After putting Gavin to bed last night, Dan and I started talking about how awesome our three-year-old is. He had made me laugh so hard as I was getting his pyjamas on him. They were his “cozy peegees”, fleece, and footed with a zipper that runs from the ankle to the neck. I zipped half way up…
Letters to Gavin
Dear Gavin: A Love Letter to a Two Year Old
Gavin turned two a week ago on April 29th. Dear Gavin, There’s a song that goes something like this: “Nobody knows it, but you’ve got a secret smile, and you use it only for me.” That lyric runs through my head on repeat when we’re together. You’re a really great kid, Gavin, and you share a…
Dear Gavin: Happy Birthday. It’s Not Fair.
Dear Gavin, This letter is late. You turned one a week and a half ago on April 29th. Whereas I wrote a whole series of posts for your brother’s first birthday, I haven’t written anything for you yet. Until now, that is. Part of me worries about this. I wrestle daily with the guilt that…
Dear Gavin: A Love Letter On Your 9 Month Day(ish)
My Baby. Last week you turned nine months old. Nine months is always kind of a magical time for me. It represents the point in which you have been out in this world as long as you were deep inside of me. It implies some sort of independence – you as you grow and begin…
Dear Gavin: A Love Letter to My Six Month Old
(I will update the weight and length after our doctor appointment on Wednesday.) How long is a lifetime? For you, it is six months. And for me too, sort of. Because it seems like you have been in this world and in our family for ever. It feels like our family wasn’t really complete without you. But…