-- The other day at supper we gave you a bowl of yogurt and blueberries, and you proclaimed, "I love blueberries!" Now you are starting to say it about other things too... "I love ice cream!" I love pizza!" You are starting to make associations of how you are feeling. Sometimes when I ask you how you are doing you pause and then say, "Just... good." You are doing pretty good with your manners too! You say please when you want something; thank you when it's given to you; and when someone else says thank you to you, you follow up with "You're WELcome!" It's the best! You are starting to use 4-6 word sentences pretty regularly. I can usually understand you; and if not, we can usually figure it out through context or actions.
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| You look so grown up in your hoodie |
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| Enjoying some mexican food at On The Border |
-- We've started to ask you to make a "funny face" for pictures, because we can actually get a semi-smile!
-- You run most everywhere you go these days. And as you do, you let your jaw flop and make a "ahh/ehh" noise with every footstep.
-- Dora's still not too sure of you, but you keep trying to love her! Most of the time you are gentle. You have started to feed her when we ask (way to go!) and you tell her "no" or "move" when you hear us telling her the same things.
-- You do a pretty good job playing with your little brother! You are fairly gentle and let me know if something falls on him. (I'm trying to teach you to take it off of him!) Recently you have started acting like you're excited to play with him! I look forward to this more and more as you'll entertain each other!
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| Playing before church today |
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| Blurry, brother love |
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| Garden of the Gods (April) |
-- You love anything with lines: electrical cords, hoses, and in this picture, scarves. You kept stringing them together from end to end.
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| April 3, Daddy's birthday |
-- You really enjoyed taking Kindermusik classes from January - May. You got your very own harmonica. You learned to play several types of drums (which you totally showed your skills last weekend when we went to New Castle and you joined in while we were singing!!), learned about opposites in music like loud/soft, fast/slow, smooth/bumpy, and more. And it was great interaction with other kids your age.
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| Last day of Kindermusik |
-- You're wearing size 5 diapers; we bought two packages of XS briefs for you. Adorable! We're going to start potty training soon.
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| You continue to love fruit, especially blueberries! |
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| Just so cute! |
-- At night you typically sleep from 9:30 pm - 7 am (notice I say typically!) and you take an afternoon nap, usually from about 1:30 pm - 3:30/4 pm. You do great in your twin bed! We usually read you a book or two, you like to have on your stereo (usually listening to "Frozen" or recently Vivaldi), then we sing a song or two, and then you go to sleep.
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| Snuggling with Curious George. Your current favorite show. (Or "movie" as you call all TV and movie watching.) |
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| You tried so hard to not let me catch you on camera for this picture! |
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| Jogging in a circle to "The Jog" at Mommy's 5K in May. |
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| Mother's Day 2014 |
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| Eating donuts for breakfast with Mommy on her birthday |
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| I think you are so handsome in this picture! What a pose! |
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| Checking out your new rocking chair from Uncle Rob and Aunt Mardella |
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| Cantaloupe! While Levi looks on... |
-- You took swim lessons the beginning of June. Unfortunately we were unable to finish, but you did so great! You learned to blow bubbles and you really started kicking even better the second week. You can touch on the kids' side of the pool and you started jumping in for me too! I was very proud of you and still hope we might be able to make up the last 3 days. You have been enjoying both spray parks in Loveland too!
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| Blowing Bubbles |
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| Zeke and Haddie |
-- You weigh a little over 32 lbs. and are approximately 37 inches tall. It's hard to measure someone who doesn't stop moving!
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| You love being outside... and playing with this sprinkler toy! |
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| Zeke on his first pony ride during Berthoud Day (June 7, 2014) |
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| Visiting Pop-Pop's new house in the Springs. Eating ice cream. Sitting together, of course! |
-- You are wearing size 2T clothes, size 8 shoes. You have started taking off your sandals by yourself, they're velcro. You can't quite put them on yet.
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| Playing at Pirate Ship Park in Vail, CO (July 21, 2014) |
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| Chocolate cake? Or black beans? It's usually one or the other! I think this was actually chocolate this time. |
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| Getting ready to watch a movie with Aubry. You love playing with her! |
-- You did great as we traveled to NE, MO, KS, and IA for 2 1/2 weeks to see family and friends. You enjoyed looking at books, especially with your tag reader, watching movies on the new DVD player (especially while wearing headphones!), looking for tractors, backhoes, and bulldozers, and playing on your new LeapFrog phone on the way there and your backhoe on the way home. You also enjoyed eating snacks and did try to help keep Levi entertained some too.
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| On the way home from the Henry Doorly Zoo... minutes from falling asleep! New turtle pillow from Grandma Pam |
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| Greatly enjoying the sandbox at Grandma's house (July) |
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| Picking potatoes with Aunt Teresa and Uncle Paul |
Ezekiel, you are such a kind, gentle, thoughtful little boy. Can you believe you're halfway to 5 years old (aka Kindergarten)?! Mommy sure can't! You are starting to be funny and make us laugh. You surprise us by how well you remember things we've said or done. You are a super helper to Mommy -- getting the broom to sweep after meals, feeding Dora, watering the garden and flowers, vacuuming, getting diapers for yourself and Levi, taking clothes to the hamper, bringing things I ask of you. I pray you continue to listen to, obey, and help Mommy and Daddy as you get older. I love your hugs, kisses, and snuggles. I look forward to the days ahead with you. I pray you will know the Lord and walk in His ways and truth. You made me a Mommy and I will always, always be thankful for you. You bring joy to my life and are teaching me how to be more gentle and selfless. I could go on and on about more details and qualities, but please know I will always love you. I am proud of you. And I'm grateful to be on this journey of life with you. Love, Mama
2 comments:
These photos bring such good memories and will for always--Love them all. I am so blessed to have you as my grandson, Zeke, LOVE
LOVE this post so much, sis! What a gift you are giving Ezekiel - he will look back on this with great love for his Mommy!
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