Happy birthday Noah Jackson!
January 15th, 2011 Neal
My beautiful boy, you are two years old today!
It seemed like only yesterday that you were born. I remember holding you in my arms, touching your soft face, amazed at how perfect you were, and how happy we were to have you join our family.
How the time has flown! How you have grown! You look like an adorable little old man in your big boy clothes, stomping and running and “Daddy, big jump”-ing around the room. Fearless, and totally heedless of gravity you roll and wiggle and climb your way around and over and through any obstacle like the little monkey you are.
Your vocabulary is stunning at times (“pyramid”), and you are nearly speaking in full sentences (“Anna, I watching the balloons”, “Daddy, please read me book”). You know all your colors, and can count all the way to 12 in English and sometimes in Spanish too. Your ABCs are not far behind. Your teachers have been amazed. We constantly hear people tell us how smart you are, how polite and “present” you are, and it is a joy to see how many new things you are learning each and every day.
You bring joy into any room. No one can resist your amazing smile. You adore your big sister and your cat Max (“I go pet him. Give him huggies.”), and most days they adore you right back. You look forward to meeting your friends each day at daycare (especially little Winter, whom Anna assures you you will marry some day).
We miss our baby boy, and your momma cried the day you got your first haircut. But we also shed proud tears as we think of how much you have grown, how much you have accomplished in this last year, and how much we look forward to watching you become.
Precious and peaceful, screaming and shouting, laughing and dancing, talking and singing, hugging and cuddling, we love you so dearly, our little big man!
Thank you, Noah, for being part of our family, for letting us love you, and for giving us so much love in return. Happy birthday, little one! We love you!
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