Book Love

Dear Jordan,

We are in the dog days of summer and it is hot!  I'm so ready for it to be done, even though I am enjoying have the pool.  But I know that once it cools off, you will spend your days outside and that's where you need to be!  You tried to go out and play the other day but you only lasted 10 minutes.  It will be nice to be able to go to the park and to just let you play in the back yard.

You have discovered the joy of library books.  You want to read them all day and it is so fun for me so see you love reading.  The other day, your Dad took you to the library to get new books and you barely made it in the door before you got them out.  You sat on the kitchen floor and looked through all of them.  You already know a lot of letters so you will be reading the books to yourself in no time!

I am working on finding a way to take you to visit a fire station.  I hope I can make it happen because you will LOVE it!! 

It's almost the weekend and it should be fun to get to enjoy some time with Grammy and Pappa. 

I love you, Buddy!

Mom

 

You Say What You See

Dear Jordan,

Now that you are talking more, I find myself answering a lot more questions.  You want to know about everything and most of the questions you ask are hard to answer.  For example: "What is that house doing?"  The only way I can think of to answer is to say "It's just sitting there."  Today, you wanted to call the fire department because two birds were sitting on top of a building and "couldn't get down".  So, we called (pretend, of course!), because that's the only way you will be satisfied.

You also make comments about things...which sometimes are embarrassing to me.  There was a lady checking us out at the store who clearly looked like she has a hard time making ends meet.  You said to her, "Why do you have a hole in your shirt?"  And today when we went to the gym, the guy who checks us in has long dreadlocks and you said "You need to cut your hair."  I have to talk fast to make it not so awkward.  But you are so sweet and innocent that they never take it personally!

Grammy and Pappa are here for 8 months and you are loving all of the extra time with them.  We are so used to spending every second with them, like we do when they are on vacation.  It's taking us all a little bit to get used to seeing them at church and for an hour or so here and there.  It's going to be so fun to celebrate birthdays, holidays, and all of the fall festivities with them!

Jordan, my heart is to really try to share God's truths with you but I feel like I fail so often.  I pray all of the time that your heart will be soft and that you will put your faith in Him at a young age.  Despite my limitations and failures, He loves you so much and wants you to walk with Him.  He's more powerful than we can imagine so He can overcome my humanity.  I hope you know just how much Jesus loves you.

I love you too!

Mom

 

Summertime!

Dear Jordan,

Considering that it's been 2 and a half months since I wrote you, I would say that I let this slip my mind!  I hope that life can settle down enough to keep this up better.  You are so funny and I could probably write every day, but who has time for that?  :)

In the last letter, I mentioned that you were sick.  Well, you ended up being really sick.  You scared us one Sunday morning with a 105 fever and you were acting lifeless (which is the opposite of Jordan!).  So we ended up taking you to the hospital for tests.  Turns out you had adenovirus and another virus...the combination was rough on your little body.  You had fever for twelve straight days and it was a rough time.  We missed all of the beautiful spring weather and the day you got better, the storms started coming. 

Two weeks ago, we moved into our new house!  God really blessed us more than we deserved.  It's all grace anyways, but there are things about what He did that really showed us how much He loves us!  He gave us a house with a pool and you are such a little fish!  I love watching you learn and be brave enough to jump off the diving board by yourself.  Other than a couple of times, you have been obedient about not getting in without permission.  Dad let you flounder a little to let you see how important is that you obey around water.  We are very careful with that pool because it is so dangerous, but we are enjoying it this hot, hot summer!

Right now, you are into fire fighters.  Our van is the fire truck, our house is the fire station, and Dad is the fire captain.  You are full of imagination and always seem to be playing pretend.  I love watching you play and learn!

This week, Grammy and Pappa are coming to Norman and will be here for 7 months!  You can't wait to see him and every morning ask if they are coming that day.  You are starting to want to know what our plan is for every day so every morning, you sit in my life and ask "Mom, what are we doing today?"  You don't always like what we are doing, but you still like to know!

It is just about nap time and I'm trying to keep you off of your little brother, so I will go for now.  Hopefully it won't be so long before I write again!

I love you, buddy!

Mom