Letters to Joseph-February Part Two

February 25, 2007

Dear Joseph:

This week has been so fun because you have still have been consistently flipping over from your back to your front and then from your back to your front! You play and play in your crib and under your gym. AND, this very week you started sitting on your own. We have to get you started, but you all of a sudden have so much balance. You also are standing in your crib with your hands on the railings. Full disclosure here…you are so mobile that once this week, I left you on the bed, and just as I was coming back, I heard, kerplunk!...not too loud, but I knew you’d fallen off the bed. FORTUNATELY, you fell onto Liam’s bed, so it broke your fall and you only cried for a minute. I hope you don’t read over these letters thinking, sheesh, my mom dropped me a lot!...but I’m putting these things down so that when your baby falls off the bed, and you ask me if that ever happened to you, I can tell you exactly that it did happen and when! And, no, I haven’t dropped you on your head. You also have discovered your ‘bits’ as your Dad calls them…it makes you laugh. You belly laugh a lot and smile freely at everyone you meet. I also discovered that you love ice. It’s a little dangerous to give you an actual piece of ice because you could choke, so I put it in this sort of contraption that’s meant for kids to eat fruit though, it’s kind of a netted pouch with a handle. It must feel good on your gums and that must mean that you’re going to cut teeth soon. Now, this is another thing that will embarrass you when you are older, but you will discover when you become a father, that every little thing that your children do, is of the utmost interest…including poop. And when it comes to poop, you don’t do it much. Ever since you were about 2 months old, you have only pooped about once a week. Now, this makes for easier parenting…but has brought some worry. Your dear Dr. Danielson keeps telling us that it’s normal. OK! Fine. We have started to put you down to sleep as much as we can and I sing and hum to you…sometimes I sing Tu La Loo Ra Loo Ral, and sometimes Stake Awake, from Mary Poppins. Last week, I had a meeting at St. Marks, and your Grandpa Steve took you on a long walk all around Capitol Hill. He took you to the Conservatory, to Broadway, and just around the neighborhoods. It was a beautiful sunny day and he was delighted with how interested in everything you were. He loves you so much. Your Dad wants me to put that you are just such a happy little joyous boy and he loves you more than anything ever! As do I…you bring a new kind of marvelous peace, excitement, and joy to our lives.

Love, Mom