Dear Pinky,
I love you so much. You are growing way to fast for me to keep up with. Every day I am amazed at how much you learn, love and grow. You are such a smart girl. I truly cherish every waking and sleeping moment with you.
I am so blessed to have you in my life. It has been a challenge for me to adjust to being a mother and a wife, but it’s all been worth it because you are so special and important to me. I love making you laugh and I love that you make me laugh with one little smile! Today you picked up on what it means to give a ‘high five’! This past weekend, you bumped your head way too many times for me to count trying to walk, find your balance and stand on your feet. Everyday you get closer to becoming a walking/running baby!
Tonight, I heard you cry and I rushed to the room as I normally would. Tonight, I picked you up, held you in my arms, rested you on my tummy, leaned against our headboard and remembered the time we brought you home for the very first time. I didn’t want to put you down. I kissed you and rubbed your back and told you I loved you! I can’t believe 32 weeks have gone by since I first laid eyes on you. Finally, Daddy convinced me to lay you down so you could sleep. I think it’s because he wanted to lie down next to you and admire you, and hold your hand while you both sleep.
Here is a quick breakdown of what we’ve been experiencing as a family…in no particular order: You attended your first wedding…reception, because unfortunately we missed the ceremony. You started eating real fruits, you play a lot more with your food. You enjoy watching Elmo and Sesame Street! Mommy helped you try on four pairs of shoes. At 7 months old, you still fit into your 3-6 month old dress, the one you wore for Easter Sunday! You splashed your feed in the pool. You and Mommy walked into the last 15 minutes of some free alien movie so I could breastfeed you and you were so excited to see all the kids. You cried yourself to vomit and I took you to the ER. Mommy broke the law more than once because you did not want to go in your car seat. And you must have listened to Baby by Justin Bieber about 100 times in the last two weeks, but that’s nothing new.
Oh my love, there is so much more I want to write but I will leave it at this for now…
“you are so beautiful to me…my darling can’t you see, you’re everything I hope for, your everything I need, you are so beautiful to me.”
I look forward to watching to grow from a beautiful baby into a beautiful woman, not too fast though. I want to keep holding you in my arms for as long as I can…or as long as you’ll let me. I love you my bubby, my nana bear, my baby, my Pinky!
Love,
Mommy