Perhaps it's because I am reaching the end of my pregnancy - well let's be honest, that is the reason - I am feeling particular sappy these days!
The past few nap times and bed times, I've caught myself laying longer and longer in her bed with my sweet girl - the one who made me a momma for the very first time. I've caught myself just staring at her and thinking of how much she's grown already and how blessed our lives have been since she made us a family. And I've caught myself truly trying to soak up each and every quiet moment I have to just enjoy E & Mommy time with no distractions. I feel lucky to have the moments I do with her.
Very soon, we will have moments where we lay together as an even bigger family! E on one side of me and a teeny tiny beautiful girl in my other arm. I picture those moments and smile. I smile because I know another baby will make my heart even more happy, full, and so very thankful. I'll be filled with a love I couldn't even imagine at one point in time. And seeing E as a big sister will make my momma heart melt. How has 22 months passed since I gave birth to this beauty?!
It's the times when she's sleeping peacefully in her big girl bed and I'm laying beside her listening to the beach waves white noise, when I start to reminisce on the time she was born. I think of how my whole world changed in an instant and the love between Daddy and I grew even stronger. We'd watch our brand new newborn in disbelief that she was OURS and that we created that little beauty. We couldn't believe we were parents, and thanked our lucky stars that she was brought to us.
22 months later, we still cannot get over her and all her beauty - inside and out. The personality on this one can't even be described. She is freakin' hilarious, and I promise it's not just our mommy and daddy goggles on haha ;) She amazes us everyday and cracks us up multiple times each day. 22 months of pure, pure joy so far!
Daddy has his special bond with her that mommy can't replace, and the same goes for E & momma (I mean, she just loves me so much, what can I say?!)
While our moments as a family of three are coming to a close, the amazing chapter of 'family of four' is about to bombard us with more love, excitement, and insanely proud mommy and daddy moments of our babies. We know we'll gawk over the squirmy faces and sweet expressions our newborn makes and stare in disbelief that we created another little girl, and we know we'll grow even more proud of E while watching her love on her little sister.
In the excitement leading up to welcoming E's little sister, we've been soaking up the sun, fun, and start to the beautiful Fall weather that has just begun to grace us.
We've been preparing E for the arrival of her sister and she can't wait to meet her 'baby'. Soon all the belly kisses will be real baby kisses and we can't wait to see her eyes light up when she meets her.
I am so lucky for the special moments I have with her every day and cannot wait to share those moments with our newborn. I've been dreaming of the cuddles and love with her brand new little life for some time now and while I will miss her squirms in my belly, I'm so thrilled to have her squirm in my arms. Momma's heart is feeling full, happy, and sappy right now -- E has truly shown me how amazing being a Mommy is and it's the most wonderful feeling in the world to wake up to this face!
I love you, my little cupcake! Time to show all you have at being a big sister! But let's be honest, you'll always be my baby! You're the one who made me a momma, after all :)
The past few nap times and bed times, I've caught myself laying longer and longer in her bed with my sweet girl - the one who made me a momma for the very first time. I've caught myself just staring at her and thinking of how much she's grown already and how blessed our lives have been since she made us a family. And I've caught myself truly trying to soak up each and every quiet moment I have to just enjoy E & Mommy time with no distractions. I feel lucky to have the moments I do with her.
Very soon, we will have moments where we lay together as an even bigger family! E on one side of me and a teeny tiny beautiful girl in my other arm. I picture those moments and smile. I smile because I know another baby will make my heart even more happy, full, and so very thankful. I'll be filled with a love I couldn't even imagine at one point in time. And seeing E as a big sister will make my momma heart melt. How has 22 months passed since I gave birth to this beauty?!
It's the times when she's sleeping peacefully in her big girl bed and I'm laying beside her listening to the beach waves white noise, when I start to reminisce on the time she was born. I think of how my whole world changed in an instant and the love between Daddy and I grew even stronger. We'd watch our brand new newborn in disbelief that she was OURS and that we created that little beauty. We couldn't believe we were parents, and thanked our lucky stars that she was brought to us.
22 months later, we still cannot get over her and all her beauty - inside and out. The personality on this one can't even be described. She is freakin' hilarious, and I promise it's not just our mommy and daddy goggles on haha ;) She amazes us everyday and cracks us up multiple times each day. 22 months of pure, pure joy so far!
Daddy has his special bond with her that mommy can't replace, and the same goes for E & momma (I mean, she just loves me so much, what can I say?!)
While our moments as a family of three are coming to a close, the amazing chapter of 'family of four' is about to bombard us with more love, excitement, and insanely proud mommy and daddy moments of our babies. We know we'll gawk over the squirmy faces and sweet expressions our newborn makes and stare in disbelief that we created another little girl, and we know we'll grow even more proud of E while watching her love on her little sister.
In the excitement leading up to welcoming E's little sister, we've been soaking up the sun, fun, and start to the beautiful Fall weather that has just begun to grace us.
We've been preparing E for the arrival of her sister and she can't wait to meet her 'baby'. Soon all the belly kisses will be real baby kisses and we can't wait to see her eyes light up when she meets her.
I am so lucky for the special moments I have with her every day and cannot wait to share those moments with our newborn. I've been dreaming of the cuddles and love with her brand new little life for some time now and while I will miss her squirms in my belly, I'm so thrilled to have her squirm in my arms. Momma's heart is feeling full, happy, and sappy right now -- E has truly shown me how amazing being a Mommy is and it's the most wonderful feeling in the world to wake up to this face!
I love you, my little cupcake! Time to show all you have at being a big sister! But let's be honest, you'll always be my baby! You're the one who made me a momma, after all :)