Hi my sweet Heron baby!

It’s been two months since my last letter to you and of course, you’ve changed so much! We haven’t had you measured in the past two months, so I’m not sure how much you’ve grown but from carrying you around so much, I’m guessing quite a bit!

You had your first Easter earlier this month. You didn’t enjoy coloring eggs, Sunday School or the Easter Feast, but you were so sweet all day and loved playing with your new Easter toys. Next year will be fun when you’ll get to hunt for eggs and enjoy church and chocolate with your brother!

You’ve finally developed a taste for food! You love apple slices, Cheerios and baby rice snacks as well as all sorts of baby food, especially peaches and peas. Your brother likes to feed you as well as share your food!

Just two days ago you really started to get mobile! For about a month you’ve been getting on your hands and knees and rocking to a sit. Lately you’ve started taking one crawling “step” before falling to your tummy. You just started getting around now! It seems that any food or dangerous objects nearby really motivate you to get going! Diaper changes are near impossible too, since you squirm so much and want to get away (and you’re stronger than I ever expect you to be!) I can tell I’m going to spend a lot of my time chasing you down soon!

You babble a lot, but aren’t yet forming real words. We constantly hear “babababa” and “dadadada” from your little mouth! Your big brother likes to imitate you and have conversations with you and you both find it so funny. You adore Rhino so much and he can almost always bring a smile to your face. He beats up on you a little bit too, but it’s out of love! Whenever I rush in to stop him from treating you like a drum or squishing your face, you start to giggle so I just let you boys be. You’re a tough little guy!

You’ve made some little baby friends lately, too. We go to playgroups together and you seem to care a little bit more about the kids around you. We’ve met some babies lately that are just a little bit younger than you and some that are a little bit older and you seem to be really interested in them. You were hanging out with a little 6 month-old the other day and scooting over to him, touching his face, and leaning in like you were going to give him a big kiss, then just rest your face on his. You two were laughing at each other and waving your arms together for most of an hour! There are lots of babies right around your age that we know and it will be fun to see you all grow up together over the next few years.

This stage you’re in right now is so fun. Your sometimes-grumpy / sometimes-ecstatic personality is really shining through lately! You’re demanding and you’re hilarious and you’re temperamental and you melt my heart and I love you so much.

- Your Mommy