I Love Our Baby Girl

I love our baby girl. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes knowing the gender. The words "the baby" are replaced with "her/she" and suddenly she is no longer an abstract thought, she is a concrete human being. Then we started calling her by a name: Violet. This creates a greater impact and adds to the reality of having a child. SHE is our little GIRL, and we call her VIOLET. I love her very much. Last night I became scared to let her out of my womb, not because of the physical pain I would feel from that, but because I don't ever want anything to happen to her! I'm afraid I will be one of those crazy moms who can't bear to see their child in pain. I never totally grasped the love of a mother until I became one. Maybe after all the sleepless nights and exhausting days of taking care of a child helps you become more level headed, but all I know is that right now I NEVER want anything to happen to my baby. I don't know what I would do if I ever lost her, or if she was sick, or if she were so sad. It would break me. What is it about being a mother that makes you feel this way? I'm not sure. But I feel it. And I love my little Violet.

Here are the latest pictures of our little girl! She was super cute, though she looked like a skeleton. :) She had her legs crossed at her ankles and you could see her sucking on her hand! Super cute! We love you Violet and can't wait to hold you in our arms!