Munchkin Letters

My sweet child (8-month letter)

May 30, 2010

Happy 8 months sweet girl.  With every month time seems to go a little faster.  It’s crap, actually.  Just as I get all excited about you reaching a milestone, you’re on to the next one before I even have a chance to brag about it.  It’s so funny to watch you throughout the day.  You [...]

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Promises to my 7-Month Old

April 30, 2010

Dear Baby Girl, Today you are seven months old and with every day that passes you are learning or doing something new.  I stand back sometimes and watch as you take in your surroundings or test your limits, and I think about all of the times to come that you will tiptoe on the edge of [...]

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Dear Baby

April 19, 2010

I promise:  Anytime I shake up a bottle I will give it to you.  You do not have to launch into hysterics and prove to me that you have to have it right this second, because my mommy intuition has already told me that you’re hungry.  Rocking, walking and giving you the paci are all [...]

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Just stay a baby for a while, OK?

March 30, 2010

Let them be little, cause they’re only that way for a while.  Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day. Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle, Oh, just let them be little.        -Lonestar Hi Punkin, This is probably the first monthly letter to you that [...]

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"Give faith a fighting chance"

March 2, 2010

Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance, I hope you dance -I Hope You Dance; LeeAnn Womak Dear Baby Girl, It’s been five months since you entered this world and completed my life.  In five months you have learned so [...]

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4 Month Letter

January 30, 2010

Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts.  Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts.  Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child.  Anything can be.  – Shel Silverstein   Hello Baby Girl.  Four months old today.  Four whole months.  Like every letter I write you I [...]

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3 Month Letter

December 31, 2009

Dear Princess, Good Golly! The last month has just flown by.  I’m not even sure where to start your three-month letter.  So let’s start with I love you. I love everything about you.  The way you’re starting to get so big and so proud of yourself when you accomplish a new goal – like holding up [...]

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2-Month Letter

November 30, 2009

Hi Pretty Girl! Oh, my darlin’, where has the time gone?  You are two months old today and already you are changing so much.  You’ve gotten so much bigger – gone are the days that you fit snuggly on my chest or could lay in Daddy’s lap.  You’ve shed your newborn look, packed on inches [...]

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One Month Letter

October 31, 2009

Hi Baby Girl You are one month old today! (OK yesterday… you should know by now that Mommy is not always exactly on time.) And already you are changing SO much that it makes me sad sometimes. There were days when we first brought you home from the hospital that I found myself wishing out [...]

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Week 1 Letter

October 6, 2009

Dear Baby Girl: A week ago today I was still trying to coax you out of my belly by going for long walks, eating everything thought to induce labor and bribing you with expensive gifts. You, my dear, clearly thought that your 9/23 due date was just a suggestion and you weren’t much interested in [...]

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