This week's letter features two weeks as we were in Florida last week and didn't have the ability to upload all of our photos and we didn't have your bear to take your picture with. Let me just tell you that our last two weeks have been filled with adventures and many firsts for you.
As I mentioned in your last letter, (somewhat) cooler weather has embarked on Houston and we spent much of the time outside. We went and picked out our pumpkins and mums for our porch and you loved being outside. On Sunday of that weekend we met friends for brunch outdoors and then went to Discovery Green, a park downtown. You were being such a good baby that we decided to go to the Astros' game with them. Despite the open roof and the noises of the stadium, you were able to sleep on me while in your Baby Bjorn, which you love. All was going well until you woke up and decided you needed to eat 30 seconds ago, and you wanted to make sure that the entire section we were sitting in was aware of that fact.
On Monday you took your first (of what will be many) plane rides to Florida with mommy. Daddy helped get us to our gate and down the jetway, but he had to work a trip so you and I flew with you alone. You did such a great job...you took your bottle on takeoff and throughout the flight mommy bounced you on my knees as you like to constantly be in motion. (Apparently going 500+ miles per hour in a 757 wasn't enough for you.) Prior to the flight, I know everyone around us was cursing the fact that they had to sit in our section, but you didn't make a peep. I was so proud of you.
While in Florida you met so many people who love you so much. You met your grandpa, uncles, your great-grandma, great aunts and uncles, second cousins (we think), and friends. Everyone marveled over you and you didn't spend much time there not being held by someone. While in Florida you became more attuned to people's voices and intently follow whomever is speaking with your head and eyes. You also enjoyed nightly walks around the block in your stroller with your grandpa, who enjoyed them just as much as you did. While there you also learned to fall asleep on your own at night after being laid down drowsy but awake without us having to go into your room multiple times to give you a pacifier or calm you down. With all of our sleeping challenges, this was a task that I thought the books just talked about but that you might never accomplish.
Your smiles continue to delight all of those around you. As you get more rest both at night and with your naps, you smile more and more each day. I told your daddy recently that you've become so much fun and I love being around you so much more lately as your personality is shining through and you're actually responsive and interacting with us.
During these past two weeks your mommy has reached some important developmental milestones of her own. When given the choice between napping or running, I actually, gasp, selected running. This is huge progress on my part as several weeks ago I couldn't have imagined turning down sleep for a million dollars, much less to exert physical energy outside. I also spent my first day apart from you when I went to visit with friends in Florida. During my entire drive there, I literally felt like I had left a vital piece of me at home, almost as if I was missing a limb. Considering the longest we'd previously been apart was for two hours, this was a challenge for mommy, but your daddy and the family helped me through the day by sending many adorable pictures of you to my cell phone.
You were just as good on the plane ride home from Florida and your daddy met us in the airport to help us get home. While we had a wonderful time in Florida, it felt so good to be reunited as a family of three. We've spent all of our time at home just being together.
I can't put into words how much joy you bestow on all of those around you. I never knew that I could love this fiercely, this deeply, this protectively.
With all of that love,
Mommy
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