42 weeks and 2 days

Kale has been living on the outside for longer than he lived inside me. This feels like a momentous milestone, his life is more his than mine, even if he still likes to be carried and cuddled much of the time.

Kale Bug,

Over the past 42 weeks and 2 days you have become the most amazing little boy. Every day I love watching what new things you discover and pay attention to even if they aren’t always what I would like you to be paying attention to. You are absolutely fascinated with the world around you even if you only want to look at it from the safety of my arms and legs.

This past week you have been going diaper free a lot because there is a heat wave going on here in Vancouver. Sometimes while you are cruising* around you pee. When the pee hits your feet you look down so surprised and then sit down to splash in the puddle that appeared at your feet. Every once in a while you realize the pee is coming out of your penis and wiggle it around so the pee sprays everywhere and not just on your feet.

You also have been pointing with your right index finger at anything and everything. We aren’t quite sure if you are asking us to bring the world to your fingertips or if you are just excitedly showing us everything you see. Today, however, you were nursing with your eyes closed and still pointing excitedly all around you so maybe you are pointing for the shear joy of pointing.

This weekend you started feeding us even though you still don’t like us to feed you. We were hanging out by the pool this weekend and you would take a bite of your rice cracker and then put it in my mouth for me to take a bite. Today you grabbed a snack out of my hands and took a bite and then put the rest of it right in my mouth. At dinner tonight your Daddy asked your for a bite and you put a pea right in his mouth.

You aren’t using words yet (other than the occasional mama or dada) but you talk constantly. Daddy and I forget that you understand what we are saying a lot of the time. Which you obviously do since you knew what we were saying at dinner tonight. We are working on it, please be patient with us. Eventually we won’t talk about you in the third person when you are right there in our arms.

Love,
Mumma

*Cruising - taking steps while holding on to the couch, coffee table, or other pieces of furniture for balance