Lance, you have been such a joy to have as a son. You are super smart, so caring and just an amazing person. You never cease to amaze me.
I remember the day I found out I was pregnant with you, September 20,2008. Daddy and I were thrilled. We kept it a secret for a good long while. I knew from that moment on that I wanted to be with you every second and not miss a thing.
It wasn't long and it was time for you to arrive. We had spent the whole day (memorial day) fishing and walking around Pinedale with PaPa and MawMaw Jordan. I was exhausted from the day and we had just laid down for the night when my contractions started. At 11:30 pm my water broke and we were off to the hospital. The hospital was 95 miles North of Pinedale in Jackson Hole. It was definitely the longest car ride of my life. The drive to Jackson Hole take you up over a mountain pass, through a winding canyon along the Hoback River and then back over the mountains again. We had to break once for some antelope, once for a heard of mule deer and once for some elk, but we made it rite at 1 am to the hospital. A short 12 hours later at 1:17 you arrived. You weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. I was in love from the very start and so was daddy.
Daddy and I were young and had no experience with babies. I remember daddy changing your very first poopy diaper. It was pretty funny. Mommy was no pro at it either. I had never changed a babies diaper either. We managed though and made it through. We learned lots of lessons that helped us greatly when sissy came along.
Allot has changed in 4 years. Today you are a wonderful big brother and we live in Alaska.
Here are a few things about yourself rite now.
*You love doing gymnastics and are getting better with each passing week.
*you absolutely love to swim and are very good at it
*you love to help mom and dad out with everything from taking out the trash, doing dishes, washing the cars, vacuuming, etc...
*you love to fish
* you have a pretty big vocabulary. Here are just a few of the bigger words you use: demolish, predator, defend, embarrassed, emergency, frightened
*you weigh 37 pounds and at the moment I am not sure how tall you are.
*you love to read. You know most of you alphabet and the sound it makes and you are learning to pick out certain words when we read to you.
*the past few months after reading your night time books, you love to hear a story. You have such a big imagination and you love to hear mom and dad make up stories. Sometimes you make up stories to tell to us.
* your favorite thing to watch on tv is a PBS program called "Wild Kratts". It is a program about two brothers who are zoologist. You love learning about the different animals and their awesome creature power.
*you love animals! You have lots of books about animals and lately you have been collecting animal cards. You love telling the awesome animals facts you know. Your favorite is the "paragon balcon"(Falcon)!
*lately you are all about collections. You love to collect awesome looking rocks everywhere we go. It started last fall when you found some neat looking rocks at the Matanuska Glacier. You even have a stick collections (that stays outside) and a money collection.
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