Happiest of birthdays, my love!

People often say that life is measured by the moments that take your breath away. My darling John Sawyer turned one this month, and in the days since then, here is how he has done just that:

My dearest, darling son,

Every day with you is a blessing, a surprise, an adventure, and a beautiful song. You have made me the proudest Mommy, and I thank you for making my life complete. You fill my heart with wonder and joy, and I fall in love with you every day. You are growing so fast, and I stand in awe at your curiosity, intelligence, and inquisitive smile. You love your big sister so much, and you want so badly to do everything she does. You watch so carefully and try things yourself right away! Here are some of the things you have learned to do this month:

• You crawled up an entire flight of stairs, opened the door at the top, and yelled, "Ma-MAH!"
• You stood atop his sister's chair and tried to turn the lights on and off
• When I took the chair away to prevent you from doing it again, you dragged it back into place, tried again, this time crawling from the chair to the table!
• You climbed up onto a box of blocks, sat there proudly and smiled away.
• You stand proudly and love inching along furniture.
• You love to open doors, play with hinges and any kind of button, and you take batteries out of the remote and roll them around.
• You grew two little edges of your bottom middle teeth, and the top ones are just showing little white shadows of coming through.
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I love you with every part of my heart, my little love. Stay smart, happy and inquistive. Thank you for making me your Mommy.