Letters to Cole

Month 11 {Letters to Cole}

February 9, 2012

Dear Cole, As I write this we are on vacation. Your first trip to Florida, hopefully not your last. But given that I think I heard you crying at 2AM last night from your grandmother’s room, I’m not sure we’ll be invited back. Oh, buddy. I know I say this all the time. It’s probably starting [...]

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Letters to Cole {Month 10}

January 7, 2012

Dear Cole, At ten months old, I’m trying desperately to commit to memory the parts of your babyhood that warm my soul from inside out. The way your blond hair, though getting longer, still has the soft silky feel of an infant. The way when I snuggle you before bed, you suck your thumb and [...]

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Letters to Cole {9 Months}

December 9, 2011

Dear Cole, Nine months. Nine whole months as we round out the holidays and the year. You are, by far, the best thing that happened to us this year. It’s your birth that keeps me from writing this year off as a hot mess. Because if your daddy and I had to go through everything [...]

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Letters to Cole {Month 8}

November 7, 2011

Cole Michael, Hey buddy. Slow down.  No, really.  Slow. Down.  In the last month you’ve added crawling, fighting with your sister and pulling yourself up on furniture to your list of “things I can do without breaking a sweat.”  And Momma’s not ready for that.  Certainly I’m not ready to be chasing two kids in [...]

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Letters to Cole, Month 7

October 9, 2011

Dear Cole, Seven months old. Seven months and two days old, if you’re going for accuracy. You have taken off this month, from baby boy to little boy. Maybe it’s the way you zip across the floor after your sister or one of her toys. Or your blond hair that is getting longer and thicker [...]

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Dear Cole: Six Month Letter

September 7, 2011

Dear Cole, Last night you feel alseep in my arms. As your body got still and heavy, your breaths soft and regular, I leaned down and pressed my lips against your hairline.  I breathed in and tried so hard to commit the moment to memory. The flicker of the fireplace. The weight of you in [...]

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an introduction to his village

August 8, 2011

Dear Cole,   Yesterday was a big day for you. You turned five months old and we celebrated your baptism.  Those two things occuring on the same day were more the result of my inability to plan ahead and less about me wanting to throw a big party on your five month “birthday.”   At the front [...]

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Month 4 Letter to Cole

July 12, 2011

Dear Cole, Your four month letter is a little late.  I would apologize but really it’s your father’s fault and the impromptu trip to the beach we took last week.  You know what has amazed me about this last month with you?  The relationship you’re starting to develop with your big sister.  While you’ve always [...]

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Cole, 3 month letter

June 7, 2011

Baby boy, You woke up last night.  For the first time in almost a week, you woke up and didn’t just stir a little and fall back asleep.  No, this time your stirs became whimpers with a hint of “momma this is going to get louder if you don’t get your fanny in here” yells [...]

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Two Month Letter

May 7, 2011

Cole Michael, It is the end of your two-month birthday and I’m sitting here looking at pictures of you we took today. You are getting so big so fast.  It’s no wonder, given that your two favorite pastimes are eating and sleeping.  In the last couple of weeks, we’ve really hit our stride.  You. Me. Your [...]

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