Letters to Allegra

Hi Baby Girl.

You are eight whole months old already.  I can hardly believe how quickly you're growing and changing.  It seems like you learn something new every day.  Getting to know you has been one of the most amazing things I've ever experienced, and I've experienced a lot of fantastic things in life so far.  Thanks for making me a Mama, Ali.  I love you.

This place will be between you and me, a place for us to know each other.  One of the things I hope to be able to do for you as your Mama is to help you to be sure of yourself, of who you are and of what fiber you are made.  It's easy to lose track of that sometimes; I know this first-hand.  I also know how quickly time passes and how sometimes we can forget even the most incredible of days.  I want to help you capture the moments of your life and maybe help you to grasp how amazingly good life is, even when it's not easy. 

Allegra Joy, you are my daughter, and there's not a thing in the world that I love more than your Daddy and you.  We are a pretty sweet team, the three of us, and we're going to have a whole lot of adventures together.

I love you,
Mama