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well it’s official, simon has now been out in the world longer than he was in my belly. it’s funny talking to pregnant people now and thinking back to the end of pregnancy when i wanted so badly for him to be out for so many reasons: i was big as a horse, so we would know if he was a boy for sure (i was pretty convinced), so we could get started on the great adventure of parenthood, and not the least of which: so other people could hold him.
well, i’m still trying to keep up with the calories he nurses out of me, he’s definitely a boy, it’s an adventure, and he won’t let that many people can hold him for very long yet.
there are those moments when i wish i could put him back in (after redirecting him away from the cat, dog, cat’s dishes, dog’s dishes, stairs, computer cords, garbage can, etc for the zillionth time), but all in all it’s been a wonderful 9 months. he’s an amazing boy, curious, strong willed, eager, independent, loving, and cute as can be.
most mornings simon wakes up and pulls up the blinds to look out the window (this might sound dangerous, but we’re with him of course). yesterday morning, he kept pulling them up and looking back out. i could tell he knew something was different but probably wasn’t sure what. we had about 4 inches of snow yesterday.
we took a couple of quick walks during the day so he and Duke could check it out, then in the late afternoon we went out to take some pictures. this could be the only snow of the winter, and if we stay in NC, who knows when Simon would see snow again.
we put baggies and rubberbands over his shoes so they wouldn’t get soaked. there was certainly no need to buy the boy boots this winter, as quickly as he grows and as little winter weather as we see here. he had a good time touching the snow and watching the dog play around.
mommy and daddy are very excited about my latest interest…
Wow! what can we say about our time in Florida over the holidays…so many great things. The weather was fabulous. We spent some time at a beautiful beach house, hung out with aunts, uncles, Oma, Opa, GrandBob, Nana, and lots of fun cousins. Grandma and Granpa B came down to spend some time with us.
Simon pushed through about 3 teeth while we were there. He explored every inch of each new place we went. I could go on and on, but really folks just want to see the pictures! We need to get Aunt Jen and Uncle Mike to send us a cd of some of the other pictures, since we took lots with their camera.
