Photo courtesy of Bill Krug.

You were 7 months old on Dec. 21, a few days before Jesus’ birthday. Just 10 days earlier you began to crawl, and you already know to crawl to the bathroom when you hear the bath water being drawn! You are gumming Cheerios whenever you get them into your mouth (Nana suggested I give you some because you are so good at playing with her heart necklace). You LOVE standing at Sam’s train table and playing, mostly beating the tracks on the table and pulling tracks out of the drawer. You try to be helpful but you’re not really, or REALLY not, depending on the observer. You have a screech that is piercing when you get upset. You enjoy riding in the pack on hikes (we just did the Pillbox hike today). We think you know what “doggie” means because you look at Caffrey and smile when we say “doggie” or “woof!” You are a really good boy, taking your naps and sleeping through the night. Your routine is bed at 8pm, up around 7am, nap at 9am or so (we’re usually out and about so you sleep on the fly), then around 1 or 2pm for an hour or two. You’re often cranky at dinnertime still but as you consolidate your afternoon sleep that will let up, I know 🙂 I read Sam’s diary not long ago!

Merry Christmas, Bops! We all love you so much!

~your mom