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My Monkey Boy!

 









Watching you grow has been one of the greatest privileges and joys of my entire life.

You make so much noise now! You are so close to talking! You love screaming at the top of your lungs in a super high pitch when you first wake up. 

You’re adapting to daycare well, and like your teachers and classmates. You get excited when I drop you off there.

So still love being read to, but now you pretend to read along with us.

You love watching cartoons. Ducktails is one of your favorites. We watched Space Jam together and Sylvester made you laugh.

You like petting your cats —and occasionally pulling out their whiskers—, but the dog is still too big and kind of freaks you out.

We went clothes shopping and I bought you a stuffed monkey, and you love it so much. It’s your first favorite stuffed animal. 

You’re eating all kinds of new foods now; sweet potatoes have been your favorite so far, but we are just getting into trying fruit baby foods, so I’m sure you’ll be a fan of a bunch of that.

It seems like you are starting to teeth, which makes you grumpy sometimes.

Every day it seems like you are getting bigger and smarter and funnier, and it’s wonderful to be a part of.

I’m so proud of you, and love you so much!

-Your Dad, Kerry



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