I love my early morning walks with Amari—a time to wake up with the sun, to take a quiet moment to spend one on one time with my little 4 month old, to snap some great pictures, and to clear my head before the chaotic day gets started. Here are some of our morning moments together, just the two of us.
LOVE your sleep faces! You are such a good sleeper. I simply sing you one song and then you like getting comfy on your tummy in your crib and going to sleep.
You don't really know what to think when your brother dresses up in his superhero attire!
One day you will be "leaving on a jet plane". . . I am relishing these every precious moments with you until you leave my home.
Your smile is infectious! It lights up your entire face!
Mommy wore red lipstick one day and you just LOVED it. This was your face looking at me!
You are so adamant about walking. You want to keep up with us and your brother. AND you are so incredibly strong! Your strength always amazes me and your daddy!
Standing with my assistance
You are such a mover in your crib. You will never believe how I found you one afternoon, I so wish I had a picture of it! You were in a complete downward dog. I was in a complete state of shock! You had been fussing and I went in to get you and there you were in a full body arch, feet near your hands, seeming as though you were trying to get out of your crib. ASTOUNDING!! Another day I found you like this: pillows completely covering you. You are so particular how you sleep (you love to be right by your pillows, at a diagonal, face planted into your bumper.
I almost caught you doing another downward dog here:
Your eyes are simply the windows of heaven!!
You are getting so much better at holding things!
Probably one of the most disgusting, funny, memorable moments with your brother: your brother has been learning how to potty trained and one day you were just minding your own business swinging in your swing, watching TV, and all of a sudden I hear Beckahm say "Mommy pee," as he is pointing to you. I go over, hoping what my stomach was telling me wasn't true, but it was! He had peed all over your head. The next day, as revenge, I took this picture of you (when you were naturally doing this with your fingers) and posted it on FB :). Grandma responded: "see I told you, brother's always get even!"
Trying to crawl
Father's day! Trying to catch you and your brother in your crib together. You didn't want him in your crib whatsoever!
Mommy turned 33 this year. I spent my birthday alone; getting some much needed alone time to contemplate and to come back refreshed and ready to be a better Mommy. I couldn't help but think of you on my birthday, and took this picture for you and your brother!
Mommy's birthday (just a few pictures, all of them are posted on our family blog)
Pool day! You loved taking nap in the sun! Daddy and I have both taken you in the pool and you seem to love the water.
I love it when you cover your face with your hands like this!
Other things about you:
You LOVE taking a bath; you splash and kick like crazy!!
We finally pulled out Beckahm's old jumper, you seemed to really like it! Although you still need to get the hang of how to jump :)
Another day at the pool—Mike took Beckahm on the boogie board, he LOVED it! I napped with Amari
Napping with Amari, enjoying the gorgeous weather!
You have officially started rolling over. You roll over all the time, waking yourself up, in your crib (from tummy to back).
You are scooting more and more and trying to army crawl.
We recently located Beck's jumper and put you in it. You seemed to like it.
You don't like being alone. You tend to get whiny pretty quick if I leave the room
You LOVE watching Baby Einstein video's; you kick your legs in so much excitement
The other day you started laughing out loud just watching your brother; it made Beckahm laugh
You are SUPER ticklish. Your Daddy and I have been trying to get you to belt out a laugh, but you kind of just grunt while smiling, half hating it and half loving it.
You LOVE watching your brother. You observe his every move, and you smile when he enters a room
You love looking at girls. When Beck's has playdates over and they are girls, your face will light up. You are a little flirt.
You love the Superman pose. You are so strong!
You are seriously the most easy going, sweet, baby! Everyone comments on how calm you are.
