I spent the first 5 months in Guatemala (Kevin visited alot) and I am so grateful that I got to spend so much time in Gabi's birth Country to experience life there, the beautiful amazing people and such a beautiful country. Just priceless.
We had a really unforgettable time there.
I met some of the most amazing people there that were also sharing in this impossible to explain experience. I hope to remain friends with some of them forever. These women and their beautiful children were what made the whole...being in a foreign third world country...not able to speak the language...don't know a single person....just been handed a 6 month old baby... time spent there just fantastic. Here are a just a few of them. I admire each and every one of them.
And now my Gabi.....Gabi you were the most precious thing I had ever laid eyes on, we fell in love with you immediately. Even then you had such a personality so funny and charming. From the beginning you also had a love affair with your pink bear, you did then and still do now sleep with her on you face every night and you never fail to be so excited to see her. I love that.
And now onto the amazing toddler you are now. Where do I start??? I love to watch life through your eyes, everything is so innocent and so fascinating. You can sit for an hour and play with plastic coins or lining up you little Barney figurines or just going through your books. You point up at the moon every time you see it and say "boon" and "sky" You are talking so much and understand just about everything we say. Some of my favorite things you say are of course Mama and Daddy, but also when you say 'bubble' and 'purple' and 'oh yeah' or 'please' and 'thank you' and when you do the actions to your favorite songs like 'The wheels on the bus' and 'The itsy bitsy spider'.
I love how you look in your Winter clothes, and with your hair in different styles, I love all the faces you pull and the way you will dance at the drop of a hat. I also crack up at how you can sit at the dinner table and look me straight in the eye as you take a 'poop'. I love to take you anywhere with me, you are so well behaved and get comments everywhere we go. I am so excited to experience Christmas with you and start lots of 'our own' traditions. You are my most favorite person to be around. Most of all I am honored, proud and privileged to be your Mama, not a day goes by where I don't feel like the luckiest person in the world. I truly love you with all my heart and thank you for being the World's greatest Daughter.
I hope that one day you are as proud of me as I am of you.Love Mama.
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4 comments:
Oh goodness! We are coming up on a year too, and your post brought tears to my eyes. Congratulations!!
She could not be any more beautiful. We are all indeed blessed to have these fabulous children come to us. Wishing you many more Christmas blessingS!
Love it, Nik! We were so blessed to have you a part of our experience there too! Thanks for the cheesecake afternoons and the shared laughs.
Gabi is beautiful and a one-of-a-kind. Hopefully we can meet up sometime and she and her latinlover can reunite!
Well I had to get a tissue...how beautiful was that. You must be so proud of her, it made me think of how lucky any of us are to have children. I must remember that next time Taylor and Jamie are having a full scale war!!! Love to you all.
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