Dear Jack,
The first letter I ever wrote to you, I addressed to “Fetus.” You see, you were just a little ball of cells multiplying in your mommy’s tummy. Like most of the very best presents, you came as a surprise, but it didn’t take long for the excitement to set in. I started buying you penguin pajamas before you were even born!
See those books? You won’t be able to escape them. Muahahahaha!
I talked to your mom a few hours after you were born. The first sound I ever heard you make was a hiccup! It was the most adorable hiccup I’ve ever heard in my life. When you were a few weeks old, I drove to Cincinnati to meet you.
“Hello, sir. I’m your Aunt Katie. I love you already!”
I wouldn’t have minded if you stayed that small forever. You were so tiny and perfect. But, as you know, the thing kids do best is GROW.
And so you grew…
You don’t typically find me this dull…
AND GREW….
Your mommy probably doesn’t want you to know this, but she TOTALLY cried when she lit the candle on your cake.
AND GREW…
You walked down the aisle in my wedding like such a grown up little man.
BUT YOU JUST KEPT GROWING!
I wish I could say that I taught you how to bowl, but Carter (who was three) beat me that day…
AND GROWING…
And now you’re GIGANTIC!
When your mommy was waiting around for you to be born, I remember telling her that it would be fabulous if you were born on March 15th because every year I’d get to make a Julius Caesar joke on your birthday. You must have known how much I love literary jokes, because sure enough, you made your appearance on March 15th. Beware the Ides of March, indeed. The world will never be the same. Love you, Bubby.
XOXO,
Aunt Katie
P.S. I’ll be there soon! With presents!
The Laughing Housewife
Sweet! I hope he appreciates you 🙂
Words for Worms
Well, he’s five, so right now he appreciates Batman. But I’m a close second :).
therelentlessreader
:*) Having a nephew is the best thing in the world. I have three, they are my little pack of men 🙂 Happy birthday cutie!
Words for Worms
He’s fabulous. Even if he’s not a blood relative. Best kid ever.
Lyssapants
So precious.
Good thing that tiger didn’t eat him.
Words for Worms
I know right? The way that’s taken you really can’t tell the tiger is just leaning against a glass enclosure. I prefer to think of Jack as the Tiger Tamer than just the kid whose mom got lucky when the tiger was feeling lazy and got the coolest picture ever….
picturemereading
Aww, my niece is in third grade now..it’s crazy!
Words for Worms
They get big so fast!