Sutton is now six months and I haven’t written a thing about
him – just him – since he made his debut. So, I thought at the very least the
child deserves a half-yearly update and then maybe if he’s lucky he’ll get
another post at one.
So, where to begin? Oh, buddy. You are FUN. And just about
as opposite of your brother in every way (save for size, you are just as big, if not a little bigger! 22.8 lbs and 28 inches). But where Tobin was already crawling at
six months, you are not. Though I think you could if you would take your hands
out of your mouth and use your arms correctly. But this is all okay, I am very
thankful to not have you quite as mobile, because if your personality thus far
is any indication of what we’re in for – well, I’m really okay with having a
less-mobile version of Sutton for now.
For not being all that mobile, you get around plenty. You do
this 360 degree move that makes us all laugh and you get to and from with a
combination of this rotation on the ground and rolling. And you can move where
you want to at the moment.
You are extremely, extremely loud. I realized the other day
that you don’t cry nearly as often as I think you do, you just kind of yell
your opinions all the time, be it happy or sad! You often happily yell/babble
at us as you sit and clap, which is another favorite activity of yours. You are
very proud of yourself when you clap and you are even more excited when we all
congratulate you on your newfound skill!
You play very well for your age already, but you have to be
given options, which just kind of cracks me up and I think says so much about
you. You like your toys to be set next you in a basket and then YOU and only
you can take them all out one by one and empty the basket. By the time the
basket is empty you either try to eat or drum on the basket and then time is
up!
You have the world’s biggest smile. It is a super gummy and
wide smile that takes up so much of your face and the only thing cuter than
that smile are the dimples you have framing it. I don’t know where the super
deep set dimples came from, but oh boy, do I love them! In general, you just
have big, animated features and if there’s anything that can compete with your
smile/dimples it’s your eyebrows. And your Daddy wonders why I’m so neurotic
about keeping my own groomed – hello, brows! You clearly got my crazy arched
eyebrows and they are intense when you use them. I love you for it. They are
amazing. Side note – when we got family pictures done this last weekend, I would
have appreciated at least a little bit of your smile on display, but you were
intent on having your best Jack Nicholson impersonation on display instead. I’m
sure they will be hysterical to see….
There is no one, and I repeat, NO ONE, whom you love more
than your brother. And now that Tobin is really starting to understand just how
happy you are when he plays with you and the way you respond to him, he is
quite in love with you too. We are really starting to hit our stride as a
little family of four and we love you so much!
We are SO thankful for the spunk, energy, and love you bring
to our family!
