Mommy is in so much disbelief that You, my tiny 2lb 13oz little baby girl, are already a healthy 17lb 1oz, 12 Month Old! How did you get to this point so quickly?
I will never forget the first time I laid my eyes on you. You literally plopped out right after your sister was born, and you looked so tiny and helpless yet so perfect to me. You gave us a good scare when doctors had a hard time getting you to breathe. We never got to hear your 1st cry because they had to wisk you off to NICU where they had a team of doctors working to save your life.
I remember my heart feeling like it fell out of my chest, when the NICU Dr came to my room after you were born to update me on you. He said that you needed to have a blood transfusion that very hour because you were so anemic at birth. That was very scary for me, and I wanted nothing more than to be with you through it all but I wasn't allowed.
As soon as they stablilzed you they allowed visitors to go and see you. Daddy was sure to take plenty of pictures to come back and show me, because I wouldnt be able to see you until the next day. I hadn't even been able to touch you, yet my heart....my life....it was yours. I loved you with everything that I had.
The first time I saw you was hard for me.
The First Time I Saw You
The first time I held you, I don't think I could have smiled any bigger.
1st Time I held You
In that Moment, I was the happiest mommy in the world. I looked forward to coming up to the hospital to see you everyday, and as you grew healthier my visits with you were much more enjoyable and less worrysome.
You were always so much tinier than your sister, and now you are so much bigger!! You had just reached the 4lb mark when I got to bring you home.
The Day You Came Home
Once you were home, you had a harder time keeping your body temp up, and I had to keep you very swaddled and very warm. I remember one night when Daddy was working, your temperature dropped very low, and you were very cold and fussy and I was so scared. I held you and rocked you while you were swaddled tight and I just cried and prayed that God would let your temp come back up. And when you still werent getting any warmer, I turned the heat on in the middle of April and I sat on the floor infront of the heater and just held you for hours until your temperature came back up to normalcy. Daddy was worried about you that night too, and He came home just to check on you and love on you. He was always better at keeping you warmer than me because he is so much bigger than mommy that you had more room to snuggle and more body heat to help keep you warm.
Though, I am glad I do not have to worry about you being so small that you can't stay warm, I do miss you being so tiny. I absolutely loved having you home with me. You were like my real life baby doll. And I always thought that you were going to be the "fragile" one.
But you have prooved me wrong. You are so big and healthy and smart, and into EVERYthing you could possibly think of. You have surpassed your precious " big" sister in many areas, and you have really impressed Daddy and Me! And boy, do you have an ATTITUDE! :) You are my little stinker! If you do not want something you are not afraid to let someone know. Usually you make it clear by squealing with a wrinkled up face, or by cocking your eyebrows & saying really sassy like "uuuuh!"
You are crawling, and trying so hard to pull up on everything, you pull yourself straight up on your knees but you have not gone all the way to your feet yet. Although, when you are crawling...you often crawl using your hands and feet instead of your knees. I call it the london bridge crawl, because when you do it you literally look like you are making a bridge of yourself.
You are eating more table foods and less baby foods, although you are suprisingly very picky about certain textures. But, if it is something you like to eat...you will eat and eat and eat. You LOVE food!
Daddy and I have many nicknames for you. In the past year you have been our "Gracie" "Gracie Pooh" "Emma Grace" "Chunkster" "Noodle" "Sassy" and My favorite...the One I call you everyday is "Mommy's Special Baby".
You are a Mommy's Girl. Daddy doesn't like to admit it, but it is very true. :) You are all about tugging on Mommy's pants legs and wanting me to hold you, and you are not always open to the idea of letting someone other than Mommy or Daddy hold you. If it is a crowd of people around, you want one of us, no one else.
You have a little temper on you when things aren't just the way you want them, and while at times this can be a challenge, it is still something I love about you. It makes you who you are, and when I think back to the times that you were so weak nurses could stick you with needles and you wouldnt even flinch or cry....I now very much love that you can express yourself.
Emma Grace, you are my precious little angel. My gift from God. You are the baby girl that I dreamt about for many years before having you. I always knew I one day would have a daughter Named "Emma Grace" and Daddy & I called you by name for a long time before we ever even concieved. And now, getting to put a face to your name, and getting to live every moment with you has completely changed our lives in such a wonderfully magnificient way. And the fact that there is two of you, makes life all the more exciting! I can never ever put into enough words how very special you are to us, but I promise to show you every day in every way by being the best mom I could possibly be.
Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
Mommy and Daddy Love You So Much!
Love, Mommy
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