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<\/a><\/p>\nAlready one.<\/p>\n
I think when you have your second child you remember things differently than the first time around. \u00a0You pay more attention. \u00a0You breath in the sweet smell of your newborn’s head because you know all too well how fast it goes away. \u00a0You study every little detail because so many are forgotten over time, even though it seems hard to believe in the moment.<\/p>\n
I have spent a year memorizing you. \u00a0I know every dimple and where every hair falls on your head. \u00a0I know what will make you belly laugh and what makes you angry. \u00a0I know that your whole face lights up when your sister enters the room, and that you don’t understand why she leaves on the big yellow bus every day and doesn’t take you with her.<\/p>\n
You are very affectionate and snuggly. \u00a0You hug with reckless abandon.<\/p>\n
You love being outside. \u00a0More than anything. \u00a0Even when you were tiny and fussy, a quick step outside would calm you. \u00a0And now that the warm temperatures have found us, you want nothing to do with being inside. \u00a0If you are awake, you are making your way to one of the windows where you stand and point and grunt. \u00a0You want out, and you want us to know. \u00a0You are just little, but you know what you like.<\/p>\n