Around the time when Jack was 18 months, I picked up a journal for him that I vowed to write in on a monthly basis. I hadn't really kept a baby book for him, assuming I'd remember all the special moments. But, the "oh my gosh, that's so cute" moments started piling up, and I knew there was no way I'd be able to remember all of them. So - I bought a red journal at Target, wrote a little note to him on the first page, and began jotting down as many special things as I could. I wrote about his first sentence: "dog eat cheese", and about pumpkin picking, counting to 5, loving the color yellow, playing with trucks, and just about anything else.
January quickly came, and so too did Kingsley. I kept up with Jack's journal for awhile thereafter and even bought a flower journal for his sister, swearing I would write in their individual journals regularly. Well...Kingsley has now turned 1 and I have yet to put pen to paper for her, and Jack's last entry is from June of '09. The lack of writing is DEFINITELY not from lack of special moments, because every day has more than one of them. In fact, there's no real reason I've been slacking other than being a busy and tired mom of two. But - I want to remember these moments, and want them recorded for my babies so they can see how wonderful they've always been and how happy they've made John & me.
So - here is the first of many blogs about our little family, and about the moments that make it so very special.
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