A Letter to Our Baby Girl

If you don't know me yet, I'm sensitive. Yes, I'm a tall white guy that cries when he reads Facebook shares about abandoned dogs, or when I watch sappy commercials, or movies, or after school specials...you name it -- if its got sentimentality written all over it, I'm a gusher. I don't deny it.
ONE BIT.

So what's keeping me from writing a letter to our little girl, the one who is about to be born in just days or a matter of a couple weeks???  The one that will change our life in a split-second???  The one that has me crying at the drop of a hat even before she's entered this world???  Nada.

So here goes...


Dear Baby Girl,

Well after many hours of traveling on an airplane (with a short pit stop in California to wish one of your uncles a happy birthday), we are finally here on the east coast awaiting your arrival with your uncle David.  Tonight was a very special night, too, because for the first time we got to feel you move and wiggle around, and kick and squirm a bit...while you were inside M's tummy.  I remember seeing your Daddy's face when he felt you move, and it put the biggest smile on his face (and of course, mine too!). At this point, I don't think we could be any more excited to have you in our arms...but I have a feeling you'll prove us wrong on the day you are born :-)

We've all been very busy preparing everything for you, and with so much joy. In fact, before we left home,  Daddy and I would leave a light on for you in your nursery, each and every night that passed. It may sound a little funny, but it was a sweet reminder that we are just days away from meeting you, from holding you, giving you sweet kisses and snuggling with you, and we’re so over the moon about it that we just couldn't help ourselves.

You see, we’ve been waiting a long time for this day to come, and there have been a few road blocks in the way, and one or two battles to be fought – just so that we could get this chance to become your parents.  And over the years, during this sometimes difficult journey, we never gave up on our dream to be your fathers. We never gave up on you, little girl. And we promise, from the bottom of our huge hearts for you, that we will never ever give up on you, for the rest of our lives.

I don’t think you have any idea, but you are about to become the world to two of the luckiest people on the planet.  And we are going to work hard to show you just that, every day (without too much spoiling, of course).  Your Daddy and I have been blessed in so many ways throughout our lives, and we are so eager to share them with you.  We have many, many friends and family for you to meet -- and they’ve been asking about you every day -- they’ve been throwing parties for you (some have been a little wild and crazy!), buying you very thoughtful and super cute presents, and giving your fathers a ton of advice about how to care for you.  We may be new at this daddy thing so please be patient with us while we learn.

We know everyone will love you from the day you enter this world, and it’s my guess that your feet will never touch the ground once we bring you back.  We also hope that you love our home in Hawaii as much as we do.  There is not a day that goes by that we don’t enjoy our life here, and sometimes we have to pinch ourselves when we realize our good fortune…fortune that will be passed on to you as you grow up, and hopefully grow to love it as much as we do. 

There is one thing that I want to warn you about, though.  You have a big sister, and her name is Chloe.

She doesn’t look at all like you, but she’s our daughter, just like you are our daughter.  And we hope you’ll love her like a sister, because if you do, she’ll be the best friend you’ll ever have (like she's been to us).  We know she’s excited to meet you, too. We often find her sitting in your room, sleeping and waiting.  I think she’s more patient than we are!  We are confident you two will hit it off and become fast friends, because Chloe is a lover, just like Papa and Daddy ;-)

Well, that’s it for now.  We’ll see you soon.  Please be careful and take care of yourself and "M" (she’s a very special person, too...but we’ll tell you more about her later).

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH…

Papa and Daddy