Dear Ella . . .

I love you so much, sweet baby. Your open mouth kisses, your sweet baby smell, your squishy kissable cheeks, everything about you just makes me melt. You are the most precious gift, Ella baby. :)

My favorite thing right now is the way you "sing" to me when you're nursing. You live to use your singing voice and you sing long beautiful "ahhhh"s everywhere - especially when we're in the car or concentrating on something (Grandmommy says I did that as a baby, too, but I said "ehhhh"). When you're nursing though, you have a special "ahh" that you use. You unlatch, and look at me and sing like you're communicating a deep truth. The look in your eyes tells it all. I love our special mommy/daughter songs.

Dear Ella . . .

Occasionally I catch a glimpse of the little girl you will become and it blows me away. You are so beautiful, so sweet, and so happy.

Then there are times when I still see the precious tiny newborn that I brought home from the hospital over 7 months ago. You sweet baby cheeks and little button nose steal my heart just like they did the first time I saw you.

You are truly the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to your Daddy and me. What a blessing we've been given!

Love,
Mommy

Dear Ella . . .

Twenty weeks old. At twenty weeks pregnant with you I felt like I had been pregnant forever. The thought of twenty more weeks before we could meet you was unfathomable and seemed like a lifetime away. But, the past twenty weeks since you were born have blazed by!

My life for the last year has been chomped up into 20 week segments. These last 20 have been by far the quickest and best!

I love you so much!
Mommy