Dear Kacie,
You are 5 weeks old today! I can hardly believe it's been that long!... which is not actually that long when you consider that I am 1,216 weeks old!
Dad's favorite thing that you do is looking up at him while laying on his chest. It is absolutely adorable! You are so good at holding your head up.
We can't wait for you to be able to sit up on your own! Grandma Tracey told us that your dad started walking at 8 months! I started walking at 11. I think it will be so fun for you to crawl and walk around but also, when I think of being the only one home and you getting in to everything it's a little overwhelming! But dad is really trying to get you to walk already so we will see...
You have sooooo much hair! You were born with a lot but it just keeps growing and it is not thinning out or anything. I hope you don't lose it! It's super curly too. After we bathe you it is the cutest!
I don't know how you think of me and your dad but I remember it took a long time for me to realize that my parents were once young! That they had hobbies and that they weren't always just focused on us kids.
As kids we grow up thinking our parents know everything and they can save us from anything but now that I am a parent, I realize that I don't know anything!
Anyway, I wanted to tell you a few things about me, a 23 year old mom, that you might not have thought I would feel!
1. I consider Arizona the place I grew up. AZ doesn't get a lot of thunderstorms there and if there is one, it's usually just thunder and not much rain. Or it will rain while the sun is shining. And if it's windy, it's called a dust storm because there is so much dust in AZ if there is wind, it blows EVERY where. The wind is so strong but those storms don't last for long. Anyway, since moving here to Utah, I have experienced some pretty windy days. I've discovered that I am scared of windy thunder storms. I swear that our apartment complex is going to blow down. I need Maria from The Sound of Music to come and sing to me about our favorite things!
You are 5 weeks old today! I can hardly believe it's been that long!... which is not actually that long when you consider that I am 1,216 weeks old!
Dad's favorite thing that you do is looking up at him while laying on his chest. It is absolutely adorable! You are so good at holding your head up.
You have sooooo much hair! You were born with a lot but it just keeps growing and it is not thinning out or anything. I hope you don't lose it! It's super curly too. After we bathe you it is the cutest!
I don't know how you think of me and your dad but I remember it took a long time for me to realize that my parents were once young! That they had hobbies and that they weren't always just focused on us kids.
As kids we grow up thinking our parents know everything and they can save us from anything but now that I am a parent, I realize that I don't know anything!
Anyway, I wanted to tell you a few things about me, a 23 year old mom, that you might not have thought I would feel!
1. I consider Arizona the place I grew up. AZ doesn't get a lot of thunderstorms there and if there is one, it's usually just thunder and not much rain. Or it will rain while the sun is shining. And if it's windy, it's called a dust storm because there is so much dust in AZ if there is wind, it blows EVERY where. The wind is so strong but those storms don't last for long. Anyway, since moving here to Utah, I have experienced some pretty windy days. I've discovered that I am scared of windy thunder storms. I swear that our apartment complex is going to blow down. I need Maria from The Sound of Music to come and sing to me about our favorite things!
2. Every time I go to the gas station to fill up my car, I am scared that the gas station will blow up. I don't know how it will happen but I'm scared that it will! I also don't know when this irrational fear developed or why it came to be but it is real.
3. My favorite place in the world is to be in the car. It is my escape. I haven't done it much since I've been married but in high school I spent a lot of time driving in my car with my music loud just singing along. I love being in the car. I can ignore my cell phone (because it's not safe to text/talk while driving!) and no one can bother me.
4. I have spent the past week watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch while nursing you. I don't know if you will fully appreciate that at the time you are reading this. Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a show that started playing when I was 9 years old. It went for 7 seasons and me and Aunt Angela loved it. It's pretty cheesy but it's super funny. I love it!
5. When I started shaving my legs I just used my moms razor (sorry mom!) and didn't ask how to do it. I shaved from my knees down and only on the front half of my leg. When I got out of the shower I asked Aunt Ang if that was how you were supposed to shave. She laughed at me... but in my defense, the backs of my legs weren't really hairy!
Anyway, I just wanted to share a few things about myself so that you can get a glimpse of my 23 year old personality and maybe help you realize that I actually do know what I am talking about sometimes cause I have been through it!
Love,
Mom and Dad
P.S. I'll make dad reveal some of his 'juicy' secrets soon too!
3. My favorite place in the world is to be in the car. It is my escape. I haven't done it much since I've been married but in high school I spent a lot of time driving in my car with my music loud just singing along. I love being in the car. I can ignore my cell phone (because it's not safe to text/talk while driving!) and no one can bother me.
4. I have spent the past week watching Sabrina the Teenage Witch while nursing you. I don't know if you will fully appreciate that at the time you are reading this. Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a show that started playing when I was 9 years old. It went for 7 seasons and me and Aunt Angela loved it. It's pretty cheesy but it's super funny. I love it!
5. When I started shaving my legs I just used my moms razor (sorry mom!) and didn't ask how to do it. I shaved from my knees down and only on the front half of my leg. When I got out of the shower I asked Aunt Ang if that was how you were supposed to shave. She laughed at me... but in my defense, the backs of my legs weren't really hairy!
Anyway, I just wanted to share a few things about myself so that you can get a glimpse of my 23 year old personality and maybe help you realize that I actually do know what I am talking about sometimes cause I have been through it!
Love,
Mom and Dad
P.S. I'll make dad reveal some of his 'juicy' secrets soon too!
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