Dear Samuel,
When I started this blog, I thought I was going to write about every little change that happened in your life. Little did I know, that you would change moment by moment! If I were to write down every single change that happened to you, I would have to make it a full time job. Sometimes when you change or learn something new, I don't even realize it until you have been doing it a few days. Other times, it is more obvious. Since I have quit my job as we get ready for MSM, I have had a little more time with you every day, and it has been fun.
You are 13 months old now, and one thing we have discovered without surprise, is that you love playing with balls like every other red blooded little boy. The past few weeks as we've been talking to you, I realized you understand very much even though you cannot speak to me yet. So yesterday while we were playing with other toys, I asked you where the ball was. "Qiu qiu". You stopped your play, and looked around, brow furrowed, as if to express your deep thought. You walked around to the kitchen because you remembered it had been there earlier, but no success. I thought you just needed a little help, so I crawled over to where it was covered up by another toy, and pulled it out saying, "Qiu qiu!". It was brilliant. I thought I was clever. I thought you'd run over and play with me. You looked at it as if to say, "Good daddy, you found it". Then you took off in the opposite direction to play with something more interesting, while I was left to play with my ball and figure out if you really new what I was talking about. You sure did! Later in the evening, we tried again. You found the ball and we played with it this time.
Love,
Daddy
