• You have been SUPER alert and active right from the beginning. At a week and a half old you were really aware of things going on around you... And you were strong! You started trying to hold your head up.
• At 3 weeks you could hold your head up for a while.
• At a month old, your girlfriend, Lily, was born. She is precious!
• At 3 months old we had our first family vacation. We went down to Florida for a week during the 4th of July, then we went to Gatlinburg, TN, then we went to a cabin on a lake in KY with our friends.
• When we were in Gatlinburg, we took you hiking a couple times.
• On our first hike with you, we were hiking up to see this waterfall. On our way back down a baby black bear started walking down the path in front of us... It was pretty cool! We started following it, and we got pretty close to him.
As we got closer, I turned around, and literally 20 yards behind us was the Momma bear, following us as we followed her baby. Needless to say, we were kinda freaked out! I mean, bears are known to be VERY protective of their cubs, and if she thought we were trying to harm the baby, she could have gotten aggressive... And you were strapped to the front of me!So, we freaked out for a minute as we kept working our way down the trail... Finally, we were able to get past the cub, and made it back to the car just fine. So, feel free to tell everyone that when you were 3 months old, you stood up to a black bear.
• The next day we hiked a VERY difficult trail with you strapped to me again. Feel free to tell people that at 3 months old you hiked The Chimney Tops. I even left our families mark on the mountain top.
Someday, you and I will hike that mountain again, and you will see where that is!
• You have been developing SO quickly! At 2 months you were holding your head up all the time. 3 months you were rolling over. At 4 months you were sitting up. At 5 months you were starting to crawl. At 6 months you were standing, and at 7 months and 4 days you started walking... You beat me by a whole month!
• Today we took you to the Emergency Room for the first time. Yesterday morning you were over at a friends house while your Mom was babysitting their children. You were walking in the dinning room, holding on to a chair, when you fell backwards, pulling the chair with you. You hit your head on the hardwood floor and the chair landed on top of you, pinning you to the floor. You cried and cried and cried and cried. So your mom took you to the DR and they said you looked ok, but if you were still cranky the rest of the day that we should call back. You hardly slept last night... You cried a lot. I held you for 2 hours so you would calm down, and you slept for a bit, but we took you to the ER in the morning. You have an ear infection. Thankfully though, you aren't hurt from the fall.
Well, that is it for now... If I think of any other major things that happened I will add them later.
Your mommy and I love you SO SO SO much! (And we both REALLY hope you sleep all night tonight.... We are tired.)
