Dear Olivia,

Happy very first Halloween!! Actually, it's your first holiday ever! I think overall it wasn't bad! You looked so stinking cute in your Minnie Mouse costumer! I couldn't get over it! :) I have a million pictures to prove it! You slept for like four hours before we went trick or treating so you were awake for most of the fun. I can't wait till next year when you can participate more! I love you beautiful girl! I hope you had a good Halloween! :) 

Love,

Mom

Dear Olivia and Bently,

I hope you guys are best friends. I hope you go to each other for advice. I hope you help each other with your homework. I hope you stick up for each other when you're being picked on. I hope you play imaginary games together. I hope you stay up past your bed time giggling and talking. I hope even when you are adults you are close. I hope you want to spend time together. I hope that even when you fight you make up and become stronger because of it. I hope you share your testimony with each other.I hope you learn and grow together. I hope you have the same sense of humor and spend way too much time laughing together. I hope you realize the value of your relationship and always treat it with respect. I hope you get in trouble together and then enjoy the punishment together. I hope you protect each other.I hope you make so many wonderful incredible memories together.  I hope you always have that special bond only siblings do.
Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday it finally happened! I mean I had heard you giggle twice before but they were short and I could never get you to do it again. I kept telling your Dad you were giggling but I don't know if he really believed me or not! ;) Yesterday I got you to giggle. I ran and got my phone and started recording and you just kept giggling! Bently didn't want to miss out on the action so he laid down right next to you and giggled right along. I can't even tell you how moments like that warm my heart! Being a Mom to you guys is my favorite job in the entire world! Thanks for giggling and making my day! And now Dad has video evidence you giggled! I love you so very much beautiful girl! Don't you ever ever forget that!
Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Yesterday, October 11, 2013 you did something incredible. Something amazing! Something I didn't think would happen for a couple more months! You giggled! That's right I got to be home and witness your very first baby giggle! You have to understand how much I stressed about missing your very first giggle. Working 40 hours a week plus is a lot of time to miss that giggle. I had just changed your diaper and started smiling at you and making a weird noise. Low and behold you giggled! I wasn't sure though so I kept at it and it happened again! It was the most incredible little noise I've ever heard! :) I nearly cried with happiness! I got to hear it and I am so grateful for tender mercies! :) The bad thing is your Dad missed it. :( He was so sad! Then when he came home you wouldn't do it again! We got to get you to do it for your Dad! I love you beautiful happy girl! :) Thank you for making my whole week better!
Love,
Mom

Dear Olivia,

Time is slipping by too fast. Like water through my fingers. The more I try to hold on the faster it disappears. I feel like lately I've been waiting. Waiting for everything to be perfect. For our "real" life to start. The life where your Dad has a full time job. The life where I get to be home with you and your brother. The life where we are more financially stable. But with all my looking towards the future I feel like I'm missing the present. Don't get me wrong, I treasure every minute I get with my beautiful girl. I just am a little preoccupied. You are growing up so fast. Heck you're already 2 months old. Where did my tiny newborn go? It seems like 2 seconds ago I was huge and pregnant. Now I have my beautiful daughter to hold and kiss. You are my everything little girl. You're smiles help me on the hard days. Snuggling with you late at night is the best feeling in the world. I promise to start focusing on the present. To never ever take a moment for granted. Because every single moment I get with you and your brother and your dad is beautiful and precious. And it means the world to me to have these moments with you. I love you so much my heart feels like it's going to explode! :)
Love,
Mom