Apollonia,
Today you turned 9 months! Daddy is away for the night on a work away day. So it is just you and me. Party time! Well, not really. We played, I bathed you and put you to bed as I always do. Bedtime was 7pm tonight, but the neighbors upstairs are up watching football (soccer) and have awoken you. I just spent the last 30 minutes with you in our bed calming you down and I just popped you into your cot. I was tempted to have you snuggle in bed with me tonight, but daddy reminded me that you are a wiggle worm at night and that you could fall off of the bed. So in the safe cot you are.
The World Cup is just around the corner. I met your daddy during the last World Cup (2006). I have been thinking about all of the things that I want for you in life. And although you are only 9 months, one of the things I hope you experience in life is true love, exactly like what I feel for your daddy.
I fell for your daddy in the Summer of 2006 and there are so many things that when they come up, remind me of then and of your daddy: Jack Johnson, sunset at PB, the World Cup, sausage sandwiches, men in capris and this silly silly green hat he always used to wear. I can't wait to tell you all about it when you are older.
While my relationship with your daddy was not perfect at first, nor was it easy, nor was it expected - I did fall for him right away and fell so in love. I always knew we would end up together, and now here we are, 4 years later ...MARRIED. 2 people from completely different backgrounds, different countries, living in a new place for the both of us ... raising a beautiful daughter and expecting our second.
I am surrounded by love, the love he gives me, the love he shows for you and baby number two, and all that he does to provide for us. This home is built out of love, and how we got here really matters little. What matters is that we continue to value and share our love no matter where we are. We can therefore live anywhere! Api - I love you with all my heart and I want you to experience the same type of love I have. I want you to remember quirky and random things that will take you back to a place in time when your life changed for the better. I want your life and your home to always be built out of love.
with love, mama
