12 weeks

At your 2 mo appt, you were 11lbs 2 oz, and 23 inches long. You are
feeling much heavier now! Now that you are here, it isn't quite as
easy to keep this thing up. You've nearly doubled in size and have
taken the world by storm. Everyone who meets you falls in love and
tells me how beautiful you are. I say, "you say that to everyone."
They say, "no I don't. I'd say something like, they are so alert!" I
say, "I hope she's smart too!!". But I k ow you are going to be smart.
You have such knowing, graceful looks. You are so calm and sweet. You
aren't fussy unless you are hungry, and you have a grin that will make
us grow broke some day. Your daddy already promised you a bike! When
you grin, I simply say, "I love you too." because even though I know
you will grin for anyone, I feel a warmth come over me that can be
nothing but love!

I also know that I love you more than anything because I pray for you
more than I do anything. I pray that Jeff and I continue to grow in
our marriage so you get a good example of what a strong relationship
can be. I pray for your humilitywhile we work to ensure you want for
nothing.
I pray that I put your spiritual and emotional needs above your
material ones.

I went back to work this week. Miss Amanda is great. She sends me
hourly updates, when you're eating, how much, pics of you sleeping,
reports of your increased head control. Everyday she writes down your
feeding history and your diapers so we can keep track of how good
everything is going. She is amazing. It's because if her, the timing
of her decision to be a stay at home mom, her posessing the same car
seat base, her rate being within our budget, her warmth and patience
and calm demeanor that I know that my prayers to God were answered. I
truly put your care in his hands and Amanda came along.

Well, tonight you held your own bottle for the first time, and I
missed it! Daddy got a pic though. I guess I should get used to it.
Not sure if it's best to see it in pics or have everyone keep me
oblivious until you do it for me! We will see.

Well, my love, it's our bed time.
Sweet dreams!