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Love letter to B

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Dear B-

It’s been four months since you quickly joined our family. One day I will stop mentioning it {probably not} but, I thought you and I could relive your very first picture from our downstairs bathroom where you were born. You are already like a million times bigger.

Love letter to B at 4 months old

Everybody keeps telling me how tiny you are. But, all I see is that my teeny-tiny baby is no longer teeny-tiny. You intentionally move, pull things and smile the biggest best smile ever!

Love letter to B at 4 months old

Here’s the thing. Our house is loud and busy. As baby number 4 you get set down a lot. Play mat on the floor. Bouncy seat in the kitchen and in our bedroom. Crib in your room. When daddy gets home, I ask him to hold you because I don’t think you get enough “up” time.

Love letter to B at 4 months old

Lately, at night, after you nurse, I give you your paci, swaddle you up and rock you. We sing “You are my sunshine” and “Jesus loves you” (well, I sing, you listen and sometimes sort of hum along). I feel like you have a little extra energy stirring about in that head of yours and finding your calm takes a little while. You are wiggly, grunty and hummy and have a tough time getting to that relaxed place.

So I keep rocking. And, I noticed after singing when I kiss your forehead and linger (yeah, I might be smelling you), you immediately stop moving. Your breathing slows. You stop grunting and making noise. You are calm. You are soothed. You are relaxed. You are safe.

Love letter to B at 4 months old

Your relaxation and calm lets me know you like it. So, I keep doing it because you love it. But even more so because I love it. And I know that all too soon you won’t want me to snuggle you up. So until that time comes that kiss is going to lingering on the top of your head every night until you drift off to dream land.


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  3. Theresa says

    Aww, she is getting so big! Wish there was a way to slow time down a bit, mine are growing too fast too 🙂
    I got Batgirl, with the superpower of compassion.. I’ll take it!

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  7. Melissa L says

    As a child of a 4 kid home I tell you, what she may or may not miss in up time will more than be made up for with the noise, happiness, busyness, and love that fill the house.

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  8. MommaE says

    So sweet! I love the bed time relaxing. I plan to rock Logan until she’s 18 years old, so hopefully it never gets old! Ha!

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  12. Heather B. says

    Ah, she is so cute! Good job, Mama.

    My superpower? Jeesh, that’s a tough one, I think my organization!

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  14. Ashley C says

    Doing yoga with toddlers climbing over me and working poses around a dog 🙂

    demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. Mandy Furlong says

    I love this!!! So sweet! I always cherish those little moments!

    I am not sure what my superpower would be, maybe I super patience! Or at least that is what I would like to have! 😉

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  27. Kat says

    Oh precious, precious, precious. It makes me cry.
    I am so happy to see that you enjoy the moment while you’ve got it. I know you know it goes so quickly.
    What a precious gift you have. 🙂

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    • Krystyn says

      Seriously, how do we get okay with them growing up and not being our babies? I mean, they will always be our babies, but it really hurts! And, then we had preschool graduation yesterday. I need a break from this growing up business!

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  29. noelle d says

    My supermom power?
    Being able to cry at anything!
    No, really- I guess it would be being able to handle puke and all that, since before I was a mom I would be gagging right there at the sight of it.

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  33. Michelle C says

    I got Bat Girl but I think my real super power is my organizational skills. Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

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  40. Diana @ NannyToMommy says

    I don’t know if I have a super power. As a only two month post-partum mom, I am still feeling the aches and pains of delivery. But with my first it was breastfeeding. I am breastfeeding my son too, but it seems so much easier this time around. With my daughter we battled latching issues, to supply issues, a case of lip tie, lack of support, misinformation, and the list goes on and on…but I still managed to do it for 14 months and I felt like a superhero for being able to give the best for my daughter for that long. I made my 1 year goal and then some. And maybe that’s why it’s easier this time. But knowing you are giving your baby the best start in life makes me feel heroic. 🙂

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  42. Gretchen in HB says

    I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
    I can also clean a kitchen top to bottom in under 20 minutes while balancing a cranky 3 year old on my hip.
    😉

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  44. Jessica says

    My superpower is the ability to discern what any sound is from rooms away- aka I know what they’re messing with even when I can’t see them!

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  45. Tami says

    I got Bat Girl. I predict body language and my super power is compassion. That seems to fit me very well.

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  47. Nicole Powers says

    I got Wonder Woman because I am always trying to save the day. My superpower is being able to multitask

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  57. Kristina Grum says

    I may have fallen in love with your baby well before we ever spoke to each other. I have to go back and find the birth story because it sounds like a good one!

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