Now it's the beginning of a whole new year, which is hard to believe in itself. In just a couple weeks my baby will be 16 months old. He has grown so much over the past couple of months. It never ceases to amaze me the changes that I see daily. His vocabulary has grown to include SO many words, I can hardly keep track. Mommy, Daddy, cookie, apple, uh oh, duck, doggy, cup, bye bye, no, Elmo, quack, book,...are just a few. Every day it's something different. His new thing is imitating ducks. If you ask him what a duck says, he makes his arms into little wings and starts flapping them while saying "quack quack quack" (sounds like "cack cack cack") It's pretty much one of the cutest things I've ever seen.
We are still experiencing a lot of tantrums and attitude as well, so I'm still hoping and praying that this phase passes soon. Apparently this is all part of parenting a toddler though. While we do have our fair share of the tantrums, Bryson also has some very sweet and loving moments as well. He loves to give hugs and kisses, and now he'll actually wrap his little arms around your neck and squeeze tight. It definitely melts my heart every time.
Well, that's about all the catch up I have to do for now. I will do my best to update this more often...let's think of it as my New Years Resolution! :)
I do want to add a special note today though. Today we all heard on the news of the horrible earthquake in Haiti that occurred yesterday. This earthquake has brought unfathomable destruction to the Haitian people....a destruction we can only imagine. Seeing the pictures and reading the stories today just broke my heart into pieces. I don't understand why God allows these things to happen, but I do know that somewhere, there is a purpose and a plan. I would just like to encourage everyone to keep these people and the country as a whole in your prayers. The road to recovery is going to be a very long and very painful journey for them. My heart goes out to them.
I'll leave you today with some pictures from Christmas.
