During my
lunch time run today I was thinking about my son. I think I was thinking about him cause I'm so jealous my husband is spending the next 5 weeks paid to hang out with him. I thought about how much he’s changed in
the past few months between now and his first birthday. He’ll be 17 months of
age by the end of the year and I wanted to take the time to write down those
changes now so the “future Cam ” can reread
this post, smile and reflect on this season of his life.
You are becoming
more coherent and picking up things so quickly. Like when you sit on the couch and
find the remote controller, raise and point it toward the tv because you see us
do that. Or how you pick up our iphone, put it against your ear and say “ahh-nee!!”
(that must mean hello in your language) then put the phone against our ear and say
“ahh-nee” again.
You’re
persistent especially when you’ve set your mind on something. If you want to grab
that item you can see on top of a table you’ll stand on your cute tiny tippy toes
and reach out for the object with your tiny arms. If that fails you will
find whatever resources you can, like pushing a chair towards the table or pretend
you want to be picked up, only to use us so you can get closer to what you want. May you
continue to have this attitude in life, never giving up on something you’ve put
your mind to even when you face road blocks.
You love music.
You love to sing, your favorite songs right now is the alphabet song, bah bah
black sheep and twinkle twinkle little star. I love how I'll sing a-z and you
chime in at “Now I know my abc …” and sing the rest of the song on your own. Then
clap your hands and say “yeeeaahhhaa!!” cheering for yourself afterwards.
You know
where your head, shoulders, ears, mouth, eyes and nose are and where those
parts are located on me.
You don’t
know how to just walk at a normal pace. As soon as your feet touches the ground
you’re off in a sprint walking like motion. You’re getting better at not falling
over yourself but really you need to slow down. You gravity to any open space.
If there is light coming from the smallest crack you will dash over to that
light as if you’re making a jail break escape. It’s so cute but annoying as I don’t
trust you to stay still in public areas.
You love
cuddles and kisses and I love giving them to you. You want to be physically close
to people. You love to position yourself snugly under my arms or on top of my
chest when we sleep.
When you do
something cheeky or naughty you say “oooh no!” like you weren't the culprit yet avoid eye contact when you know I’m telling
you off.
You’re such
a boy where play time involves wrestling, flipping upside down and climbing. You smell like
one too when you sweat. You smell like a sweeter version of daddy ... I'm not looking
forward to your smelly teen years.
You are
strong and have no fear, always climbing up or down the highest part of the couch,
chair or table.
You love to
read and be read books. I love how you would grab a book from your shelf and bring it
to me saying “boo k!”. You love to control who turns the pages so you will always
position yourself between the reader and the book.
I think you
understand things or repetitive processes you’re exposes to, like how you know to
squat and make room for my hand when you’re standing and I’m putting your
onesie together. Giving me space and an oppoutunity to fix you up.
You love balloons
and balls. You find them and gravitate to them in every situation, like when we're at the shops and you saw a balloon sticking out from a pram located at the
other side of the center. You ran and tried to grab that balloon, unfortunately
it wasn’t mine to give to you.
You’re
coordinated (like mum ha!). You know how to kick a ball and when you’re
concentrating can catch one too. You know how to stack your blocks in order to
make a tower and then collapse them in the opposite order to store each block
within the bigger block.
You smile
all the time and bring a smile to everyone. You’re so adorable and very cute, if
I do say so myself.
As much as
I want to keep you a baby forever I want you to keep growing and developing I’m
excited to see more of who you will become. You make us very proud already.
