What I love about you day 194

What I love about you Molly Jane is:

-The way your eyes are a little puffy when you first wake up.

-The way your hair stands up, wild all over your head.

-The way you smile at me when I say your name.

-The way you are experimenting with new sounds.

-The way you squeal if I take away a toy, thinking you're finished with it, but you aren't yet.

-The way you laugh at the dogs.

-Your tiny giggle.

-The way you reach your tiny hand out to find me in the middle of the night.

-The way you watch the television with such awe when your favorite cartoon comes on.

-The way you giggle when you're falling asleep like it's the best feeling in the world.

-The way you choose your books even if I have all of your other toys around you.

-The way that you can touch my heart, just by touching my face.

-The way you stare into my eyes while we dance slowly around the livingroom to really good music.

-The way you laugh at me hysterically, in your jumper, when I dance around the livingroom like a fool when a fast song plays.

-The way you get so excited when I clap my hands.

-The way you smile at me when I say, "I love you."

What I love about you - day 154

What I love about you Molly Jane is...

-the way you scream one loud fast scream when I'm not looking at you when you want me to.

-the way you giggle when I kiss your face.

-the way that you stretch your hand out while your sleeping to make sure I'm still next to you.

-the puffy sleepy face you have when you first wake up.

-the warm feeling that floods my body when your tiny hands touch my face.

-the way that you scream and laugh at Ni-Hoa, Kai Lan everytime it is on.

-the way that you laugh at the computer when we're talking to Daddy. It makes him feel like he's here with us.

-the way you grunt just a tiny bit when you're having a poop.

-the way that you can always make me feel like everything in the world is right just by smiling at me and saying, "goooooooo."

Letter 6

Molly Jane,

My dear, sweet daughter... I was just in your room with you. You were laying in your crib on your back smiling up at me. I turned on your mobile and had a flash back to before you were here. Your Daddy and I stood in your room so many times before you were born and turned on your mobile imagining what it would be like, what it would feel like, to do the same thing when you got here. I teared up a little because the feeling is so much more powerful than I ever thought it would be. It hurts my heart so that your Daddy can't be here to feel that right now. To see you laying there smiling up at me is more moving and more touching than I ever imagined before. You are growing so quickly now. You're rolling over, and laughing, and scooting... it's all happening so quickly. The only thing that I wish was different is the fact that your Daddy isn't here getting to experience all of the little things that amaze me so. He only gets to experience some of them - through video. I know that seeing you do so well helps his morale while he's gone though. I know he wishes he were here too. It won't be much longer. Then you'll get twice the love and attention that you get now - all of the time. I love you so much Molly. You are so special to me.

Love,
Mommy

Letter 5

Hello my tiny little princess.

We are 3 days away from your 4 month "monthday". We are also 3 months into your daddy's deployment. Right now, I'm sitting here watching you squirm and smile in my mother's arms. I have so much fun watching you learn and explore and try new things. Today on the bed, you rolled over for the first time with a little help from me. It was so funny to see your eyes light up with excitement and then a flash of fear. You're doing so well Molly Jane. It's so hard for me to believe that you've been in this world with us for close to 4 whole months. You are such a blessing and you are more special to us than you will ever really know. I know that everyday that your daddy gets to see you on Skype his eyes light up because he loves you so much. I wish that he were here with us to experience all of the new and exciting things that you are doing! I'm torn between wanting you to grow up quickly so that we can talk and laugh together, and wanting time to stand still so that I can soak up every single second that I have with you while you're so tiny. I'm so proud of you and everything that you've accomplished so far. I can't wait to see each new day and what it will bring with it for us to experience together. I love you very much sweetheart.

Love,
Mommy

Dear Molly

Hi baby girl. I just wanted to tell you all about your first month here on planet Earth... First, your arrival into this world was an amazing experience for me and Daddy. We were both so ready for you to be here, and you didn't make us wait very long. After seven hours of Mommy laboring and nine minutes of pushing, you let out your first scream. It was beautiful. You were a sticky, gooey mess and you were completely beautiful. I wish that you could remember the look on your Daddy's face when he first saw you. It was amazing. I knew right then that you already had him wrapped around your tiny little finger. You weighed 7lbs 4oz and were 19 1/4 inches long.

At the hospital, you were breastfeeding like a champ! All of the nurses were so amazed at how well you were doing... and that made me and Daddy so proud. You had to have formula for a few days at home because my milk hadn't come all the way in yet and your little belly wasn't getting full, and I felt so bad for that. I was glad that Daddy got to feed you some though. It was nice for him to get to experience that. But after my milk did come in, you were right back to breastfeeding and eating like a champ!

You had lots of visitors coming to see you in your first month here. My mom, and Nan and Daddy's mom and dad, and my Daddy and Elsie all came to see you! Everyone was so in love with you from the very first minute they saw you! Daddy had to leave when you were almost a month old to go work in Afghanistan. It broke both of our hearts. I didn't want him to leave and miss out on your first year, and he didn't want to leave either. It was very hard.

I weighed and measured you on your 1 month "monthday" and you weighed 8lbs 14oz and were 20 1/4 inches long! You grew so much in just a month! You are so beautiful Molly Jane. Mommy and Daddy love you more than anything else in the whole wide world.

Love,
Mommy

Hello Baby Girl...

Dear Molly,

You have been one impatient little girl. You gave Daddy and I a pretty good scare a week ago. We thought you were going to make an early entrance. The doctors had to give Mommy FOUR different shots! Two of them were to stop the labor, and two of them were to help your tiny little lungs develop quicker so that you'll be able to use them if you do decide to come early!

Daddy and I have everything ready and set up in your room. You have so many neat toys that I'm sure you will love and so many cute clothes that I'm sure you will hate. :) I promise not to make you wear anything that is TOO uncomfortable.

You're getting so big now, and so strong. Daddy and I can see you moving in my belly. It's so fun to watch. Sometimes we even have poking fights where you'll kick really hard and I'll poke you back, and you'll kick back! It's fun, and makes me feel like you're here playing with me already! I love when we have our poke fights.

Well, you will be here in a little over a month, and Daddy and I can't wait. I caught Daddy looking in your nursery a few weeks ago, just staring. It was so sweet knowing that he was imagining what it will be like when your little coos fill that room... We already love you so much Molly...

Love,
Mommy