Letters to my Baby

Letters to Violet - 9 months

March 17, 2018



Oh my baby!
So much has happened in the last 3 months... So many firsts.

 It’s crazy how many firsts you take for granted as an adult, when you’re a baby the first mean so much. From first vacation, first airplane ride, first time say 'hi' which you can’t stop say hi anymore, but  secretly love it when you say it. Your very first Valentine's Day. The first tooth, teeth coming in, first time you drink from a straw and spilled it all over yourself, first time you stood up on your own, it's more like a balancing act, but your getting there.

 I LOVE EVERY FIRST.

 We had our first family vacation to Jamaica, as soon has you hit the 8 month mark. This trip is probably the highlight of our year. You loved the sandy beach, but you weren't 100% about the water. Everyone loved the cutest baby on the beach, every morning we'd hear 'wheres my baby Violet' from the staff. You just smiled at anyone who gave you any love and attention. Here we had more first. First time in the ocean and the first time having your feet in the sand. 
We took you on your first hike for Easter this year. It was your first Easter. You love to be bounced around in the carrier hanging onto your dad. Front to back, swing side to side, jumping up and down. You even fell sleep at one point. And then all the excitement happening and getting to watch your uncle proposed to his girlfriend. Guess what.... your going to be the flower girl!

And then came the trip to Florida. We got to hang out with your grandma Mimi, and you got to meet your great grandma Gigi and great grandpa Vu for the first time. You also got to meet your great-great grandmother, five generations together for the first time. Your great grandparents couldn't get enough of you. 

So many first in so little time. 

Just know you are LOVED baby girl. xoxo







Letters to my Baby

Letters to Violet - 6 months

January 01, 2018




Today is a New Year.
2018.
Today you are 9 days away from being 7 months old. 
Today I failed you as a mother. 

We spent New Years weekend in Rocky Point, Mexico, with your Grandma Christine and Papa. It was a fun, eventfully and a very exhausting weekend. Before we left for Mexico, you got you 6 months shots. You also got a slight fever from those shots. A sick baby traveling is not fun for anyone, but being the trooper you are, you smiled the whole way through.
You didn’t sleep much on this trip. You wanted to be nursed and comforted every hour on the hour. With your lack of sleep plus mommy and daddy‘s lack of sleep ... we were a tired bunch and we couldn’t wait to get home.
Finally home, Mommy rushed to get things unpack and washed to have a fresh start to the week. Since you didn’t sleep much over the weekend you were a fussy tired baby. My first mistake was not stopping what I was doing to comfort your fussiness. I was in and out of the room putting things away. 
One second.
They say. All it takes is one second. That loud thud had me running. Your screams torn me in two. And seeing you on the ground broke my heart. All I could do was hold you and rock you, praying to god you were okay. Your daddy went to get your doggies, so he doesn’t know about your fall. My fail. Mommy is a little scared to tell him. 

 My lesson was definitely learned! You wont remember this when your older, but I will for the rest of my life.

 Mommy loves you V.




Letters to my Baby

V is 4 Months!!

October 18, 2017




Where in the world does the time go?
Seriously, I feel like I just blinked from the day we brought her from to the hospital to today! 
Can we slow it down, just a little! Let me enjoy this sweet little girl, before she becomes a spoiled brat. 
Because let's be honest, I am going to spoil my child rotten!

I went to lunch the other day with my mom and sister, V was with us too, when my mom mentioned how she remembers carrying my little sister in a car seat wishing she was old enough to walk on her own, "and now she'll be twenty in two months", she says with tears in her eyes. My first thought was HOLY COW that is going to be me in twenty years. Then, I got teary eyed too.

 It's amazes me how much little babies grow and learn in such a short time. Just look at that face!! She is a character and showing signs of needing all the attention on her, like all the time. She discovered coughing the other day. So now, when she wants you to pay attention to her, she will cough to get it. She likes to blow spit bubbles and concentrates so hard to do it, her face is priceless. Her hands and feet are her favorite snack. Especially her feet during diaper changes, which makes it task for mommy every single time. Her Daddy's funny faces and weird noises always makes her giggle. And she is starting to get very curios about her doggies, Riley and Oscar.<3

 I love to watch her grow and hate is all at the same time. 
Everyone always told me, being a Mom is amazing. What they forgot to mention was that it sucks too. It sucks to watch time fly away from you.

 We just need to soak in every damn second, while it lasts.