Well.....so it seems that no matter how good my intentions are.....I just can't keep up with this thing!!! And I really do have good intentions!!
haha
So here goes....
One, he's one! And he is A.MAZ.ING. Simply amazing. I can sit and watch him play and figure things out forever. And yes for those who wonder there is a SMALL part of me that misses the tiny baby and the year that has gone so quickly, but the vast majority of me laughs at that small part and says WATCH WHAT HE IS DOING NOW! AGH, the personality! I love it! Why wish for what has come and gone when there is so much happing NOW. I can't spend my time lamenting over the quickness, I might MISS something!
Emotionally, the weeks surrounding his birthday have been a bit rollercoaster-ish. His birthday party was fantastic. However, I desperately miss having my family around.
(DUH)
I did not realize, though, just how much until they WEREN'T HERE. You see my sister and her family were trying so hard to be here. Randy ended up in the hospital the week prior though, so they weren't able to do it financially. *sigh* Randy, being the sneaky guy that he is, told me that they weren't going to make it, but I knew it was still a possibility for them to just appear and surprise me. Turns out they WERE trying to do just that, but weren't able. And, OF COURSE, I had convinced myself that my dad (also sneaky sneaky) would MAYBE turn up with them. Nothing like setting myself up right!
So the day appears, and they didn't.
Then soon after that day....POW. Mom, Angie, the girls. All gone, never to have met him. Can't talk to them, can't celebrate with them. I could go on, but you get the picture.
It IS currently better, but, like I said, a bit of a rollercoaster lately. Seems like it's what the holidays will bring. So I have been alternating between my typical holiday GIDDYNESS and sadness. For caleb, I have been bringing forth the excitement most because I am truly SOOOOOOO excited for him to see the season. He is in LOVE with the christmas tree, points and jabbers and likes it when I turn on the lights (have yet to actually decorate it though haha!)
I have been saying "ho ho ho, merry christmas" over and over again in the hopes that he copies me a little too!! And of course, because he LOVES ME SO, he has been *breathily* saying ho ho ho!!!! I LOVE IT!
And so to the newest-ish accomplishment, he will occasionally stand ON HIS OWN when he doesn't realize he's let go and take just a FEW lunging steps WITHOUT HOLDING ON which makes his whole face sort of go crazy as though he's thinking, WOW, WHAT IS THIS! It's pretty funny, I gotta say! He gets pretty excited about it.
Well, I think it's safe to say, I don't post often but when I do.......!