HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, JACK!
Dear Jack,
I remember the nerves, the pain, and the awe of your birth. I remember the sleepless nights, the trouble breast-feeding, the crying...oh, the crying - both yours and mine. I remember all your achievements - from that first smile to your rolling over to your feeding yourself. I remember all the poopy diapers, even the ones that took four hands to change. I remember thinking I couldn't have picked a better partner in crime for parenthood than your father. I remember how you amaze me each and every day, and how I couldn't ask for a better baby. I remember every single day of the last three hundred and sixty-five, and I wouldn't trade a single one for an extra hour of sleep because who knows what you might do in that hour - you might start walking more than five steps at a time or you might do another interpretive dance that I wouldn't want to miss. You are my sunshine, even when you're a little cloudy, though we're lucky you're not too cloudy too often. I remember everything and I cherish it all.
Love, Mama
I remember the nerves, the pain, and the awe of your birth. I remember the sleepless nights, the trouble breast-feeding, the crying...oh, the crying - both yours and mine. I remember all your achievements - from that first smile to your rolling over to your feeding yourself. I remember all the poopy diapers, even the ones that took four hands to change. I remember thinking I couldn't have picked a better partner in crime for parenthood than your father. I remember how you amaze me each and every day, and how I couldn't ask for a better baby. I remember every single day of the last three hundred and sixty-five, and I wouldn't trade a single one for an extra hour of sleep because who knows what you might do in that hour - you might start walking more than five steps at a time or you might do another interpretive dance that I wouldn't want to miss. You are my sunshine, even when you're a little cloudy, though we're lucky you're not too cloudy too often. I remember everything and I cherish it all.
Love, Mama
2 Comments:
Amanda, that was really sweet. Didn't the year just fly. As bittersweet as the first birthday is, it only gets better :)
Happy Birthday, Jack!!!! I can't wait to hang out with you in December!! And Amanda, I absolutely love what you wrote ... so true and beautiful!! :)
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