Our dear sweet baby GIRL!!!,

If only you could have seen our reactions when we opened that piece of paper with the beautiful words “It’s a girl” on it. All three of us jumped, squealed and hugged. Your brother cried “whoohoo” and your daddy danced around in glee. And me? I cried the happiest tears in utter disbelief and amazement that the little girl I had always dreamed of having was now going to be a dream come true. It’s been a few weeks since we opened that paper and I’m still a little in shock. As you know by now your mommy has three older brothers and since I was little I was convinced it meant I would end up with a boy-only brood. I always held on to that dream though and hoped I’d have a little girl to add to our family one day. And now there’s you. Beautiful and amazing you. Our little blessing.

I’ve always warned your daddy that if we ever had a little girl we would go broke. I made sure to remind him shortly after opening that piece of paper with tears still in my eyes. I have spent so much of my life staring longingly at the little girl’s clothing and decorations just waiting for the day I would get to buy them for my own little princess. Though I’ve tried my best to restrain myself I have already bought you a few things. I just can’t help myself. Your brother has even been adorably saying “we should buy this for baby sister” when we browse at the store. We are all just so excited to have you join our family and love you so much already.

One of the first questions we get when telling people that we are having a girl (after they share in our excitement of course) is if we have a name picked out yet. While we choose not to share it much, we have had a name picked out since before we found out your brother was going to be a boy. Since that time almost five years ago that little girl, then still in my dreams, has had that name. Though we are still going over other names, it’s hard for me to think of calling you anything else. That name is pretty locked in my heart for you. We did go in with two names with your brother and ended up choosing Zachary, though your Daddy had his heart set on Jake for so long. He just didn’t look like a Jacob to us. So now we are in the throws of trying to pick a “back-up” name for you just in case as well as a middle name. No matter what we pick we hope you love it and feel it fits what’s in your soul.
We love you baby girl! March can’t come soon enough.