Dearest Liv,
The past year my heart has grown immeasurably, no one but a Mother could possibly understand how lucky I have been....blessed beyond measure. From the moment they brought you to me in the hospital room and I could hold you & kiss you - you were a priceless gift being handed over to a new "me". I walked into a new chapter of my life as soon as you entered this world. How could I ever had prepared my heart for the way you would capture it w/ your tiny sweet little being? The days after you were born are some of the sweetest one of my life - when it was just me and you - and all my agenda consisted of was taking care of you. I cradled you, nursed you, sang to you, whispered how special you are, dressed you - - simply put I loved you 24 hours around the clock. It will always mark the happiest days of my life - easily! Thank you for being such a content baby, letting me love you and enjoy being with you. I have been spoiled as a new Mom - thanks to your Dad too who gets up every morning w/ you (to this day) and spends the first hour (or two) w/ you - so that mommy can have some uninterrupted rest or time to take a quick shower and ease into my day!
I can remember holding you in the middle of the night, at only a few weeks old, and I wanted to snap shot the feelings in my heart, to capture the sweetness of your face because I knew how fleeting the moments and the days were going to be. If there is a way to revisit moments in life of pure happiness - those were moments I would be happy to relive over and over again. My heart has never stopped saying "THANK YOU GOD" every day since you were born. Those, are not just words Livie, they are heartfelt truths. I have been given an enormous gift just being your mom.
So onto today... the last 12 months have gone by, 52 weeks, and 365 days of loving you and getting to know you. You light up our world with your smile! You wave to everyone - including random shoppers in Target! You are pulling yourself up and I know you will soon be walking! You say da-da, uh-oh, mama (mostly when you are upset ;)). You have 4 teeth! Two on the top and two on the bottom. Your top two teeth have a little gap in it and I have to admit - it's darling! Your favorite toys are your princess bath dolls that you play with in and out of the bath - Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, Aurora, & Rapunzel - you love them all! Speaking of bath, you love bath time! Your favorite food is definitely bread, but you also love grilled chicken, pineapple, peaches, and blueberry waffles! Recently, you have taken your dolls and held them in a cradle position and say awwww....it's the cutest! You cross your arms over your chest when you see dada or me come in the room, or come home if we have been gone, and you hug yourself as if to give us hugs! You know it's showing affection to us! It's the sweetest thing I've ever seen! Your sweet nature is just infectious and we are so proud of the little girl you are becoming!
We thank Heaven, our lucky stars, God up above for giving us our wish come true....YOU! Tomorrow is your 1st Birthday party - appropriately themed - When you Wish Upon a little Star!
We love you Livie - to the moon & all the twinkling stars & back again a million times over!
xo mommy & dada
Friday, February 1, 2013
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Another Christmas .... Another Christmas WISH!
Dear Livie,
Today Daddy and I made the decision to add a special coverage to our medical insurance for the coming year. We are looking at having a brother or sister for you sometime in the year 2014! I can't imagine loving another child as much as I do you but they say a mother's heart doubles in size when each child is born. So today we start preparing (in a small way) but a tiny step in opening our hearts for a second child. We pray that God will bless us again greatly w/ another baby so that you will have a sibling to grow up with.
Two of the greatest and strongest relationships I have are w/ your Aunt Tosha and Uncle Scott. They are my siblings and I love them dearly! I have some of the best memories with them - growing up together - and it is so fun to see them with their own little families today. I desperately want you to have that kind of relationship too.
So another Christmas comes around and my heart thinks...maybe by next Christmas our family will soon be complete. We leave that in God's hands.
Just know...how very special you are and always will be to me. My heart will always belong to my children, that is a promise I will always keep to you. You are cherished. So very much.
xo mommy
Today Daddy and I made the decision to add a special coverage to our medical insurance for the coming year. We are looking at having a brother or sister for you sometime in the year 2014! I can't imagine loving another child as much as I do you but they say a mother's heart doubles in size when each child is born. So today we start preparing (in a small way) but a tiny step in opening our hearts for a second child. We pray that God will bless us again greatly w/ another baby so that you will have a sibling to grow up with.
Two of the greatest and strongest relationships I have are w/ your Aunt Tosha and Uncle Scott. They are my siblings and I love them dearly! I have some of the best memories with them - growing up together - and it is so fun to see them with their own little families today. I desperately want you to have that kind of relationship too.
So another Christmas comes around and my heart thinks...maybe by next Christmas our family will soon be complete. We leave that in God's hands.
Just know...how very special you are and always will be to me. My heart will always belong to my children, that is a promise I will always keep to you. You are cherished. So very much.
xo mommy
Saturday, December 1, 2012
10 months (two hands) old now!
Dear Livie,
You are growing up too quickly! You have a head full of curly-wavy hair, two bottom teeth, chubby cheeks, and the prettiest brown eyes I have EVER seen! You have the BEST laugh ever and I always love to see your smile. You're pretty much a mellow and all around happy baby. We are so blessed!
Today you turned ten months old! We spent the day in Asheville, NC where they were having their annual Dickens Festival for the Christmas holiday. We enjoyed some shopping and lunch and just having a fun family day!
I can honestly say the last ten months have been the most rewarding and fulfilling ten months of my life. I never knew being a parent, a mother, would make me feel so satisfied. We're just enjoying every day with you....you bring us so much JOY!
xoxo
mommy
You are growing up too quickly! You have a head full of curly-wavy hair, two bottom teeth, chubby cheeks, and the prettiest brown eyes I have EVER seen! You have the BEST laugh ever and I always love to see your smile. You're pretty much a mellow and all around happy baby. We are so blessed!
Today you turned ten months old! We spent the day in Asheville, NC where they were having their annual Dickens Festival for the Christmas holiday. We enjoyed some shopping and lunch and just having a fun family day!
I can honestly say the last ten months have been the most rewarding and fulfilling ten months of my life. I never knew being a parent, a mother, would make me feel so satisfied. We're just enjoying every day with you....you bring us so much JOY!
xoxo
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Hilton Head Island - September 1st - 8th
Your very first beach trip! We are here in HHI w/ Mimi & Pappy all week!! Daddy is here until Tuesday and then will return to home to work a few days but he will be back on Friday - - on mommy's BIRTHDAY!!
You are getting a lot of attention from your grandparents...you're the only one of their grandchildren that was able to make it this year. You have been eating up all of the extra attention!! The last couple of weeks you have started doing a fake cough and then you laugh...it's soooo funny. I googled it and apparently it is common for babies around 6 months of age to do this as a way of conversing and/or get attention. Silly girl! You get so much attention as it is...but I can totally see you developing a mischievious personality already. You are having fun w/ Pappy & Mimi w/ the fake coughing...it's fun to watch you.
We took you to see the Ocean today....what a sweet moment. I definitely reflected back on the previous summer when we were in Wilmington,NC....my eyes were drawn to so many babies that day...I imagined what it would be like to have my own baby w/ us on a beach trip...(not knowing that I was already preggers!). Today that dream came true.
You are our dream come true. We will always treasure this time w/ you. Our first of hopefully many many many more family trips together.
xoxo mommy
You are getting a lot of attention from your grandparents...you're the only one of their grandchildren that was able to make it this year. You have been eating up all of the extra attention!! The last couple of weeks you have started doing a fake cough and then you laugh...it's soooo funny. I googled it and apparently it is common for babies around 6 months of age to do this as a way of conversing and/or get attention. Silly girl! You get so much attention as it is...but I can totally see you developing a mischievious personality already. You are having fun w/ Pappy & Mimi w/ the fake coughing...it's fun to watch you.
We took you to see the Ocean today....what a sweet moment. I definitely reflected back on the previous summer when we were in Wilmington,NC....my eyes were drawn to so many babies that day...I imagined what it would be like to have my own baby w/ us on a beach trip...(not knowing that I was already preggers!). Today that dream came true.
You are our dream come true. We will always treasure this time w/ you. Our first of hopefully many many many more family trips together.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Happy SEVEN months old Livie!
WOW seven months old now...time has a way of going by too quickly. You are at such a fun age right now...and as much as I have adored getting to know you as a newborn....having you grow into a little infant has so many joys as well!
you are now eating 3 solid meals a day. Your favorite is the macaroni & cheese mixed w/ veggies and you also love anything w/ banana.
we have a good routine down w/ you where you sleep for an hour or two in the morning and then another couple hours usually in the afternoon. daddy & I bought you a froggy jumperoo and you love it! Your legs are getting stronger and I know soon you will start to pull yourself up.....but first you are trying very hard to master sitting up all my yourself. it won't be long now!
you are definitely teething now! you are trying to chomp on anything you can get your tiny hands on!! which by the way...you grab for everything. you are my little curious george...i love to watch your facial expressions. when something catches your eye...and you try to decipher who, what, where, how, and when. everything is brand new to you and you're just taking it all in.
you also love to laugh! and it is by far the cutest sound I have ever heard...your little laugh is just so sweet. and you have given us some really good giant belly laughs...and it just warms my soul.
happy happy birthday Liv....seven months of loving you!!! we couldn't be happier :)
mommy
you are now eating 3 solid meals a day. Your favorite is the macaroni & cheese mixed w/ veggies and you also love anything w/ banana.
we have a good routine down w/ you where you sleep for an hour or two in the morning and then another couple hours usually in the afternoon. daddy & I bought you a froggy jumperoo and you love it! Your legs are getting stronger and I know soon you will start to pull yourself up.....but first you are trying very hard to master sitting up all my yourself. it won't be long now!
you are definitely teething now! you are trying to chomp on anything you can get your tiny hands on!! which by the way...you grab for everything. you are my little curious george...i love to watch your facial expressions. when something catches your eye...and you try to decipher who, what, where, how, and when. everything is brand new to you and you're just taking it all in.
you also love to laugh! and it is by far the cutest sound I have ever heard...your little laugh is just so sweet. and you have given us some really good giant belly laughs...and it just warms my soul.
mommy
Friday, June 1, 2012
Morning Time with Livie :)
Baby girl,
We are so thankful for the 8 to 12 hours of sleep you give us every night! You are such a good baby. You hardly ever fuss or cry...you have this cute little whimper you do when you are getting impatient or upset about something. At night we keep you close to us, you are sleeping in your rock and play by our bed all night now. Sometimes you will get a little restless in the middle of the night and I see you turning your head back and forth and I know you are looking for your paci. So I put it back in your mouth and rub the top of your head and you go back to sleep...sometimes I do this 3 or 4 times through out the night :) I do not mind though...I love taking care of you. Usually about 6:30/7am you are awake and I pull into bed with me....sometimes you will sleep a little more with mommy and sometimes you are ready for your bottle. When you go back to sleep next to me it is the cutest thing ever....b/c you put your tiny face up close to mine and put your little tiny hand on my chest...you want to know I am close and you like to snuggle. It's one of my favorite times of the day with you. When you are ready for your bottle - daddy goes and makes it and then comes up stairs to get you. You and daddy have a good routine down in the morning and I know he loves his morning times with you. When you first see him in the morning you always give him the biggest smiles! He changes you, feeds you, and then you and daddy watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse together...which you love. When I come down for the morning you are always looking so happy watching your show and hanging out with daddy.
You are 4 months old today! Four months of holding you and loving you.
Lucky Lucky us!
xo mommy & daddy
We are so thankful for the 8 to 12 hours of sleep you give us every night! You are such a good baby. You hardly ever fuss or cry...you have this cute little whimper you do when you are getting impatient or upset about something. At night we keep you close to us, you are sleeping in your rock and play by our bed all night now. Sometimes you will get a little restless in the middle of the night and I see you turning your head back and forth and I know you are looking for your paci. So I put it back in your mouth and rub the top of your head and you go back to sleep...sometimes I do this 3 or 4 times through out the night :) I do not mind though...I love taking care of you. Usually about 6:30/7am you are awake and I pull into bed with me....sometimes you will sleep a little more with mommy and sometimes you are ready for your bottle. When you go back to sleep next to me it is the cutest thing ever....b/c you put your tiny face up close to mine and put your little tiny hand on my chest...you want to know I am close and you like to snuggle. It's one of my favorite times of the day with you. When you are ready for your bottle - daddy goes and makes it and then comes up stairs to get you. You and daddy have a good routine down in the morning and I know he loves his morning times with you. When you first see him in the morning you always give him the biggest smiles! He changes you, feeds you, and then you and daddy watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse together...which you love. When I come down for the morning you are always looking so happy watching your show and hanging out with daddy.
You are 4 months old today! Four months of holding you and loving you.
Lucky Lucky us!
xo mommy & daddy
Monday, May 14, 2012
My First Mother's Day
Sweet Liv,
We had a wonderful day with you celebrating my greatest gift - being your mommy! You are growing & growing every day. You're now up to 7oz every bottle and you eat every 3 to 4 hours. :)
We had a lovely afternoon with you up at the lake by where we live and I couldn't have asked for a better day with you. Plus daddy spoiled me with my favorite flowers - pink roses and green & white hydrangeas.
I thank God every day for you!
"He will tend His flock like a Shepard; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom and gently lead those that are with young." Isaiah 40:11
xo mommy
We had a wonderful day with you celebrating my greatest gift - being your mommy! You are growing & growing every day. You're now up to 7oz every bottle and you eat every 3 to 4 hours. :)
We had a lovely afternoon with you up at the lake by where we live and I couldn't have asked for a better day with you. Plus daddy spoiled me with my favorite flowers - pink roses and green & white hydrangeas.
I thank God every day for you!
"He will tend His flock like a Shepard; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom and gently lead those that are with young." Isaiah 40:11
xo mommy
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