In just four days you will turn a year old. Today is actually the day you were due to arrive last year. I can hardly believe a year has almost gone by! This past month has been fantastic! You had so many milestone moments take place and we have been super busy doing all kinds of fun things!
A tropical storm passed by Savannah but that didn't stop us from having fun! We took you out to to Tybee for your very first trip to the beach! With 30 seconds of sitting down you were already eating sand. You loved the water, loved the waves and loved Huca Poos pizza even more! The next weekend, the same thing happened! Another tropical storm passed through. We took you to the beach and you played in the water! Even though it was really windy, we still had a great time!
Your one year molars made their appearance this month! Miss Penny noticed them first and then before we knew it, two were popping through! This brings your tooth total to 10!! You have way more teeth than about 90% of the other babies in your room. This has been a huge challenge this month because you are biting up a storm! We have tried separating you, giving you something you can bite and telling you no. Nothing is really working. You did get bit last week though and I am hoping a taste of your own medicine might help this problem out!
Ace, you finally started crawling this month! I came to see you in your classroom and it was almost as if on cue you just started to go. No army crawling for you, little fella. You were up on all fours like a little bear cub trying to walk for the first time. It was adorable. Within a week and a half of your first try, you turned into a little speed racer. You are all over the place now. You can crawl, roll, and sit up and pull up to get anything you want! Dixie is thrilled!! The other day I came to get you after work and when you saw me you sprint crawled across the room!! So cool!
We have been taking you swimming at the pool every chance we get. We actually joined the pool in our neighborhood so you can play with the other little buddies who live close to us too! You and Garrett are going to have such fun there this summer! We got you a float to sit in and you walk all around the pool like you are in a walker. Mr. Social Butterfly visits all of the other people in the pool and talks and plays. You also have a love of the big pool and know to kick when you are on your back and belly! I just know you are going to be a great swimmer! Seeing you swim might be my most favorite thing ever!
You mastered the sippy cup this month and love eating dinner at the table with Mommy and Daddy. You spend the time telling us all about your day. You say "na-na", "daaaaa", "da-da", "ba-ba" and "zz-ZZZZ!!!" You can guess that the last sound you make is what you do when you are trying to get Dixie's attention. You love her more than anything else! She loves you in her own way but especially loves you now that you purposefully drop food down from your highchair for her! That only took 361 days!!
Ace....I am going to always treasure all of these milestones and firsts! I live for the weekends when we get to hang out all day and play! You sleep a lot on the weekends to make up for your lack of naps during the week but when you are awake, you are such a joy! Everyone compliments how happy you are and how cute your smile is! You make me so proud everyday.
I love you so much, angel!
Love,
Mommy
