Letter to Zander

Dear Zander,

I am awake at 12:00 a.m., early Wednesday morning, May 26th, 2010.  I tried going to sleep once and couldn't.  So I just got done peeking in on you.  You were all curled up in your crib, sleeping so soundly.  I touched your forehead twice, I was giving you kisses, and each time you reached up with your cute little hand.  I hope you weren't rubbing those kisses off.  I want you to know that I love you very much.  You are growing up so fast.  Even though you are only 14 months old, I feel like it is already going way too fast.  In some ways, I want you to stay little forever.  But, I do look forward to watching you grow up.  I hope I will cherish every day God gives me with you, even the hard ones.  I hope that you will always know how much your dad and I love you.  I love you more than I can ever tell you.  Even though you are only 14 months old, I worry so much about you.  I think I am most worried about the teenage years, but I have all the faith that God will get us through those years.  Zander, I am so blessed to have you as my son.  I am so thankful that God gave us you.  Your dad and I pray with you every night.  And I pray for you often throughout the day.  God is most important in my life.  And I pray that one day God will be most important in your life.  Your dad and I pray every night that He (GOD) will become your Lord and Savior.  I pray God brings you happiness and love.  I pray that you love God and you love life.  I know there will be hard times in your life.  I know you will have struggles.  I know you will make mistakes and I know you will fail at times.  But I pray through all of these times, you will always seek God.  I promise to teach you about God.  And I promise to read the bible to you and with you.  I promise to pray with you and pray for you.  Zander I love you.  I hope you will always know that, even when I discipline you.  I will discipline you because I love you. 


Zander, I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be.  (a quote taken from the Children's Book "Love you, Forever" by Robert Munsch)

Zander, I love you so much.

Love always,

Mom

Play date at the Park

My day started early. Zander woke up around 6 a.m., which he never wakes up this early. I guess he wanted to see his dad before he went to work. I fed him a bottle and then decided to try to see if he would go back to sleep. He did very easily and slept until 9:30 a.m. I couldn't believe it. I was unable to go back to sleep. I didn't even try because once I am up I am rarely able to go back to sleep. It was nice to have a few hours to myself this morning. It was eerily quite, but I was able to shower, do my devotions, and just relax by myself before Zander woke up.

After he woke up I fed him and then we got ready for his play date today. My friend Amanda and her daughter Ava came over today. We haven't seen them since Zander was 3 months old.

Amanda with Ava.  Amanda is pregnant with her second child and due at the beginning of July.

We had so much fun together. We went out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, then we headed to the park to play.   Zander and Ava loved the see saw and did not want to get off of it.

They also loved playing in the sand box.

Zander ate a little sand while playing.  And he loves to get dirty.  He is definitely a boy.

After a while, we went back to our house to play a little more inside.  Ava was getting too much sun.

Zander had fun pushing Ava.

 

They played so well together.

Until they got tired.

We had so much fun.  Thanks Ava for playing with us.   Zander hopes you can come over and play again really soon.

Firehouse

I am going to try to catch up on my blog a little. We will see how that goes. You see we are moving at the end of May, and I have been busy packing.

Today I had to observe 8 hours with paramedics at a firehouse. I am taking a 2 day class to get my ECRN certification. Basically this certification is so that I can answer the radio calls that come in to the E.R. that I work at. Every EMS or paramedic must radio in about the patient they are bringing in to the hospital. I decided to do my ride time with the South Holland Fire Department. It was a fun filled day, and I got a couple of perks for riding along today. South Holland Fire Department had a training session this morning at Dolton's Fire Department. They are getting a new ladder truck, and Dolton has one that is similar to the one they are getting. The ladder on the truck extends 100 feet into the air and has a bucket on the end of the ladder. I was invited to ride up in the bucket. Of course, they extended it the full 100 feet. It was so cool. From that height we were able to see the City of Chicago. At that height we were higher than the water tower that was next to us. The ladder turns in each direction, so while 100 feet in the air we made a 360 degree turn. I loved it. I went on a total of 3 calls, they did not have a very busy day. But, the other perk was a towing company was having a luncheon and invited the firefighters, and I was able to tag along. It was a delicious lunch. It was a very nice day. I wouldn't mind being a paramedic with the fire department, except for the heavy lifting part. I don't think I could handle being a firefighter. I don't think I could stand the heat. Thank you to the men and women of South Holland Fire Department. You all were very kind to me.

I dressed Zander up for the part today since his mommy was going to a firehouse.

And being at the firehouse today reminded me of all the hard work that the firefighters of many towns, including South Holland, did to try and save my parents house. I salute all the firefighter of the world. They put their life on the line every day for others. Thank You.

A dear friend, Jen, watched Zander while I was away and Brian was working. Shortly after I got home, Zander woke up from his nap. We played together until his dad got home. We even had some fun outside, until the wind made it a little too brisk to be outside.

He loved to play with what I call "helicopters."

And sticks too.