One Year August 29, 2009

I have a one year old. Really. One. You’re one! This is crazy.
I think you’re the most amazing one year old EVER. You are so confident in your walking now. You just tear around our little apartment like time will stop if you cease moving. I assure you that it won’t, but you never [...]

Month Eleven August 18, 2009

Dearest daughter,
I’ll bet you thought I was going to forget month eleven. Well neener neener, I fit it in right before you turn a year old (SOB). Yes, your mother is crying that you aren’t going to be her little baby anymore.
You are such a big girl. Your newest favorite thing has been walking [...]

Month Ten June 23, 2009

Dearest baby,
Oh my word, we’re into double digits on the months. Can you believe it? I’m already tweaking out a little bit about you turning one in just two short months. ONE! It seems like you’ve been a part of my life for forever and yet I’m astonished that you’re ten months old.
We’ve hit [...]

Month Nine May 20, 2009

Baby girl,
Nine months old! And an on time letter! Amazing! I can’t believe that it’s been nine months already. Nine months ago at this time I was laying in an uncomfortable hospital bed watching you sleep in the bassinet beside me. Now you’re sleeping in your playpen and you still look just as angelic [...]

Month Eight May 5, 2009

Baby Girl,
I love you so very very much. You are still progressing and maturing at such a rapid pace that it blows me away. Now you no longer need furniture to stand up – you just let go and balance. At first it was only for a few seconds and then you’d desperately windmill [...]

Month Seven April 2, 2009

Dear baby,
Once again, I’m late. Once again, get used to it. I love you and I hope you still love your mama in all her lateness when you read these letters.
This last month has been chock full of milestones. Insane. So just a few days before you turned six months old you started crawling. [...]

Month Six March 1, 2009

My lovely lovely daughter,
Yes, I know. I’m late. Again. I think that you will be learning at a very early age that your mom pretty much always runs late. I surprise people occasionally with being punctual, but for the most part, I’m tardy. It just is. But enough about your mother’s flaws. That’s not what [...]

Month Five January 27, 2009

Baby Girl,
I just keep writing these later and later, don’t I? Maybe for six months I’ll actually write your letter on time.
As with every month, you amaze me. The new things that come up every single month are incredible. You are constantly learning and soaking in information. You love to sit on my [...]

Month Four December 24, 2008

Dearest daughter,
I can hardly believe that you’re four months old. Seriously? It feels like you’ve been a part of my life forever, but at the same time, four months? Already? It really does fly by. Your last doctor appointment was yesterday and you weighed in at 14.5 pounds. Amazing. You’ve more than doubled your size [...]

Month Three November 21, 2008

Dearest Ana, 
It is so amazing the changes that happen in you in such a short period of time. You’ve gone from being this sweet little baby to this sweet little, well, baby, but bigger! 
I feel like sometimes I complain a lot about general motherhood things, but the truth is that I love being your mama. [...]