Category Archives: Letters to Roper
28 MONTHS?!
Little Bear, Yesterday you turned twenty-eight months old. You are a rock star. A stud, rapscallion and scamp. You are a one-man circus. A comedian. You are a world full of love stuffed tight in a disheveled little body. You … Continue reading
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Steroids, Trees and Garbage Trucks
Little Bear, You are now twenty-seven months and by far our favorite son. You’re also our only son, so that makes things a little less awkward. Yay! You started out the month with a mixture of croup and the flu. … Continue reading
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26 Months
Dear Roper, You are now twenty-six months old and you are at least twenty-six kinds of awesome. This past month has been a blast. You’re good company, Little Bear. However, your mama is in the middle of her NaNoWriMo project … Continue reading
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25 and Live!
Dear Roper, You are now 25 months old. In the real world (that strange place outside of this blog) I no longer have to refer to your age in months. I think that two years is the universal age when … Continue reading
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Another Trip Around the Sun
Little Bear, Congratulations – you just completed another ride around the sun! Today, you are TWO YEARS OLD. I don’t know about you, but for me it’s been the most fulfilling, challenging, joyous, destructive twenty-four months of my life. And … Continue reading
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Double Deuce
Dear Roper, Today you are twenty-two months old. You’re kind of advanced though; you’ve been in your “terrible twos” for quite some time. And I LOVE IT. Mostly. You want to do everything yourself and drop to the ground, kicking … Continue reading
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A Jackson
Dear Poo Man Chu, Yesterday you turned 20 months old. You are loud and strong-willed and hilarious. You still go to daycare one day a week and your caregivers swear up and down that you are their favorite. Your Grandma … Continue reading
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19 Months!
Dear Roper, Yesterday you turned 19 months old! You have changed and grown in so many ways this past month that it makes my head spin. Speaking of heads – I’m a little worried that you’re going to get a … Continue reading
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Barely Legal
Little Bear, On Wednesday you turned eighteen months old. Most people would say “a year and a half,” but even when you’re eighteen YEARS old, your letter will start out with “today you are 216 months old.” Obnoxious, I know. … Continue reading
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Seventeen Prime Months
Little Bear, You should know that your mom is obsessed with prime numbers. I used to have an excel sheet that contained all the prime numbers up to 10,000,000. Well, up to 9,999,991 if you want to get technical. So … Continue reading
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