15 months

All my life I heard that the second you see your child you fall madly in love. Its the only person in your life you love without having to get to know first. Im not going to lie, it didn't really happen like that for me. I have a feeling Im not the only one, but maybe one of only a few. Its not that I didn't love Santi, of course I did. I loved him before I knew him, but it didn't happen as everyone else said.

The moment I saw my baby for the first time I felt odd. I felt as if he was someone else's child. It was all a little too surreal! I thought he was great, but not really real. It was such a weird feeling. As the months have gone by and I have gotten used to the fact that I do have a child I have fallen more and more in love with him! I feel like now I understand what everyone was talking about before.

Santi is the greatest thing that has ever happened to Nolan and myself. He is such a little sinner, from day one, but he is so perfect at the same time. I am officially one of those moms. You know the ones? The ones who think their child is the greatest thing that has ever happened to planet earth. Everyone else is wrong though because Santi is the greatest thing!! Haha! It can be so annoying to hear other people talk about how amazing their child is...and yet that is what I do.  Santi is all I can hardly think about. What a precious gift from God he is to me! He is totally making me a different person.

He is a very smart little boy and knows how to win my heart! He just recently started
handing out hugs and kisses freely! He melts me!

Little man is 15 months old today. The first few months went by sooooo slowly, but now time is flying by! I can't believe my tiny little baby can run, kick the soccer ball, play with cars, laugh at us doing silly things, make silly faces, dance, do puzzles, enjoy books, and have such a great personality. He is too young for all of those things!!!! He was just born like yesterday! How is this possible?

He LOVES puzzles!

To celebrate being 15 months, we went to the doctor. Im not sure that is what Santi would have chosen for the day, but its what we had to do. You would have thought the world was ending when the doc had to look in Santi's ears. Bless his heart! Lets just say he isn't a fan of getting checked out. All is good though. Mr. Pants is very healthy! He is in the 25-50th percentile for weight and 75-90th for height! He is above average in everything they check for at this age including fine motor skills and language development. Thats my boy!

Here is my favorite video of Santi thus far in life. He is laughing so hard he can hardly breathe. He is pretty sure that his Papi hung the sun, moon, and the stars. He cries every day when "dada" leaves for work and screams for joy when he comes home.

My redneck, tan, blonde, Peruvian child.