Hug Twice

In June of 2004, our son CJ was born. Being that he was our first child, our lives immediately and drastically changed in ways we could never have imagined, even though we thought we knew what we were getting into. Such is the life of a new parent.

He has been both a joy and a challenge, and we love every minute of it (or pretend to when we don’t ). He has always been very particular, from his very first cry to the present day. He likes what he likes, and he will tell you in no uncertain terms (not always in words, but he gets the point across) when he does not. From sleeping to eating and everything inbetween, he seems to have been born with his very own set of rules that we’ve slowly puzzled out over time.  He is an adventurous soul, who practically ran before he could walk, and has never met anything he was not willing to climb over or crawl under.

He is now three, and he amazes us every day with his capacity to learn and grow and discover. He is curious and into everything, and he can make huge leaps of understanding that even I often have trouble following. Coupled with that, he has an expressive communication disorder, which in layman’s terms means he was slow to talk, and is still slow to talk at age-level appropriateness. His understanding of complex concepts coupled with his inability to express in words what he is trying to explain has made for some interesting challenges. He attends a five day a week (half days) preschool program to help him develop the tools he needs to bring his expressive language up to par with the rest of his peers. It was a hard adjustment for me, for it feels like he’s in kindergarten already, but he adores it. I hope to foster a love of school and learning in him that lasts a lifetime.

So that’s our son in a nutshell. Curious, bright, and definitely spirited, he keeps us on our toes and brings a unique sense of wonder to every day of our lives. And a healthy dose of pulling our hair out as well. Especially when he tries to climb on top of the refrigerator.

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