Letter to my son....

I decided recently to start a journal of letters to my 10 month old son that I will give to him when he gets older. Here is the first entry....

January 26, 2005

Alex,

Well today you are 10 months old and you are the apple of my eye to say the least. As I rocked you to sleep tonight I decided that I wanted to give you something special so I decided to keep this journal for you. I am going to come here and write to you occasionally over your childhood and when you get older I am going to share this with you.

As I held you close to my chest tonight and sang lullabys in your ear I tried to lock that memory in my head for eternity. You have grown so quickly the last ten months and you are getting so big. A couple of weeks ago you were 25 pounds and 30 inches tall. You have come a long way since being in intensive care.

You are crawling like a crazy baby and can pull up on everything. You love to open the cabinets in the kitchen and play with the pots and pans. You are beginning to like the Teletubbies which I was hoping you wouldn't. You are just so full of energy. You have a little temper but it is still very cute. We play a lot and you love when I do the "body slam" on you. You giggle and laugh all the time. The talking is coming along with some dada's, mama's and baba's. You really want to walk but you have mastered the speed crawl.

After I get home from work every night we play and then I get to bath you. After your bath I read to you and give you a bottle and rock you to sleep. This is the best part of my day and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Soon we will be playing catch and riding bikes together but for now I will soak up every second of getting to snuggle you.

If over time I don't say it enough to you, I love you Alex.

Love,

Dad