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Dear Elliot,

This has been a month of huge growing and changing for you!

Among many changes:

- As of the past couple days, you (kinda) crawl! It's actually more like push up on all fours ... lunge to your belly ... push onto all fours ... lunge again. But combined with your previous skills in rolling, it allows you to access a much broader area, and this mobility will doubtless revolutionize my entire life. Congratulations, big man.

- You imitate most everything. Waving and clapping, making noises like your brothers, thumping your chest, blowing kisses, and so forth. (Blowing kisses is sweet ... you clap yourself on the forehead along with your lip smackings.)

- You now know how to talk on the phone. This is obviously a significant milestone.



- You love trying out little bits of "big people food," although you still gag yourself semi-regularly. You still have just 2 teeth.

This is what happens when Momma gets distracted, and you feel that you are not being fed quickly enough, and you are just within arm's reach of your bowl of food... You were so proud of yourself.


- You're sleeping through the night! It took the convergence of Daylight Savings with Daddy's trip to Africa for me to stiffen my resolve, and you "clicked" into the new rhythm beautifully. I still love snuggling you for a few feedings during the day, but I must say, my son, a (fairly) uninterrupted night's sleep is a tremendous gift.

- You put every tiny thing in your mouth that you find on the floor. I hope that now you have increased mobility you'll be more interested in moving from point to point rather than consuming all the small, toxic chokables you encounter. May it be, Lord.


As you grow, Elliot, I continue to pray for you that God will make your name a true description of your heart: "The LORD is my God." When times of uncertainty or pain come, when you feel joy or satisfaction, when you are wondering what is coming next in your journey, may you find the Lord, your God to be your Keeper and King. I've been reflecting on Psalm 37 lately, working on memorizing it, and I love the way it always turns me away from self-effort, self-absorption, and self-reliance to the quiet, hopeful trusting in God.

Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday.--Psalm 37:5-6

I love you, sweet son.

Momma