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Jeremiah,

I am not that good at writing journal entries that are very heartfelt. I usually just present information about you and stuff. This entry has a little more depth to it. Andrea and I are about to leave to take a mission trip to mexico. We leave tomorrow morning and will be gone for 9 days. I know statistically we are more likely to have an accident driving to the airport then on the plane. But I can’t help get worried. I’m sure nothing will happen, but I want you know how much you mean to your mother and I. When we leave you at the airport, you mother will be crying and it will be very emotional. We never knew that having children could mean so much to us. You really are the joy and meaning to our lives. Jeremiah we love you so much, I could never really express it in a cheesy blog like this. I can’t wait to watch you grow up and continue playing ball with you and watching you run around laughing and having a good time. This will be a long 9 days. I want you to know that we do things like this because God has called us to and because life is about more than what we want out of it. You have to learn to always give to other, whether it is you money, time or lives. The one way to have meaning is to be grounded in Christ and to help others that are not as fortunate as yourself. You are the cutest most important thing in our lives. I can’t wait to get back and cuddle with you

Your Father,
Rick

Jeremiah,

Hey buddy.. You are really growing! You have a couple of words that you really like to say. Your favorite word is ‘shoes’… If we tell you that it is time to go outside you say shoes!! You like to blow on things of we say it hot… We tried to take you to Cedar Point but it was a really stressful day… I don’t think you liked it that much.

Here are a couple of pictures from my phone:

Jeremiah,

Here are some recent pictures and video’s of you growing up.

Jeremiah, you are well into your first year of life. The other day you did something real funny. We were on our way to COSI the local science museum. I guess you were bored and had just learned that you could gag yourself with your fingers. Out of boredom you kept gaging yourself, I thought it was kinda funny but didn’t want to encourage, so didn’t show my laughter. About the time we arrived at COSI it happened… You made yourself puke… Your mom said, “we have a bellimique one year old son”

Here is a video of you at the grocery store a couple of minutes ago.

Your mommy and I do not care to much for fast food. But Mommy and you both are able to eat for free this weekend, so we went to steak and shake. You are doing this cute new thing that started as pointing and now means, “I want that”. Here is a video of you asking us to give you something.

Hey Jeremiah,

Your daddy here, just wanted to say how much you mean to your Mom and I. You are in this cute stage where you like to point at things. You love grapes and will eat them until you pop. You are quite a handful… you love to explore and check everything out. If there is one thing in a room that you shouldn’t play with… that is the one thing that you go for. Toys are not fun, but iphones and computer keyboards are. It is amazing how much you watch us and imitate us. You pick up things like remotes and talk in them like they are cell phones. You love to pound the keys on a keyboard although you have no idea what you are doing. Everyone in Texas really misses you… We still are staying at Grandma’s basement still, but we see the light at the end of the tunnel… soon we will be debt free with a fully funded emergency fund. Your mom’s journal for you is so much more detailed… My entrys are short and to the point… and boring compared to mommys. I have been doing these at work and don’t have the pictures for this so i’ll have to post those later.

Well little man, you have made to your first birthday. You have survived birth, sickness, bumps, vacinnies, two plane trips(totaling 6 takeoffs and 6 landings), a nascar race, two cousins, a drive in movie, a water park, the tickle monster(that’s me), numerous falls off the couch, a couple of hundred bumped heads and fall downs and somehow you have managed not to seriously injure yourself. Your birthday was nice, all your Ohio relatives came down to see you. We had about 25 people crammed into the basement apartment(Yikes!). Your mommy and daddy love you so much. You are really the cutest little man ever. Here are a bunch of highlight from your birthday.

Rick

Jeremiah,

We just went on another trip to Texas. This time we flew in a plane for the first time. You did ok, for about 20 minutes you screemed yourself to sleep. Everyone really loves you and thinks you are growing up way to fast. You are starting to take steps, sometimes 4 or 5 at a time, but only when you want to. You visited your Grandpa Larry, Galveston, Lindale and everyone in Dallas. You also met your cousin, Jameson, for the first time. On the way home you started playing peek-a-boo.

You are going throug a ‘hachoo’ phase. It started when we were shopping at the store for the trip. I sneezed and you thought it was the funniest thing, you almost feel out of the cart. So your Mom and I kept doing it, then you started doing it… it was cute. Now you do it on demand. It is the cutest thing ever.

Here is the video that I created:

We love you,
Mommy and Daddy