

Know that we are doing the very best we can for you and that we love you so very very much!

Love,
Mama

17 mths

Chandler, you are 17 months this week. You are definitely growing mentally and emotionally. You are starting those legendary tantrums. You throw them the most for me because you already know your Papa will not allow you to carry on so. When you do not get your way you will list on the ground and wail, sometimes rolling on the floor like an alligator doing its death roll. If I try and hold you you kick and squirm so much that it is hard not to drop you. But the screaming is the worst. But just as bad as the tantrums are you are equally loving and fun! You love the little games and you laugh so freely!

You have started giving kisses. It started in the tub, when I would rinse your hair and the water would run into your face. You would stand up startled and come to me at the side of the tub and give me a kiss, I would wipe your face then it is back to playing with your boats! It is one of the most precious things you do. You and your Papa have a different way to show affection, you head butt. Papa will say "I love you" and you two will put your foreheads together...sometimes a little too hard (still learning body control).

This week you start daycare three days a week. I think it will be a great time for you to be social and to learn. I will post more about how you like daycare at the end of your first week.

Indra is interacting with you more and more. You love that dog and get excited to touch or feed her. She now allows you to hug her and hold her tail and pat her. You still play chase where you try and corner the dog and she still dodges you. I am glad to see that relationship developing!

It is always a joy to love you and watch you grow!

Love
Moma