A Letter to Our 4 Year Old - Happy Birthday Jude!!

Today we have a 4 Year Old in our house!

Yes, a 4 Year Old!

Happy 4th Birthday Jude!

Dear Jude,

4 years ago today we met you, our little boy,
for the first time. We instantly fell in
love with you. Your personality has
shown through since you were just hours old – strong willed, sensitive and
active! You came into our world about 2
weeks early but we were so ready! Such a
little guy!

Before we knew it our Turtle was turning
ONE! We had a big celebration just for
you. That first year of your life was
full of fun and adventures for you and Mommy and Daddy! You broke us in…but you always did it
nicely. It is fun to look back at these
pictures and see you as a baby, hard to believe you were ever that small!

And then we began the journey of the terrible
TWOs, but they were actually terrific TWOs for you. You are so smart, the things you said and did
were so advanced – still are. You do not
walk – you run or skip or hop! Always on the go and active. You loved Choo Choos so we had a Train
birthday party to celebrate you! Another
year down and we all survived!

Wow, and then 2 came and went – we welcomed
THREE! You started Preschool and you
finally got potty trained! Hooray!! AND
you got a big boy bed! What a year 3
was! Your personality and imagination make
us laugh every day. Three has been hard
for us all. You are learning to play
with your sister better but you still struggle sometimes. You want to do so many things on your own without
our help. We have our struggles but most
days you are JUDE…a perfectly happy little guy with a big personality!

Today you woke up as a FOUR year old! How is that possible? Exactly 4 years ago on June 25, 2010 at
10:57am you were introduced as Jude Robert.
We are both proud, happy and excited to call you our son, our Turtle,
our Jude.