Dear Jameson,
You're 10 today! I can't even believe it- a decade. I was just reading all my old posts, especially about when you were first born and it really feels like yesterday. You're such an amazing young man.
I suppose the biggest thing that happened this year is that we moved to Florida! We moved a little over 5 months ago, over the summer and boy has it been a roller coaster. I think we're finally settling in to our new normal, but the first few months were a little difficult. You had a hard time, as any kid would- you missed "home" and feeling like you had a home. I don't blame you, I felt the same, but I think we are feeling at home now where we are. We were just talking yesterday about this, and you're in a really good place now. It really helps that Oma and Opa moved here too.
You've made some wonderful friends, I'd say your best friends right now are Cameron, Hailey, Jayson/Josh/Jacob/Jordan, Lucas and Brianna. We have play dates every Tuesday with Cameron and his siblings, and you really look forward to that. You guys swim, or look for lizards, play hide and seek and tag. There are a few neighbor kids, but you haven't played with them much. We trick or treated with Ryan down the street, and you're also friends with Mason, and Colin in the neighborhood.
While we haven't traveled much this year, other than to Florida to check things out a few times, we've had a lot of visitors! Logan and his dad, Shaun visited and you had an absolute blast with them, and Larson and his family visited too. We have had other family visitors too! I'm hoping to plan our next trip soon, you want to go back to Mexico and stay at our favorite place, the Quetzal.
School has been amazing for you! I was so nervous about a new HUGE school, in a new state, but you have absolutely rocked it. First, you got the Principal's 4R award- you were selected by your teacher out of your entire class to represent the student that most showed responsibility, respect, reliability and readiness. That earned you a breakfast with the principal and upper administration. Then, you achieved honor roll for the first 9 week term. You had 3 As and 1 B. Math is still a bit challenging for you, but you work very hard to do well in all of your schoolwork, and as a student. Your teacher told me "He is without a doubt the kind of student every teacher wants. He is kind, respectful, hardworking and just a joy to have in class. He also has a great sense of humor, and never gives up when it's hard".
On your down time, you love catching lizards that live all around our house, you kept one for a month or two that you call Pickles or MeeGoy (?). You also have a new snake, a Kenyan Sand Boa named Camo. We gave your old snake, Corny and your leopard gecko Spot to friends in Denver before we left. You love watching 'satisfying' videos on YouTube, nature videos and playing games on your tablet. You're still not totally into tech stuff, which is great. You love going to movies, roller skating, on adventures in the wilderness. You're really up for anything! We go to the theme parks a lot, your favorite is Animal Kingdom, and your favorite ride is Everest. One night we went in the evening and rode on it 5 or 6 times in a row, it was a blast!
Your favorite food is still sushi, you love this all you cat eat sushi place down the road called Robata, and you love getting the ecstasy roll and spider rolls. You were loving sweet tea for a while when we first moved, but you mostly always have water to drink.
You are incredibly sweet, thoughtful, your heart is huge. You're hilarious and you love making people laugh- in fact once you find something that makes me laugh, you'll do it over and over again. We have so much fun together! I love just hanging out with you, you're my favorite person in the world.
There's so much more, and no way I could summarize an entire year, but these were the highlights!
I love you to a million universes and back, babydoll.
Love, Mommy
You're 10 today! I can't even believe it- a decade. I was just reading all my old posts, especially about when you were first born and it really feels like yesterday. You're such an amazing young man.
I suppose the biggest thing that happened this year is that we moved to Florida! We moved a little over 5 months ago, over the summer and boy has it been a roller coaster. I think we're finally settling in to our new normal, but the first few months were a little difficult. You had a hard time, as any kid would- you missed "home" and feeling like you had a home. I don't blame you, I felt the same, but I think we are feeling at home now where we are. We were just talking yesterday about this, and you're in a really good place now. It really helps that Oma and Opa moved here too.
You've made some wonderful friends, I'd say your best friends right now are Cameron, Hailey, Jayson/Josh/Jacob/Jordan, Lucas and Brianna. We have play dates every Tuesday with Cameron and his siblings, and you really look forward to that. You guys swim, or look for lizards, play hide and seek and tag. There are a few neighbor kids, but you haven't played with them much. We trick or treated with Ryan down the street, and you're also friends with Mason, and Colin in the neighborhood.
While we haven't traveled much this year, other than to Florida to check things out a few times, we've had a lot of visitors! Logan and his dad, Shaun visited and you had an absolute blast with them, and Larson and his family visited too. We have had other family visitors too! I'm hoping to plan our next trip soon, you want to go back to Mexico and stay at our favorite place, the Quetzal.
School has been amazing for you! I was so nervous about a new HUGE school, in a new state, but you have absolutely rocked it. First, you got the Principal's 4R award- you were selected by your teacher out of your entire class to represent the student that most showed responsibility, respect, reliability and readiness. That earned you a breakfast with the principal and upper administration. Then, you achieved honor roll for the first 9 week term. You had 3 As and 1 B. Math is still a bit challenging for you, but you work very hard to do well in all of your schoolwork, and as a student. Your teacher told me "He is without a doubt the kind of student every teacher wants. He is kind, respectful, hardworking and just a joy to have in class. He also has a great sense of humor, and never gives up when it's hard".
On your down time, you love catching lizards that live all around our house, you kept one for a month or two that you call Pickles or MeeGoy (?). You also have a new snake, a Kenyan Sand Boa named Camo. We gave your old snake, Corny and your leopard gecko Spot to friends in Denver before we left. You love watching 'satisfying' videos on YouTube, nature videos and playing games on your tablet. You're still not totally into tech stuff, which is great. You love going to movies, roller skating, on adventures in the wilderness. You're really up for anything! We go to the theme parks a lot, your favorite is Animal Kingdom, and your favorite ride is Everest. One night we went in the evening and rode on it 5 or 6 times in a row, it was a blast!
Your favorite food is still sushi, you love this all you cat eat sushi place down the road called Robata, and you love getting the ecstasy roll and spider rolls. You were loving sweet tea for a while when we first moved, but you mostly always have water to drink.
You are incredibly sweet, thoughtful, your heart is huge. You're hilarious and you love making people laugh- in fact once you find something that makes me laugh, you'll do it over and over again. We have so much fun together! I love just hanging out with you, you're my favorite person in the world.
There's so much more, and no way I could summarize an entire year, but these were the highlights!
I love you to a million universes and back, babydoll.
Love, Mommy
