5 months ago, my beautiful baby girl made her most splendid entrance into this world to meet myself, her father, Aunt Kiki & so many of our very near & dear friends & family. It has been an incredible journey full of so many ups & downs, yet every day, you wake up with the most amazingly bright eyes & beautiful smile. You truly are the light of my life & my very own sunshine. Every day, you make me want to be a better person & do the very best I possibly can. I want you to be proud of me always & to look at me with those same bright eyes & that contagious smile. You are so very loved! I want you to know that despite our present circumstances, it in no way changes how I feel about you & the things I want for you. It makes me more determined to know that I have you to work so hard for. I have you, you sweet & perfect little angel, to keep me grounded & focused on my goals of finally being stable. I want that for you more than anything. I do know that you are aware of how much you are loved by so very many people, however, maybe it's the mama in me, but i want to provide you with the very best of everything... health & experience & stability & well, just everything! I am working on it every day & if there's one thing I can say, it's that I will not give up until I have provided these things for you.
At 5 months, you are already sitting by yourself for the past month. You are getting such a personality. You have such different ways of interacting with your papa than you do with your mama & with many others, for that matter. Your papa can really get you going & you just laugh & chatter with him... I just love it. then, whenever you see Mrs. LaMothe, you are too much. You will stare her down until she acknowledges you, then you just light up like no other. We have been doing the Your Baby Can Read series with you & although you aren't talking yet, I know you are understanding. I can tell you "arms up" when you want to be held & you put your arms up. You have been waving & it's just adorable to watch as you do it. You've been scooting for a while & now also crawling... luckily, you aren't too fast yet, so i don't have to chase you down quite yet. You have such a wonder at the world & sone of your favorite people are the Lamothes, Auntie Erin, Chance, & our friends, Mirina & sunny from Mugsy's coffee stand.
You were in a car accident with your mama & you were almost completely unscathed, THANK God! Our car was toast, but thankfully, you were fine. In fact, you barely cried. Such a strong & brave little one already. It makes my heart happy.
You still refuse a bottle, but you LOVE water & drink out of regular cups & the smart water bottles.
