Dear Rowan 2/26/12

I want to remember you tiny and cuddly, especially in this teddy bear snowsuit everyone adores. It's not even two months yet and you've already gotten so much bigger! Everyone says how much your cheeks are filling in so nicely. You really are plumping up, it's so great. You were so skinny when you were born! But already I miss how teeny tiny you were. You're already a baby, no longer a newborn infant.

I can see it in your hands and feet. No more wrinkles or peeling skin on your toes. Your hands are getting chubby and dimply. They don't seem so fragile as they did only a few weeks ago.

Your face is maturing and even your eyes are becoming slightly chocolatey. Your infant cry has developed into a slightly louder baby cry. You had such a raspy cry when you were first born. I hate to say that I loved your cry but it was so different than any cry I'd ever heard. It made me realize how different you were than Adrianne, somehow. It was like I could hear your personality in it.

However, with every milestone that fades into the past, new milestones are there to bring us more joy. You are starting to smile now. This morning when we just woke up and you were laying in bed with us, you were just so happy. You looked back and forth between me and your Daddy and just smiled at us. You were so alert and observant. Whenever either of us would make a sound, you would turn towards the noise. It was amazing!

Oh, I just want to remember everything. I love every second of you.

Dear Rowan 2/10/12

Last night, I was lying in bed and you were laying on my chest. You were so squirmy, I didn't know what the heck you were doing! You kept trying to climb up, up, up. So I kept scooting you down, down, down. Eventually I just gave up and let you crawl all the way up to my neck. You lodged your head under my chin, right up against my throat and then...you fell asleep there!

I wondered if maybe you liked being there because it reminded you of being lodged in my pelvis just under a month ago...or if you just tuckered yourself out working on getting there for almost an hour! Either way, I couldn't say that I minded it. I can never get enough of baby cuddles.

Love,
Mom

Dear Rowan...2/8/12

{Like the "Dear Adrianne" posts, this will mark the start of my letters to my little boy, Rowan.}

Today, you are 4 weeks old! I can't believe how fast time flies. But I am loving every second that I have with you and your sister. I can already tell that you are getting bigger. You are starting to plump up now, and your head is no longer a tiny little orange in the palm of my hand.

I'm going to miss you as a little newborn pipsqueak, but I am looking forward to your everyday on this earth. There are so many exciting things to look forward to!

I hope you get over your need to be awake at night though. It's amazing that you will sleep for hours at a time during the day. But at night you wake up every hour and a half to two hours! You also have a habit of clamping your mouth shut when I try to feed you, which is a very silly thing to do. But I love all of your little quirks because they make you you. It's amazing to think of how different you are from your sister already!

Speaking of which, I know you will love her so much all your life. I'm so happy that you two will have each other. There is so much fun in your future!

With love,
Mom