Last 'New Day'

As much as I can, I tell my children in their first year of life 'Welcome to your new day!'.  They haven't seen May 20th or January 3rd or November 29th before, and I try to welcome them to it.  (Lachlan and Torin have both 'seen' February 29th already!)

So, tomorrow our Callum Joseph turns ONE!  No more new days.  As natural and exciting as it is, it's still a bit hard to realize it's here--the BIG 0-1.  You have no control.  It just happens and you have to accept it.  Your little babies grow up.  There are huge milestones that make it a bit easier to accept their growing up, like new teeth (Callum's first came at 4or5 months, and had 8 by 9 months), starting on solid foods (well...third child you realize it's so much easier if they just nurse as long as possible, so he started solids around 6 months), and crawling...dun dun DUNNNNN!! Callum was such a wonderful boy and decided he was ready at 10 1/2 months.  Thank you, Callum!

Once he started crawling, he might as well have been one--though it wasn't too far away.  He formed this new kind of independance and now is just a bit more fussy and unsatisfied that before.  But really, we can't complain. 

Callum, you have been an amazing baby.  So chill.  So friendly.  Such amazing eyes.  Such soft, chubby, rolley skin (that's whiter than a ghost-sorry!)  And what JOY you bring to everyone.  Please don't lose that!  You have had your fair share of diaper blow-outs and sleepless nights, but of course we gladly take the bad with the good.  We look forward to watching you grow, hearing you talk, teaching you the way of the Lord, and getting to know you and love you more and more and more and more!  We love you heaps and heaps!
We are so grateful that God gave us YOU.

A look back at Callum's first year:

There's nothin like a fresh new Baby 6 hours old.



Wrapped up and regal in his amazing cushy blanket



One month and tuckered out

 

Two months

1st Halloween & too much candy

 

Baptism Day

 

 

1st airplane ride (yaaay sleeping Baby!)

Ride down the mountain tramway on 3 month birthday

Intrigued by this man in red

4 months/Baby's 1st Christmas

Sweet Little Babt feet

And apparently tastey too-he loves playing with his feet!  Even now, when he's 1!

My zaza keli lehi be!  (spelled something like that--it's Malagasy)

 

 

 

I know this is not finished yet, but this has taken me waaay too long to get just this far.  Ugh.  So behind the times.  So, check back in a month...or 6, and who knows, perhaps there will even be a whole new post! 

 

Love ya, mean it!

Be here now.