BRODY JAY: FOUR {AND A HALF}

How does it happen in a blink and feel like forever at the same time? another 6 months has gone by and my baby boy is 4 and a half now! regardless of the strange complexity of time, it happens before my eyes. You're so much fun…and such a mess…and the life of the party! you make us laugh EVERY day, and you have a sweet tender heart that easily shows itself to us. Your laugh is contagious, and the words you use are hilarious! you cant say your L’s so instead you replace L with R always so you “Rove” us, and “Rike” things.. its precious and funny both. I’m so thankful we are out of the ‘threenager” phase and we have been onto the magical fours for many months now. don’t get me wrong, you still have your moments, but thankfully we don’t see too many tantrums anymore.

you had your 4 year well child check up recently (I know 6 months late) but you have finally made it on the charts for your weight! at 31 lbs you are in the 3% and you are 38 inches tall but still 0% there. the nurse and dr both said your speech is amazing for your age and you use big words very well, you know some letters, your shapes and some numbers.. we are still working on writing your name, but your close! trying to get you ready for preschool in the fall. speaking of preschool, you are SO excited! and so are we.. even though I’m also emotional about it I just know you are going to have so much fun! and learn so much, I’m so excited for you to be going to a Christian school and getting to hear and learn Gods word every single week.

you are still not a good eater, pretty sure I will be typing that same sentence for years to come..I had basically given up even trying to get you to eat things but after talking to the Dr about your eating habits she gave us some suggestions and were trying to do some “food therapy” with you ha!…might be lots of gagging and crying but hopefully we will get you to eating a few more things!

Its really hard to believe than in less than 6 more months I will be typing your 5 year letter.. that just sounds way too big! but for now I’m going to enjoy my sweet little 4 year old!