The nursery is complete (save a few pictures and curtains to be hung), the Pack N' Play is set up in the dining room, the car seat bases are installed in both cars, the hospital bag is packed, and we're picking up the cradle from Jessie and Ryan this weekend. All we need now is our baby girl!
It's hard to believe that she'll be here in just a few short weeks. I am such a cyclone of emotions right now: excited, impatient, terrified, nervous. We are about to meet our daughter for the first time (and we're so curious to see what she looks like!). We are being handed this perfect little person, and it will be up to us to make sure she grows up happy and healthy. It is, by far, the biggest responsibility we've ever had (sorry Tater, you're way easier), and that is both stressful beyond belief and exciting at the same time.
All we can do is love her unconditionally, the same way our parents loved us, and try to teach her how to be a good person and live a good life. Ryan's cousin recently posted this quote by Elizabeth Stone on Facebook: "Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." So true. . .
You will love unconditionally, your heart will go walking outside your body, and she will ALWAYS be your baby girl...no matter how old she gets. :)
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