Dear Bean

Dear Bean,

Today we got to see you for the very first time. You are beautiful already. You are tiny -- 5.4 cm to be exact -- but you already look like a teeny tiny person. Your heartrate is 156 beats per minute. You are due June 5th -- so in about 32 weeks (give or take), we will be holding you in our arms.

You have the best big brother in the world. He is sweet and funny and he can make any animal noise there is. You two are going to share the neatest little room ever. It's a nursery that looks like a forest with a little log cabin nook. Sprout will love you and protect you and he will be your best friend forever.

Our family has been praying for you everyday -- multiple times per day. We can't wait to show you the world and to introduce you to a million other people that love you, too. We will read you stories and sing you songs. We will hike in the mountains and make sandcastles at the beach. We will take you to church, help you with your school work, and cheer for you at every game and play that you are in.

We love you, Bean. And we are so very excited to have you in our lives.

God bless! Here's to enjoying the next several months together and looking forward to that day when we'll finally be able to kiss that little face of yours.

Love always,
Mommy and Daddy

Sorry it's been so long

Dear Sprout,

I have not written you a little love letter in a long, long time. As you know, Mommy has been very busy. The past few months have been wonderful and full of adventure.

One big change is our house organization! You had been sleeping with Mommy and Daddy your whole life -- I could not bear to have you upstairs while we slept downstairs. Well, problem solved! At the end of the summer, we moved our bedroom upstairs and now Daddy's music room is downstairs. Your room is literally less that three feet from ours ... you sleep, we sleep, it's fantastic! Additionally, it's nice to have the "living" upstairs and the "working" downstairs. Everything seems to be running smoother.

As you know, Mommy is now a literacy coach ... and that is something I've wanted to be since college! Literacy is truly my passion and I enjoy being immersed in it every single day. I love my job very much -- but sometimes I get sad when I get home later than I wanted to get home. You and Daddy are so very special to me. I am working on my time management skills ... I promise! And you know what, I think I have come up with a pretty good system! In short, I love my job, I love my family, and I am doing my best to do well in all areas of my life.

Sprout, there are so many times when I look at you and I look at Daddy and I reflect on our lives together. God has blessed us so much. We will never comprehend just how much He loves us. I love watching Him work as the days of our lives unfold. It is my prayer that you will come to know Him at an early age. I wish that I would have marveled at His wonderous works my whole entire life -- and I pray that you will. He is amazing.

I love you, baby. God bless!

Love always,
Mommy