Wow does time fly.
It feels like yesterday you were just a newborn and we were snuggled up on the couch early in the morning to watch the sunrise through our front window.
And wow, has time flown for this second pregnancy, too. In a few short weeks you will be a big sister! And you will be such a wonderful one. I am amazed when I watch you with your stuffed animals and baby dolls; you are such a “little mommy”! I know that Baby Willow is the luckiest baby in the world to be born into a family with you as her big sister. To be honest, I’m slightly jealous. I wish I had a big sister like you! As an only child growing up, I have never experienced what it is like to have a sibling. I can only imagine having one as amazing as you will be such a blessing to your baby sister.
But even through all of the joy surrounding this time in our lives, I feel a small piece of melancholy. These last few weeks are the last few weeks of “just the 3 of us”. There will never be another time in our lives when that is true. Our family is blossoming into 4. And with that transition means less Audrey and Mommy one-on-one time. My goal as a mommy for the second time is to always make sure I communicate to you that this has nothing to do with you, but just that our family is changing (and growing)! And you are the only person in the world who made me a mommy for the first time. That is such a special role in my life!
I will never forget your birth, my maternity leave home with you, or these first few precious years watching you grow. They are special to me.
And these next experiences as a family will be special too. And I’m so excited you are a part of them. I wouldn’t want to do this with anyone else but you and your daddy.
Mama loves you!
