Dear Ayris,
How in the world has 5 years gone by? I was looking through a journal I had started for you a few years back and was noting how special a first child is. I'll be the first to admit that being a girl alone is rough...but being a girl AND a firstborn...that's a difficult position to hold. BUT no matter how many kids we may have, you will always be the one who showed your Daddy and I what it meant to really love...unconditionally and so deeply...you changed our lives in so many ways, and for the better. And with you, we go through all of our firsts...our first holiday program for our little girl...our first experiences with a sick child and a million ear infections...our first baby going off to school...our first child to walk and talk...you'll be the first to drive, and the first to leave for college (you don't have to leave...you could just pretty, pretty please find a local university and live off campus here with us!)...you are the one who has lit our path into parenthood...and is continuing to. Even though that sassy-pants attitude of yours sometimes pushes all the wrong buttons for me, it is completely overshadowed by all the good that you are. You are so capable and brilliant. You stop me in my tracks each and every day with the thoughts that swirl around in that giant brain of yours. I thank God every single day for bringing you into my life...and for allowing me to be your mommy. You will ALWAYS be my baby girl and I will forever love you no matter what you put me through in the future =) So Happy 5th Birthday to you!
(A video montage should be coming tomorrow...it's 11:15 now and I'm having trouble putting it together but I wanted this posted on her actual birthday!)
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