Dear Claire, At 19 months:
- I love running my fingers through your hair at the end of the day while you lay next to me and watch "pets" or "dora"
- I love how you still carry around as many passies "pap paps" as you can carry, normally 5 or 6
- I love how when I awarded myself the "worst mommy of the world award" last night and when I said I was sorry you latched on to my neck and gave me the biggest, longest hug
- I love how you run "full speed ahead" to me everyday when I pick you up from school
- I love the way you say "purple" and "yellow"...and all your other colors
- I love hearing all you have to say...new phrases and words come out of your mouth everyday
- I love how you love your family
- I love watching you dance,...stomp your foot, drop it, turn around, repeat
- I love that you have a new attachment...your "blank", the pink blanket you sleep with...when its bed time you drag it around like Linus
- I love that you want to "help" with everything...which means do it yourself. You love to help put your shoes on, off, on, off....you change shoes 100 times every evening
- I love that you are half way interested in potty training....you don't want to go in the potty but you want to wipe every time you see toilet paper or when I change your diaper, you want to "help" wipe
- I love that you love books and want to read all the time
- I love the way you cover up all your baby dolls...your favorite is Mae
- I love that you will sleep in your big girl bed
- I love that you make my bad days good
- I love that you make me focus on the things that matter
- I love that you make me have gratitude
- I love that you have amazing blue eyes and beautiful curly blond hair...just how I always pictured you
- I love that I am your best friend...right now, I hope to keep that status forever
- I love that you opened my Mother's Day card as you were handing it to me and kept bringing it back to me all day long
- I love that you are my daughter
- I love that the Lord choose me to be your mother, what a gift!!!
- I love you, for now, always, and forever...19 months times eternity
