Letter # 1

Dear Charlotte, We are a little less than three weeks from your due date, which means that you could arrive any time now! You will be our third baby girl, the final member to complete our family. Words cannot express the happiness I am feeling. My pregnancy with you has been much different than my previous pregnancies. We had one short-lived worry at the middle of the pregnancy when one of the doctors thought he saw something irregular in your heart on the ultrasound, but it was confirmed that there was nothing there and everything from then on has been smooth sailing. This is my first pregnancy without any worry or issue and I am completely calm in knowing that as I will be a mother of three I can handle the chaos. The biggest difference in my pregnancy with you is that I have had nine full months of morning sickness and I have been the most uncomfortable because the doctor says you are going to be my biggest baby! Ever since the day we found out that you are a girl anyone and everyone has asked if we want to keep trying for a boy. When I announced that you are our last baby all we've heard is that we have to keep trying for a boy. I want you to know that I could not be happier with having my three girls. YOU are what we have made together and YOU are meant to be our baby. I absolutely cannot wait to see how you fit into our family. Your sisters are going to love you so very much and it means the world to me that the three of you will have each other for life. I know there will be times that the three of you argue or don't want to be around one another. I anticipate fights over toys, friends, clothes and boys, but you will have two sisters who will be there for you in life no matter what. It's important that as you grow older you take care of each other and be there for one another. I'm sure you will learn this quickly but you also have a pretty amazing father. Your daddy will never leave you and will always do everything in his power to make sure you, your sisters and I are taken care of and happy. He is wonderful at cuddling. He will teach you how to stand up for yourself and be tough. He will always, always love you. O Charlotte you've spent all this time in my belly listening to my heart, I want you to know that you complete me in every way. I can't wait to hold you skin to skin and feel your softness, see your beauty and have our hearts beat together. I will cherish every single minute of you being little because I know it goes by way too fast. Always know that I love you and I am here for you no matter what. My purpose in this world is to make sure you are safe and grow to be happy. Your happiness is the most important thing in the world to me. Loving you forever, Mommy