Dear Bently,

Yesterday you did something INCREDIBLE!!! I have been working with you and working with you trying to get you to walk using the little walker we got you for Christmas. It hasn't been an easy task darling! You have recently discovered fear, as in you're afraid of EVERYTHING!! The vacume, the blender, elevators, leaf blowers, and anything else that is loud! The point, you are terrified of walking. But I was determined. Both your little cousins are already walking without assistants so I figured you could walk with a little help! Yesterday I was practicing and practicing, and no offense, you weren't getting any better. I decided today to show the Hyers how we practice. You took off. You acted like you had been able to do this for years! Seriously? I was so incredibly happy! I seriously was about in tears. You are growing up too fast my baby boy! Part of me gets so excited to see it and the other part just hurts! I love you so much Bently and I absolutly adore being your mommy!
Love,
Mommy

Dear Bently,

Kid, you are TOO funny! No joke,  you keep me laughing all day every day! Lately you have figured out how to nod your head and shake it. You'll sit there and nod your head while going bah bah bah! It makes me smile every time! You shaking your head is pretty funny too! You love it when we shake our head with you! You also roll your wrist around while saying Liddle liddle liddle! It's too cute! And you give us the biggest smiles when we do it with you! :) You also dance! We'll put on music and you'll shake your little body! You make my day!!!
Bently I love being your momma! We have lots of fun together! You love ALL animal books! Thank you Aunt Carissa! You hit the pages and get so excited! You laugh when we make all the animal noises! You think we are pretty hilarious to say the least! You're favorite is dog! I swear you try and say dog and bark. We'll see... :)
I love you Bently! But I am going to go play with you now since I work 12's the next three days! :( Love you so so much!!
Love,
Mom

Dear Bently

You are taking a nap right now, for which, I will be honest, I am grateful! You my son have had quite the busy morning. First you wouldn't leave me alone as I tried to do my hair in the bathroom. I never thought having a tall child would be such a disadvantage but it is! You can reach all the counters just barley and pull what ever you want off of them! After that you were finally being quiet and I thought that was aweosme. But wait, too quiet. I turned and you had unrolled a good 3/4 of the toilet paper roll! Oh you stinker. I put you out in the famiy room to try and fix the toilet paper, and I got back to doing my hair. Then once again, too quiet. I go to check on you and you had one by one pulled the wipes out of the container! I took a picture and you just sat there smiling like the little punk you are. You keep me on my toes mister! It's funny though because all these memories really mean something to me. I almost love it when you do something bad. I love being able to be the one to pick it up and laugh at it! I want these memories to be mine forever! I love you so much my little trouble maker! Thanks for keeping me on my toes and laughing!
Love,
Mom

Dear Bently

You did something absolutly amazing today and I was lucky enough to see it happen.. you my dear son...stood all by yourself, without any assistance. You did this TWICE!! I can't believe it! You are getting so big! You sat there your feet spread super far apart swaying back and forth and looking oh so proud! And I'm going to let you in on a little secret, I was pretty proud too!!!
Love,
Mom

Dear Bently

There isn't too much to say but I just had to blog and let you know how funny you are! You always keep your Dad and I laughing. You are ALL personality! I don't know if that should make me excited to see you grow up or terrified! :) I can't wait for the day when I can stay home with you. I am sure you are already tired of hearing it but all I want to be is a stay at home Mom. I just want to be with you all the time 24/7. You are my whole world and there is nothing more important than raising you and having you turn out well. :)
Anywhosers. There isn't too much going on right now. You are now the master of crawling on all fours! It's crazy to look over and see you doing that. You are so freaking big I can't even believe it! :) I love watching you grow up. It's so exciting!
I love you Bently Elmer!!!
Love,
Mom

Dear Bently

Last night your Dad, me, and of course you laid on our air mattress in the family room and laughed and laughed. You do this funky thing where you twirl your hand around. We think it's adorable of course and we began to imitate you!! :) Out of no where you start giggling uncontrollably! It was hilarious! We just sat there for like an hour playing this little game with you! It was the  highlight of my LONG week for sure! :) You always are! You are getting so big I can hardly believe it. Today you fell in the bathtub because you somehow think you need to be standing ALL the time! Every time I turn around you are on your feet getting into something you probably shouldn't be touching! You are one silly kid! Bently I love you so very much! I love watching you grow and change. Can you believe you'll be 1 year old in just 2 and half short months! I am in denial! There is no way you are that big! Where did the time go! I am just trying to appreciate every minute I get with you! With that said, it's time for me to play with you! You are sitting below my chair whining! :) Don't ever forget your Mom loves you, has loved you even when you were just a tiny little thing, and will love you forever! I promise! :)
Love,
Mom

Dear Bently,

My tiny blog post mentioning Christmas isn't enough. So I decided to give you a list of my Christmas highlights with you. Not all of these happened Christmas day but they all happened in December!

*Watching your eyes light up looking at all the lights.

*Snuggleing on the couch watching Christmas movies together.

*Picking out your Christmas presents! Yes you were there! ;)

*Playing games with you and Daddy.

* Feeding you all my favorite Christmas foods even though you techniqcaly probably shouldn't have had any!

*Sitting with you in the dark staring at the Christmas tree!

*Christmas morning with you. Watching you try and eat the paper and look at your toys with the most hilairous expression!
*Just being with you. I am so frustrated with my inablility to put into writting how truly special you are to me. How every little second we get together now suddenly means 10x more because I work. Because I suddenly realize how fast the time truly is going.

Sorry for the tangent. Basically your first Christmas was magical and perfect and I loved every single second! Most of all I love you more than anthing in the world! Just watching you smile Christmas morning was the best Christmas gift ever! :)
Love,
Mommy