29 February 2008

Letter to Jarom: 18 months

Dear Jarom,




Today you turn 18 months. Now you can start going to nursery, although I must admit you've been going for the last several weeks already. And you seem to love it. Everyone kept telling us we should take you in a few weeks before so you could get used to it but I knew you wouldn't have any problems getting used to playing with other kids and lots of toys to play with and especially, treats!




You have become a voracious climber this month. You climb up on all the furniture and can now reach things that we were hoping you wouldn't. You even like to get mommy's step-stool out and open it just enough that you can reach all the magnets on the fridge. You love climbing the bookshelf too. Right now you only climb up on the lip and then hang onto the second shelf so you can lean your head back and look at us upside down. We're going to have to do something to secure the bookshelf so you don't pull it down on yourself.




Words are starting to come to you. I've heard you say "ball" and "bear" and you say "ju" for juice. You communicate pretty well and whenever we guess right what you're trying to say you give us the biggest grin.

This month I became a stay-at-home mom and I must say it has been so fun to get to be home with you all the time. We play with all your toys and work on developing new skills and probably watch way too much tv! But it's mostly PBS so that's ok righ? It's educational. I see you watching Elmo and mimicking the sign language and animal noises they make. We're going to have a great time home together every day.

Love, Mommy

2 comments:

Troy & Emily said...

PBS is good. I've been watching that and the BYU channels and getting in some essential knowledge and spiritual power (since the life seems to be quickly sucked out of me, quite literally).

I especially enjoyed the picture of Matt and his "equal" Jarom sharing a blankie moment.

Much love,
Gerbernators =)

Jenni said...

That is awesome that you get to be home with him now. I am pretty jealous. I don't know that I will EVER be able to do that. But hopefully one day in the near future. I love the pictures, you guys should so make me a disc of the wedding pics. I would love to have them (since our camera wasn't working so great) Love Jen