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| Helloooo Mr. Turtle. A game your sister likes to play with you... |
Oh my dear Matthew. You are 6 months old tomorrow! Did you know we share birthdays in a way? My birthday is your half birthday (I'm sure I will have pointed this out to you every year... not to beat a dead horse). Funny in a way- I have always teased how my nephews tried to steal my birthday as 4 of them were born within days of MY birthday. Who knew that all along it may actually be my own baby who shares my birthday with me?!
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| SUPER Nona, Matthew and Jack! |
I'm thankful that you are 6 months old tomorrow. We've made it thru some of the most challenging days. Remember the weeks of sleeping on the couch with you? Of course you don't... but I do. Remember the nights of midnight blogging while you swung away and laughed at me in your swing? (I think I only imagined the laughing as you innocently refused to sleep.) 6 months already, and you are no longer an infant in my eyes. You are becoming a big guy, and an even bigger joy.
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this looks innocent enough, but really your brother might be pinching you here...
or thinking about yanking on your arm at any moment. |
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| captain muscles showing off his planking skills |
I think with every child I have joked at their first birthday that "we did it! we kept them alive a full year!" well with you, this joke seems less funny... I'm not sure how man kind has survived all these years because as SMART as your siblings are... they can act like total morons around you. I know they love you, they want to be around you all the time. They ask to hold you, and they constantly try to play with you and entertain you. BUT, they also jump off of you in the same manner that you would jump off a boulder. They "roll" you across the floor in the same manner that you would flip a tire. They seem to think that you would like to smell their feet, lick their toes, or have them sit on your face. I don't understand it. I get mad. I yell at them, I explain to them that you don't actually LIKE this, that you just can't get away from them. They inform me that "he is smiling!" Which actually does worry me a little.. why are you smiling!? Maybe this is normal for a third child. I haven't really heard other mother's talk about it, so I feel like it is some great failure on my part. But perhaps this is one of those unspoken things? Well I'm breaking the silence! I apologize to you for the inadequate care you are receiving. I do try- and as I said, I'm grateful that we celebrate 6 months (and my 32 years) tomorrow. Plus, I'm pretty sure you are going to grow up and be quite a bit bigger than either of your siblings anyhow. You can sit on their faces then, you have my permission :)
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| That's right little man. Learn how to escape! Crawl Crawl! |
Happy 1/2 Birthday little Matthew, and Happy Real Birthday to Me too. Thanks for being a permanent distraction to my own birthday, and for giving us a little something extra to celebrate.
P.S. I promise I'll always share my cake with you Matthew T. (that's saying a lot you know.)
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