My son Dean just turned eight months today.  It is incredible how fast the time has gone.  When he came home with my wife and I, he weighed in at 6 pounds and only 18 inches and is now 19pounds and 10 ounces as well as being 28 inches long.  To watch how much he has changed physically, is amazing, but o also recognize the developments into his own person emotionally and personality wise is more amazing.

     Dean is a fearless daredevil, who is filled with wonder and curiosity.  He has begun to crawl, which while having created problems such as watching him, has also been a delight to witness.  Everything around him is new and enchanting, and to see his joy in something as simple as a blinking light is so amazing.  He is scared of nothing and interested in everything, a quality that I wish I could once again instill in myself.

     Being a first time father has been every bit the experience I was foretold about, while also very different as all parents and children are different.  I have similar but also very different experiences with my son, when compared to other parents.  I wouldn't trade them for the world.

Vocabulary:
Physically:Of or relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit.
Recognize:identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again.
Daredevil:One who takes chances
Witness:watch over or see in person
Instill:gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude, esp. a desirable one) in a person's mind.
Foretold: past tense of foretell(to predict)

Vocabulary Excercises:
1)After his workout, he was mentally alert, but         tired.
2) A         is the type of person who would be a good stuntman.
3)A parent should also try to        good morals, in his or her children.
4)I feel bad for those people who had to     the tragedy of 9/11 first hand.
5)The gypsy      of John meeting his wife in a library.
6)A doctor should be able to       a broken bone from looking at an x-ray.

Grammar Point:
To pluralize the word book we write books.  To pluralize the word housefly we write houseflies.  Identify 5 othernouns that are plurailzed by more than simply adding "s'".