Max,
Yesterday, I looked at you rolling around in the floor and
couldn’t help but wonder where my tiny baby had gone. How could it already have been seven months
since you joined our family? I feel like
I’ve always known you, like you’ve always been a part of me. I’m wishing we could make all of these
moments last just a little longer!
These past two months have brought so much loss to our
family. Two of my great uncles and two
of my great aunts have passed away.
Though I was not very close to them, I couldn’t help but think of those
who have gone on to be with Jesus who I was close to and who would have loved
to meet you and love on you. It has been
17 years since Grandma Hinson went to heaven.
She loved babies, and she was the best cook! She had 5 children, a few gardens, cooked
every meal, collected antique dolls, could sew anything (she made clothes for
my barbies and for aunt Christy’s), and she always had big league chewing gum
for us to chew! Granddaddy White went to
heaven in 1994. I remember him always
saying, “Oh Hello,” as a response to everything! He was a farmer, and he wore overalls a
lot. I was going into the fourth grade
when he died, but I still remember that he liked to watch wrestling on TV and
he always sat in the rocker by the window.
Granddaddy Hinson died in 2008. I
was 18 years old, and I was in college when he got really sick. He was so active even at an old age. He farmed, he cut hay, and he just loved to
be outside. He could cook the best
breakfasts, and in the summers my mom, Christy, and I would eat breakfast with
him. He always spoke his mind, and he
was a hard worker. He liked to drive his
tractor fast, and he loved to eat seafood!
Uncle Johnny went to heaven in 2011.
He would have loved to see all these boys. He was a farmer too, and he was an
educator! He was a strong leader and
loved his family. And funny, he could be
so funny! I wish you could have known
them! You are so blessed to have such a
good family and to have so many who are here who love you!
Funny things you are
doing: You can click your tongue and make noises just like me and
daddy. You think it is so funny to mimic
our sounds. You laugh and smile as soon
as you see your daddy walk into a room.
You want everything we are eating.
We’ve had a few close calls as you have grabbed BBQ from my plate and
shoved it in your mouth along with eggs and anything else you can get your
hands on. And…sweet potatoes…I thought
you loved them, but this past month with all the spitting and horrible facial
expressions, I decided we would stick to butternut squash, avocados, bananas,
and well anything but sweet potatoes.
Spoiled?...I
decided you have been a little cranky because of the 2 new bottom teeth you
have coming in. For several nights, you
have woken up in your crib, and would only go back to sleep if you were rocked
or lying in bed with me and daddy. You
like to be held….maybe it’s because I didn’t put you down the first 5-6 months
of your life…. Some may think you’re
spoiled (like daddy), but you are only a baby for one year, and if you want to
be held….I’m going to hold you!
Since your favorite chew toy is my cell phone, I’m thinking
about just giving it to you. But then
what kind of mother would I be if I let you have your first cell phone at age…7
months? The truth is I have already been
thinking about all of the awful things kids/teenagers do with cell phones. I’m already dreading the day that you want
one!
Halloween is right around the corner! I can’t decide what I want you to dress up
as: a monster, or a dragon? They are
both so cute. I’m excited for your very
first Halloween! 7 months—How time
flies!
I love you,
Mama
