Lots of people told me "just make it through the first year" and for some reason I thought this meant that I wouldn't really LOVE the first year. Maybe this is dumb, but it was my first "first year" and I didn't really have anything to gauge what it would be like, so I just assumed it would be hard and not that fun. WRONG!!! SOO SOO SOO WRONG! The first year of my sweet boys life has been incredible! Honestly, I can't really believe it's almost over . Where did the time go? I guess this is where the saying "time flys when your having fun" originated?!?
LOTS of things have changed in the past month. Well, I should say LOTS in the past two weeks. Zane is MOBILE.. meaning he's EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME! He's started clapping, waving, pointing, saying "Dog or Gog" and having melt downs when he doesn't get his way. "Gog" and the melt downs are mostly my favorite things. Every time he sees Lady, he says "Gog..GOG!" and points at her, it's adorable! Yesterday I was at a design appointment and my clients dog started to bark in the back yard, Zane stopped crawling looked around and said "gog... gog?" with this precious face like "where is it mamma?" so I think he knows what a dog is! I find this comforting because I find myself in a constant state of "am I teaching him enough.. I don't read to him enough.... do I talk to him about things enough?...... blah blah blah..." So knowing that he understands what a Dog is and how to wave "Buh bye" is comforting. Now.. the tantrums. I should say they are most like protests, but quite serious. It's not really funny, but it's comical to see this little person with a HUGE personality and such strong opinions - remind me I said this when he's 16! I'm starting to really try and focus on consistency, organization and routine so he knows what to expect, what we expect and has an understanding of what our days look like - I'm not great at this, because I'm a play it by ear style person, but I'm really working on it. Most of his protests come from me taking something away from him, not giving him something fast enough, making him sit in his high chair until we finish dinner as a family or moving something out of his reach (normally the computer or iPhone). Overall, we're all learning together! I'm sure we're going to make mistakes, but hopefully we won't ruin him for life!
This past month we celebrated Father's Day, Mom's Bday (including a surprise trip from Aunt Lorrie), Kendra's Bday & Play and Joe's birthdays. Kennedy also came and babysat for the first time BY HERSELF, so Dave could take me out on a date, it was awesome!! I feel so blessed to have all of the people I love close to me and to be able to see them on a regular basis :) Father's Day was quiet and calm, which I what David asked for. I had a lot of time to think about him and what a wonderful man he is. I feel blessed that I've been able to fall in love with him twice in my life, one as my husband and now as the father to our soon. Baby, you inspire and encourage me to be a better mom. I'm excited to see where God takes our family over the next 20 years. Your first responsibility is to be Zane's father, but I believe that he will want to be your friend too. Your integrity and your home brew just keeps people coming back for more ;) I love you!
We're in the process of planning Zane's 1st Birthday Party. I sure we're being ridiculous, but we're having a LOT of fun doing it. I have decided that the reason people throw 1 year birthday parties is to mask the pain of your baby tuning 1. The party will be at our neighborhood splash pad (which is Zane's new favorite activity) and we're doing a fish theme. I've already spent 3 hours cutting out individual fish to attach to each invitation as a 3D element.. whew! I'm sure Zane will greatly appreciate my efforts and making sure his party is super trend Oh.. ok.. I KNOW he won't care about about anything but the water, food and his nap and I'm sure he'll use this party to taunt his younger siblings about their non existent invitations and parties, due to the fact that I will only have time to make it by sonic for brown bag dinners and lemon aids, but I'm still doing it and having fun! !! Oh I also think he'll really enjoy having his family there too, as will his Daddy and I!! We'll post pictures next month!!
Thank you all for the love and support you are in our lives. We value your love, friendship and who you are in our lives.... you make our world a brighter and fuller place.
Check out Zane's 11th month in pictures https://picasaweb.google.com/Nichols.Taylor/ZaneS11thMonth?feat=directlink
Love,
Taylor
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