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Month 29
August 19th, 2008
This has been such a hectic month I’ve barely had anytime to write! I’ve been working on some other projects and I have to admit, a bit of laziness on my part have contributed to the lack of posts.
You have become quite the little helper with Mommy. You’ve helped her with sewing and with baking. You’ve also tried to help me write a bit. Right now you’re turning up the volume on the Dodgers game while I write! What a helper you are!
You’ve also been working on your letter L. You try to really get that L into words, and it sounds a little silly each time, but wow are you trying hard to get that L just right! I’m so proud of how hard you are trying.
I’m sorry that I haven’t written more, but I plan to start up regularly within the next couple of days. I promise!
Love you,
Daddy
Month 28
July 18th, 2008
I usually use this letter to write and talk about how much you’ve progressed. How tall you are, how much you’re weighing, what you’re eating (or not). This letter is a little different and it’s because of yesterday.
Yesterday was a bad day for me. It was a bad day I hope you never have. Not when you’re little, not when you’re grown, not now, not ever. But through it, there you were. A bright little source of light and energy to cheer me up. I don’t know if you knew I was down, or what, but while we were at lunch you sat next to me and gave me the biggest, longest, loveist hug any dad could ask for.
So, I’m taking this opportunity, this letter, to say ‘Thank you’. Thank you for being exactly what I needed, exactly when I needed it and making what was otherwise a really bad day bearable.
You’re the best kid a daddy could ask for. And I love you very very much.
Daddy
Month 27
June 22nd, 2008
During the last month you’ve developed a couple of new toddler things: (1) You have the most awesome imagination … and it seems to have appeared over night; (2) You are getting very good at stalling.
The imagination you’ve developed, like I said, just seemed to appear one day. No warning, no hints, just BAM! there’s a 2 year old with an imagination. We’ve started playing intricate games with nonsensical rules, and pretending to have little tea parties.
The other, not so awesome thing, is the stalling. You’ve become very good at trying to stay up just a little bit longer. You need to get your babies ready, so you have to move them, one-by-one, from their baby bed to your crib. This can take as many as 10 minutes depending on how patient me or Mommy is. We’ve seemed to be able to nip it in the bud a bit, but you’re still trying as best as you can.
Another new development is the path towards potty training. You’ve started to wear Big Girl Panties for short periods of time, and although it’s still new to you, your progress has been awesome. You’ve gone pee pee on the potty a couple of times and everything. And I know this is so something that you’d be embarrassed to have any of your friends ever see, but you know what? The same thing has gone on/will go on/is going on with them. So thpleeeee!!!!!!!!!!
Another cool thing we’ve noticed is that those ratings on television shows really are a good idea. We were watching an episode of Seinfeld, an innocent enough show. It was one of the old ones, where Jerry still does the stand up at the beginning and end. In this particualr episode Kramer took a picture of Elaine for her Christmas card, only neither one of them noticed that Elaine’s nipple was showing. So this card got sent to hundreds of Elaine’s friends and family and she was nick named nipple. So, as funny as that is, it doesn’t compensate for the fact that as soon as it was revealed that Elaine’s nickname was Nipple and she was not on the screen you proceeded to ask, “Where’s nipple?” Umm, well she’ll come back sweetie. In the mean time Mommy and I are going to start to watch only PBS, the Dodgers and an occasional Soccer Match (Euro Cup 2008 is going on now) when you’re around so you don’t start with any more of these funny, but slightly embarrasing new words.
I can hardly wait until it cools off again so we can start going to the Living Desert. It’s been like 110+ the last couple of days and we haven’t been able to do much of anything except say, “Hot hot hot hot hot hot”
Love you very much,
Daddy
Month 26
May 18th, 2008
This has been, by far, one of the greatest months ever! We’ve had so much fun together, and you’ve finally started to want to cuddle with me. I’ve had so much fun swimming with you and playing in the back yard. It’s hard to describe all of the great feelings I have when we’re playing and having a good time. Just like there’s nothing else in the world that I want to be doing. You are just such a cool little person that I can hardly believe that we’re related, because I am decidedly uncool (something you will realize in just a few short years!)
We haven’t gone to the Living Desert in a while, so that’s something that bums me out a bit. But, it is starting to get really freaking hot now, so I’m sure we probably won’t be back until the end of summer. I’m thinking that we’ll just have a ton of fun in San Diego this summer, but I can’t decide what will be the coolest thing to do. Should we just hang out at the beach, or go down to Cabrillo National Monument and check out the beautiful scenery? Or maybe we should go to Lego Land, Sea World OR the Wild Animal Park. So many choices … so little time.
I’m sure we’ll figure it out, but I just want to have the coolest summer ever with you … so I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself to make it happen.
I’m sure I’ll pick the right trips and that we’ll have an awesome summer … it’s just such a big responsibility! I don’t want to mess it up.
With lots o’ love,
Daddy
Month 25
April 22nd, 2008
This is the month of ‘Go way!’ It’s your new favorite thing to say to me. So, I hear it and sometimes I go away, but sometimes I just stay around and play with/near you anyway. Sooner or later you warm up to me 
Over the last month the weather has gotten nice enough to play in the backyard so we’ve been doing a fair amount of that. We’ve also gone hiking once with you (which was an adventure). It seems like you’ve grown up so much since your birthday, but you still seem very much like the same little person. Strange I know, but that’s how it feels.
Over the last month I found out that we aren’t moving back to Utah, and although initially bummed out I’m really excited about this summer and the time we’ll spend at the beach (something harder to do when one lived in Utah), and just all of the cool things we’re going to do.
I promise I’ll get better at writing these letters. They’re just so hard!
Love you,
Daddy
