Category Archives: Letters to Roper

32 Months of Crazy up in Here!

Little Bear, Good grief, kid! Do you ever stop talking, flirting, destructing, licking, kicking, or laughing maniacally?  In a word, you are VIGOROUS. You play vigorously, you eat vigorously, you hug vigorously, and I swear you even make sleeping look … Continue reading

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31 Months, BIRD

Dear Roper, What’s up, BIRD? That’s what you like to say instead of “What’s up, dog?” And then you giggle hysterically. If it gets a chuckle out of us, you’ll keep going with “What’s up, COW?” and “What’s up, KITTY?” … Continue reading

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30 Months of Awesome Sauce

Dear Roper, Today you are 30 months old. Two and a half. To the rest of the world, you are two because the rest of the world doesn’t measure things in months and halve-sies. But I remember when you were … Continue reading

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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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