The Whole 9 Yards

Hi my love, it’s been a while. I am on my lunch break, and you are sleeping. You are already eight months old. You’ve grown two of your bottom teeth. You like balls. So tomorrow when I get paid, I will buy you more balls. You have the most amazing giggles. My goal every day is to make you smile and laugh as much as possible. You have been trying to crawl forwards. You crawl backwards now. You can sit up without any help, and have started to push yourself up into a stand. I’m so proud of you my little girl.

Every day, I wake up next to you. I am so grateful that I have you. Sometimes I still catch myself in disbelief about how lucky I got to have you. You have given me so much meaning and purpose. Thank you so much Amelia. As the song goes, I like me better when I’m with you.

Amelia, my favorite is when you smile at me. Ahh.. my heart melts everytime let out that big smile of yours. You are a carbon copy of your dad, but somehow I see myself in you. Especially when you smile. It’s the most beautiful thing in the world, in my world, as are you.

My Amelia, you have a lot to say. I’m not surprise because at two weeks old you were already making an “eh” sound whenever I walked past your bassinet. Your voice is so pretty, and big, like your dad’s. You just go on and on and I love it. You are so intelligent. I know you are telling us about your day and your toys and how much you love us and your brothers Popoy and Peanut and it’s amazing to see and watch you grow.

You know what my love, everytime we are out, people always come up to us and tell us how beautiful you are! You are a star baby! This past weekend, the waitress even asked to hold you. Your dad asked permission from me first, which I thought was really cute, and I said yes. After that, the mom in the table next to us blurted “you can hold my baby too!”. LOL. Then the mom at the other table who was with her teenage son went “you can hold my baby too!”. It was such a sweet moment with strangers. It happened because of you.

I needed that moment. With everything going on in the world, sometimes it’s hard to see the beauty of people. I appreciate those little interactions. So thank you my little love.

Amelia, as I tell you everyday. You are beautiful, brave, smart, kind, sweet, funny, silly… you are my everything!!! I can’t wait to learn more about your beautiful soul. I love you more than life itself, my sweet girl.