To My Dear Baby Girl,

As I write this, I have 5 weeks to go until you arrive. Well, approximately of course. I am hoping you come earlier, but I hoped that with your brother too and he came in his own sweet time so I am not holding my breath.

I am so excited to meet you my little angel. To be honest I am a bit pants poopingly scared of what it will be like when our little family grows from 3 to 4 (plus a dog), but I really cannot wait to see your beautiful face and to hold you in my arms.

I have to admit, in the back of my head I wonder…What if I cannot give you BOTH the love and attention you need? Will I be enough for YOU my second baby, my sweet little lady? Will I be the annoying mum? The uncool mum? The oh-my-god-please-go-away mum? I hope not. Because I love you so much already my beautiful girl, and I want you to always be close with me, to want to have me around.

It’s actually CRAZY that I love you this much and I haven’t even met you yet.

I thought the same about your brother, you know. I dreamt about him before he came into this world. And now that I know him and know how much I love him with every inch of my being, I am even more excited waiting to meet you.

I have so many hopes and dreams for your life my sweet little girl. And I have so many fears about your future too. Silly ones, ridiculous ones…Ones that only a parent could understand.

Ermagawd, I hope that you like us. I hope that you are not completely devastated that we are your parents once you get to know us. I hope you like my singing even when its terrible and I get the words wrong. I hope you like your daddy’s jokes. Coz I find him rather hilarious.

 

I hope you always are smiling little lady. I hope that you can find joy in everything this world has to offer because it can be so so so so beautiful if you let it. I hope that you are always happy and content, and feel happily surrounded by love and your family.

I hope you always know how important you are to us. Our first girl. Possibly our only daughter ever.

I want you to feel more loved than you could ever hope for. I want you to feel happiness for the rest of your days. I don’t want you to be spoiled in any way and I don’t want you to be stifled by us at all, but I also want to protect you from everything that could ever hurt you because I don’t think my heart can take it if your heart gets broken. By anything or anyone.

I want you to feel confident in your own skin and not scared and unsure like your mumma always did. I want you to be sure of your place in the world and know that you are loved for your caring nature and the thoughtfulness that I hope you will always have.

Because yes my little love, I hope that you are kind. I hope that you are considerate and always think of others. I hope that you surround yourself with people who love you and appreciate you for the beautiful soul that I know you already are. I hope that you always feel strong enough and sure enough to be yourself. Not hiding in the shadows and pretending to be something that you think you SHOULD be when that isn’t really you.

I hope you never stop smiling. I hope you laugh a billion times more than you ever want to cry.

I hope that one day you find a partner in life who recognises and appreciates that beautiful soul, strength and intelligence that I hope we can instil in you. Someone who never tries to squash it, but instead revels in the beauty that is you.

I hope you love yourself inside and out ALWAYS. I hope that you look in the mirror and see only wonderful things, what I know that we will see.

There is so much I hope for, for you my littlest love.

So much that I pray for when I think of you.

And I am counting down the seconds. Until I meet you. Until I see your beautiful face. Until I kiss your soft cheeks. Until I breathe in your sweet baby smell. Until I hold you in my arms and have your little baby arms wrap around my neck.

I love you my little lady. Hurry up and get here already.

But be kind to your mumma on the way out thanks. That’s all I request.

Love forever,

Your devoted and already sleep deprived mumma. xxxxx

What did you hope for, for your children before they were born? Please share below xxx