In honor of my sweet little baby’s birthday this weekend, this post is not about England. I wanted to write something special to her. I am posting it a few days early, as between New Year’s, her party, and daddy leaving on Sunday, I fully expect craziness from now until Monday. Happy New Year’s everyone!
Dear sweet little baby, you came to us exactly two years ago. You have been a blessing from God. We can’t imagine our life without you, even with your complicated nature. I would not change you for the world. To be honest, you have been quite difficult at times, even before you arrived in this world. You are just like your mommy I am afraid, very impatient. You decided to try to arrive into this world early –the first time at 28 weeks (very scary) and then again at 34 weeks (still scary). And when you did arrive, you were so sweet natured and quiet……for the first two weeks of your little life. And then all hell broke loose, as you had colic and acid reflux. You, sweet little baby, became a crying, screaming mess for about three hours every evening until you were almost 4 months old. Your daddy used to put on sound blocking headphones and walk around our house holding you and I would put you in the baby bjorn and walk and walk and walk. Finally we bought a swing that rocked side to side that seemed to soothe you, and that is where you were for many hours of every day. As time went on, the opposite became true –now you are quite content to be held and cuddled, and mommy loves it. You want to “rock a baby”, “hold you” or “pat you”, all the time. (Even in the car, which is a whole other story my dear sweet one…it has not been easy to travel with you). You have turned into quite the little funny girl –your teachers call you a goof and you make your friends and your family laugh. You are really starting to enjoy life, and notice everything around you, and we love watching your reactions to things. I love watching you and your sister play together, it completely warms my heart. You love being tickled by daddy, and it makes me smile to hear your belly laughs. Your favorite things are your sister, french fries, Elmo and Dora. We love watching as you grow and we can’t wait to see the person you become. We love you little one, our family is complete with you in it.
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