by Amanda Knapp

Created on: August 29, 2007   Last Updated: November 25, 2008

From the very beginning I knew there was something "special" about Ian. And when I say "beginning" I mean from pregnancy. He was my second child so his was not my first pregnancy. I had feeling of euphoria, tho I did not know that is what I was experiencing. I would just describe it as a deep feeling of love and happiness for no reason at all it would just overwhelm me all of a sudden.

The day before Ian was born I had an ultrasound and the Dr. finally said I was having a boy. I had known all along because I had bought nothing but boy clothes and I had everything I needed way before he was due to arrive. But I had never really wanted to have a boy, because of a friend who had 3 boys who were very hyper and unruly and me being a very patient individual says a lot if I thought they were crazy boys. So that night I was falling asleep I rubbed my tummy and told Ian "It's ok Ian you can come out I'm gonna love you more than you can imagine." I was in labor all night and thought it was braxton hicks contractions. The next morning Ian was delivered by a planned c-section 3 weeks before his due date weighing 7lbs and 12oz. His father told me many times he was smiling right away.

Ian was a very engaging infant from the very beginning. For pictures, to make him smile, all I had to do was tap his arm just above his elbow with the tips of my first two fingers and he would smile really huge. He would find the most smallest things on the floor. He absolutely hated Tummy Time, but Loved to stare up at the ceiling fan. And if you walked past a window you had better of stopped for him to enjoy the brightness of the sun and the greenness of the trees. He started babbling around 3 months and was saying mama to eat and dada when he was hurt or sad or scared. He loved baths and still does. He learned to walk on Christmas. he stopped letting me rock him at about 2 months that was when he was able to rock himself back and forth and he continued to do this for hours every night till recently now he has calmed down, he doesn't do it all night but he does do it to fall asleep or relax. He used to laugh and talk to someone who wasn't there I really believe he thinks this "friend" is there tickling him. "BaBa" came next around 9 months I'd say and then "NO" around 15 months "Ally" (his sister) was around 18 months and then nothing more till he was 2 he would say More and Cup. That was pretty much the extent of his verbal development till he was about 3 then he gained maybe 5 words a yr.

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