Jett- 1 year letter Happy birthday!!

Oh my dear jett. Jett Jett, Jetty. 1 yr old! I cant even begin to tell you have fast this year has flown by. Its not fair really. There have been quiet moments with you, when I have intentionally stayed present – knowing time is so fleeting. When I was feeding you, or rocking you. Sitting telling myself to remember this moment. Not to get up but to sit still. You weren’t little for long…about 3-4 months you hit a major growth spurt and you haven’t stopped. You’ve hit all your milestones on time, have 7 teeth, almost walking, mimicking funny things we do, trying to be bigger than you are. You have started to babble tons and have a bit of a vocab- mama, dada, elijiah, Tristan, kitty, tink, bob, baba( bottle), byebye…your schedule has been pretty much the same for months. You sleep 12 hours going to be on avg around 5:30 6 pm and sleeping till 530-6 am. You have your morning nap, and afternoon is spotty. If you don’t hit that afternoon nap sometimes your in bed by 5 pm. Makes for working mom and dad sad because we don’t get a lot of face time till the am before work. Your brothers adore you. Elijiah is in and out but hes a great helper. Showers you with lots of kisses and plays with you. Tristan and you spend every waking hour together. He is VERY protective of you. Makes sure we know what happens in the day or if someone doesn’t take care of you right lol. Hes awesome at telling us when you are in danger( starting to climb stairs, or picking something up that could harm you). He talks to you all the time and you talk right back. Its very sweet. Tristan had a hard few months when you arrived, and at times he can be a bit jealous of all the attention you get, but for the most part hes your buddy. Jett one of the many fond memories that I made sure to burn into my brain was when you must have been a month or so old. Having you fall asleep in my arms, allowing me to put you in bed with me and take a nap was precious. We have never had our children in bed with us and you are no exception. You don’t sleep anywhere well except a crib, so this was very nice. We haven’t been able to do a repeat ( falling asleep with me in bed) so it’s a good memory. Thinking back over those “firsts” food, baths, holding your bottle on your own, feeding yourself – all mean so much to me. While I do believe we are done having more kids, you being such a happy, healthy, fun baby makes me want to have more kids. I love having all boys. You just seem to fit right in…wrestling with your brothers, and giving me and daddy lots of hugs and kisses. You have an attachment to your blanket, but no real fixations like a pacifier, or stuffed animal. Your super picky with food however. You don’t like any textured food. Any lumps in it or anything. So you remain on stage 2 baby food despite our continued efforts to introduce other things…you wont eat it no matter what. You make the “puke shivers” as your dad calls it. In your mouth for a second, puke shivers occur, and then the mouth hangs open and you let it all dribble it out. You do like bananas, cheerios, yogurt drops, baby cookies/snacks…but meal time foods or other snacks…NO go. You spend your days with Grandma Cindy and she is our lifesaver. You are so loved by all, and grandma makes sure you are well taken care of while we are working. We couldn’t imagine life without her help and I know you love her so. You are happy to go to grandmas in the morning which is a huge blessing to us. Jett. … Words just cant describe the love we have for you. You make being a parent easy. That we are old pros when in reality you are just a great baby. We hope that with each year you will continue to be healthy, happy and bring joy to our home and know how wanted and loved you are. Much love – your mama