Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Dear Baby Girl,

You still don't have a name, and I'm so sorry. I'm working on it. Right now I am thinking about Rosie, Amalia, or Maggie. And your dad really likes Alexandra.

I was watching a show on TV the other day and it showed paintings from the 18th century and I was thinking about the people who the paintings were of, how they lived so long ago and they had their lives in that time and now their lives are past. And then I thought of you, so brand new, lying on my chest, and how this is your time. Your life is just starting, and it's so exciting. It is all stretched ahead of you. And I can't wait to watch it and be a part of it.

I love you baby girl!

Love,
Mom

Friday, February 3, 2012

1 week old

Dear Baby Girl,

Happy one week birthday! It seems like it has been more than a week since you were born. But at the same time I can't believe that one week of your life has already passed. I am falling more and more in love with you every day. There are many things I am loving about you, but I am especially loving the way you stretch after you eat, the faces you make, your cry that sounds like a bob cat, the way you are already working so hard to hold you head up, how firey you can be when you are really upset about something, and your eyes....on the rare occasion that I can see them. I was holding you today and thinking about you and trying to imagine you grown up. And I was thinking about what it will be like to be your mom. Dear baby girl, I don't know what life has in store for you, but I promise you that as your mom I will always do my best to help you to see and be your very best self.

I love you my sweet baby one week old girl!

Love,
Mom