Dear Sera, I woke up for you at four this morning, I put you in bed with me and you layed there laughing and talking to me until I fell asleep. I woke up to find you turned 180 degrees konked out. I also woke up to a sore throat and sniffles. You totally gave it to me. So this morning on the way to daycare I put on mayday parade, which you love, and you talked to me from the backseat. I will never forget these mornings with you. I love you chunky monkey.

Prettiest Girl in the World

Dear Sera,

you are the most beautiful baby in the whole wide world. So, when you are older and boys pick on you for your red hair, and girls try to point out what they think are flaws, just remember that you were the most beautiful baby in the whole wide world, which will make you the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world. They are just jealous, but love them as if they were as beautiful as you.

-mom

Aunt Molly

Dear Sera,

This is your Aunt Molly, you love her hair more than you love her. She keeps you from being just another baby. She gets you cool things like Elephant hats, Tattoo sleeves, and customized Zelaphents (a zebra printed elephant), and other cool baby swag.

She also keeps me from being just another mom. That is why she is my best friend. She loves us both very much, and we love her too. <3

Dear Sera,

it needs to be known to you that we came togeather because we first loved each other, and that we will always work togeather because we both love you.

Happy Girl

Dear Sera,

at this moment I am 20 years old, 20 years and a half to be exact. You are 3 months old, not quite 4 months. You are a very happy baby. You smile ALL the time, you have learned that those wiggly things on your hands, called fingers, are yours and that you can chew on them any time you feel like it. You love staring at your feet. and you LOVE watching movies. I was scared that you would not recieve this gene from your father and myself (huge movie buffs), but you prove that love of film is genetic. You have learned that yogurt tastes better than formula milk, and that mashed potatoes are the beezneez, and your best friend is a little purple stuffed puppy dog, that we call “Puppy”, and she sings about your likes (Mashed Potatoes, Penguins, and the color Pink) and spells your full name SERAPHIM, and calls you by your name, Sera. Puppy was a Christmas present from Gigi and Pappy, for your very first Christmas.

Most of the people I went to school with, most of the people, in general, that are my age are, lets just say, not doing what I am doing.

I want to be your example, never be who someone says you should be. Be who you are. Its as simple as that.

I am a Clerk at our Local Tax Collector’s Office, I write a Movie Review Column for a local newspaper, I love acting, and writing, and above everything I am your Mommy.

Every second that I spend with you I realize more and more that you are your own little person. You surprise me, and thrill me, and I am completely in love with you.

There are some things going on right now that stress me out, but it is this smile that reassures me that as long as that smile is there, then everything else is white noise.

It needs to be said that there are many (many being an understatement) people who love you. We have a huge family, but we also have many friends that are just like family to you.

I want you to always remember that you were a very extremely happy baby.

Santa Baby

Dear Sera,

the day before your first Thanksgiving your daddy, Aunt Tori and myself took you to meet Santa Clause for the first time. All you could do was stare at him, you were upset that we took your bottle to take some pictures, but you loved to look at the brigth red suit and fluffy white beard. I made a bow and onesie just for this occasion.

Silly Sera

Dear Sera,

your Gigi and Aunt Tori LOVE to take pictures of and with you. Even as a baby you are very patient and usually let them take as many as they want. I am starting to think that they are only paving the way for a lot of “Mommy, take a picture of me with this!” statements. I will click away then, since you let them click away now.