Mom’s preamble: this letter wasn’t written or published on your actual birthday, but this was the year when we welcomed Logan into our family. On the day you turned five, Logan was only seven and a half weeks old. So, I hope you’ll forgive me for the lateness on this. Dear Cameron, You probably know…
Letters to Cameron
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to a 4 Year Old
I keep staring. I just can’t take my eyes off of you. Last weekend, someone told me that you must have had a growth spurt lately because you look like you’ve grown. I just shrugged it off. I must not have noticed because I see you day after day. On Thursday you turned four. And…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to a 3 Year Old
{Written yesterday, on Cameron’s third birthday} Three. I feel like we have been on the precipice of three for a long time now, you and me. You have always been “almost 3” but never ever 3, it seemed. Until today. Today we woke up together and you were three and I was a Mom to…
TWO!
You came running up to me yesterday and wanted to sit in my lap. You had been playing with cars, I was sitting on the computer being a terrible mother playing Solitaire. You were craving some us time. So you sat, your legs draped over mine, face-to-face with me, our mother-and-sonness intertwined. “Do you know…
Stepping
We’ve taken some big steps together, Little One. Well really, you have taken some of the biggest steps. And I am so proud to watch you grow and learn and make these big, first steps. But Baby, each one of these steps? Is a step away from me. For nine months we were closer than anyone…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to my One Year Old
Dear Cameron, Joyous. That’s the word. The word I would use to describe everything. This past year? Joyous. My life as your Mommy? Joyous. The person that you are? Joyous. Cameron, this past year has been the best year of my life. The moment you were born, my life changed. You made me a Mommy….
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to my Eight Month Old
My precious baby Cameron, On Saturday you became eight months old. It is funny thinking back eight months. I never really thought I’d have an eight month old – not because I didn’t think you’d ever get to this age, but because I am so often stuck in the constancy of the moment, despite the…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to My Six Month Old
**Cameron turned six months old yesterday.** Half a year. That’s how long you’ve been an outside baby, Mr. Pants. That’s how long you’ve been in our world. That’s how long I’ve been able to hold you in my arms. Half of a glorious year. The other night, you and I were snuggling in bed, and…
Perfection
Tonight, you needed your Momma. You needed me. You had been sleeping but eventually you found yourself lingering somewhere between desperately wanting to be asleep and trying to be asleep. That place? It is not a calming place to be for a little sleepy boy. You couldn’t get comfortable. You rolled to your belly and…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to My Five Month Old
Monster Tooth, Five months ago today, you became an outside baby and somehow, a very little you made the very big world a better place. I had no idea how much you would change my life in these past five months. Because of you, I am able to experience the joys of motherhood. Because of…
Dear Cameron: A Love Letter to My Four Month Old
**Disclaimer: I really wrestled with whether I should post this today. Today Cameron is four months old. This really is meant to be a letter to my son about the last month, not just a gimmick for a blog. And so, for the first time, I have written about what is going on that has…