Love Notes and Smiles

Hannah has been gone for about two weeks now. Moses wanted to write her an email after he saw me write an email to Sam, Joseph's brother who lived with us for a bit. Moses worked very hard on it and I just thought it was so cute, I had to share it.

"i lov yowe or awt i am i lov plaeng on uor tablut  i lov yo somec and i lov yo more then yo somec and i mes yo somec i jest  im sad kuz it dezent sno her in sene vel ye or gunivyzit yo i no uor awt uor          aut uor   i mes yo somec i lov yo im somec il git a for yo somec lov moses and akiko"

Translation (emoticons are in the square brackets):

I love you. [sad face] We are at [home]. I am [sad face]. I love playing on your tablet [hugging happy faces]. I love you so much and I love you more than you so much [sad face]. And I miss you so much [sad face]. I just I'm sad cuz it doesn't snow here in Sunnyvale [sad face]. We are gonna visit you. I know you're at your at your [house]. I miss you so much [sad face]. I love you [hug]. I'm so much I'll get a [present] for you. [hug] So much. Love, Moses and Akiko

Pretty good writing for a four year old, right? Wouldn't you like to get an email from the sweetest kid on the planet?

In other news, Simon has begun smiling and cooing and does so more and more every day for the last couple weeks.

He was so happy this afternoon, so I ran and got the camera. He wasn't sure what to make of that contraption at first, but I got him to smile again and got some cute pictures.

He had his two month check up last week. His length stayed on the same growth curve, but his weight jumped from 22nd%ile at two weeks to a whopping 86th%ile! He's weighing in at 14 lbs. More than twice his birth weight and more than most kids his age!! Chunky! His head also grew a bunch, going from 40th%ile to 96th%ile. In other words, from very average to huge.

The doctor is quite impressed that he's gaining that much weight solely on breastmilk. Because it is breastmilk, she's not worried about the massive weight gain at all. Whew!

This kid is in some kind of rush to grow up or something. But he sure is cute and we're all enjoying him very much. I can't wait for the rest of the family to meet him in a couple weeks.