Dear Joseph:
May was a busy month…suddenly your Dad and I decided that we needed to MOVE! Now let me first say that we LOVE our old house. We worked so hard making that house a home and we envisioned bringing you up until perhaps the age of 5 in that house. But we started feeling the space pinch a bit. So May was filled with visits to open houses, signing of papers, and packing. Through all of this, you haven’t missed a beat.
First of all…you’ve got a total of 6 teeth! They’ve all come in during May for the most part…two front teeth, two just next to the front teeth on either side, and of course your bottom two. I wish I could say that you have stopped biting me, but oooch, I’d be lying. Another absolutely amazing thing happened in the last week of May. We were at the park with Cousin Dylan and Luka and Aunt Andrea…we were sitting on a blanket on the grass, and suddenly, you stood up!!! Pretty much out of no where and from a seated position! Now you stand all the time. No steps yet, but they are coming soon!
Another crazy thing you did this month…we were standing outside and Pepe , the little dog across the street, was barking. You waved and said HI! I am not kidding. Then you did the same thing to your Dad on his birthday…what a kid!
I feel I need to touch on the house thing again…even before we thought of moving, we entered your beautiful room in a nursery contest, prompted by your Auntie Ali.
http://nursery.apartmenttherapy.com/nursery/small-cool-2007-entries/18-josephs-lantern-festival-021451
We didn’t win…but got lots of nice comments such as:
“So good-looking and non commercial, love that. I adore your lanterns, I also used lanterns in my daughter's nursery. I like the look of the cabinetry next to shelves. Are they built-in custom or furniture? Also may I ask a source on the prints above the crib? Congratulations on creating a space where a creative child will grow!”
“So beautiful! I love this space for a wee one, but the best part is that it's a space that will be a nice refuge for an adult too. So many nurseries look like spaces that only a kid would want to hang out in”
“If I truly assess the other nurseries using your exact rules/criteria for submission, my favorite other entry is #18: "Joseph's Lantern Festival". I love everything about it - the beautiful color on the walls, the punchy lanterns, the playful artwork above the crib, and the stately yet folksy rocking chair. It's a fantastic mix of eclectic pieces. Overall, I like the simplicity of the room and the sense of calm it evokes. It's child-like yet sophisticated.”
“'Josephs lantern festival' I liked the lanterns and artwork a lot and the fact that the lanterns were the colorful inspiration for the rest of the room. I also relate to starting with things that are special to you and let the room grow while the child reveals itself to you. I loved how the things from their own childhood, like the nursing chair from the mom's nursery and their own toys were incorporated in the room. To me it has a nice natural balance between style and personality.”
This was such a nice farewell to the house where you were born…I know that though you may not consciously remember that house, that it will remain a foundation in your soul as it does in mine. Of course it was very difficult for us to leave that house…I gave birth to you in that house…but I realize that you are my home, and we will make this new house our home since you are in it. All the same…I love to think of memories there…sitting around the firebowl in the back yard with you all bundled up and asleep on my chest. You crawling around in the grass with Liam. Me lying on the bed during the summer of ’06, very pregnant, lights dim, french doors open and the warm summer night breeze floating the curtains…thinking of what you would be like and how much I would love you. And even before you were born…playing with Seamus in the yard, burying my face in his soft neck fur. Dancing with your Dad in the living room. And so many more…
On to the summer my dear…
Love, Mama
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