Letter to Connor, age 1

Dear Connor,

Where to begin? You are my beautiful baby boy... and I can't even believe how quickly this year has flown by.

I remember when we found out we were expecting you. It was the month of May. School was coming to an end. When I took that pregnancy test, and the two pink lines popped up, I knew right at that moment: I loved you. I loved you SO much.

11 months later and guess what? My love has grown so much that it feels as if my heart may burst. You are my reason for living, my reason for EVERYTHING. My love is bigger than this universe, baby, and you better never EVER doubt that!

What do I love about you? Let's start with your smile. Oh, honey, your smile. It is going to break some hearts one day. It is the most beautiful smile in the world. You have dimples! I LOVE DIMPLES! And your dimples are the best ever.

Your eyes are a beautiful, beautiful color right now, bubby. They are a blue-green color with some flecks of gold. Daddy and I talk about your eye color often. We thought for sure you'd have brown eyes like your daddy (which would be beautiful, too). But you surprised us. Your eyes are a wonderful hazel color. Sometimes they look blue; other times green; and sometimes inbetween. They are full of wonder, love, and hope.

You are such a delight right now. You are crawling ALL over the place and pulling up on the furniture. You love to go over to the bookshelf and pull all of Mommy's books down. Maybe you will be a reader like your momma? You also love the kitty cats. You will crawl after them with an enormous grin on your face and say "kikikikiki". You love to shake your head no and dance up and down.

Everybody who meets you instantly loves you. People come up to you in grocery stores or at the mall and say how adorable you are!

One of the things you hate is bedtime. Oh, you fight it. You think it's such a waste of time! Sometimes you will wake up a few times during the night so momma or daddy has to go in to give you a paci, or rock you back to sleep. We don't mind, though. We love you so much.

Always and forever,

Mommy