Growth

 You keep growing and changing. It’s wonderful to watch. Likewise, the experience of raising you, and the subsequent balance between work, school, relationships, mental health, and parenting, is leading to personal growth for both your mom and myself. We don’t always get keep everything as properly balanced as we’d like it to be —though your mother is much better at it than she gives herself credit for—, but we are learning and trying.

I wish I could spend all day getting into adventures with you. 

I want you to have a happy, joyful life. 

You are really talkative now, which is so fun. You are also mischievous and have a quirky, awesome sense of humor.

You love your daycare, and your pets, and campfires, and snack time.

You play drums to let out excess energy, and you love listening to music and dancing. You are curious, and sensitive, and daring, and friendly. 

You are Brooklyn, and you are growing into exactly who you are supposed to become.

You’re doing an awesome job.

We’re just trying to keep up.

We love you so much!

-Your Dad, Kerry