Dear Kaci..3 years old

Hi my sweet baby. I just want to let you know first off that I am so so sorry that I am behind on your letter writing. Mommy got a great new job and has been so busy I just have been trying to find the time to sit down and actually write it out for you my love. So here goes. You turned 3 almost 3 months ago. I don't know how you are 3 already but this age you are at is so much fun. To celebrate your bday we had a party at the house and of course had to get a big bounce house for you and your friends to play in. Mainly mommy and daddy were the ones in there jumping with you but we had a blast. It was a Toy Story themed party so your cake was just adorable with all your favorite characters on it. Tons of family and friends came out to celebrate your 3 years of life. You got a whole bunch of presents as well. You got the doll house you had been begging for and tons of furniture to go in it. A week after your birthday you,me,and Mimi got on an airplane and headed on down to Florida for a week of relaxing with aunt Jaya and your cousin Tej !! We had a blast. It was the first time you and I had been on an airplane and you did better than I did. It was only an hour and half flight and you had a blast on it and you did so good that they gave you bubbles as you were getting off in Florida. While we were there we went to the beach and went swimming and even visited the Navy base where aunt Jaya works !! It was so neat. It was a much needed break from Tennessee. We both missed daddy a lot but he had to stay back to work. You enjoyed the beach so much its making mommy and daddy consider moving there in the future. You loved having Tej to play with too. On the plane ride back you fell asleep and so did Mimi. I was so busy looking out the window I couldn't have fallen asleep !! About a month or so after we got back it was time for Tejs 1st birthday party. Uncle Mikey and aunt Jaya planned a great party at Chuck E Cheese and we all had a BLAST !! Daddy and I had tried taking you there a few months ago and you were not interested in that place at all but that all changed apparently cause you didn't want to leave !!! Its been pretty uneventful since then except for the fact that we finally broke you from your pacifier !!! I was so proud of you !! We knew it was time since you turned 3 but it broke my heart at the same time since it was one of the only things you still had that kept my little baby instead of my big girl toddler. And I am happy to report after what felt like a life time of diapers you have now been peeing in the potty for a week straight and just today a few hours ago you pooped in the potty !!! You put up a ton of resistance about the whole thing at first. Everytime you even got near the potty you started screaming but after a ton of bribing I think we are finally on the path of you being fully potty trained. And since you are being such a big girl mommy and daddy are going and buying you your very own swing set this week !!! Words cannot describe how proud I am of you. But like I have said before every single time you do something that big girls do it breaks my heart a little bit...If I could keep you my little baby forever I think I would. I love all of the fun things we get to do together now and in the future but you are and always will be my sweet little baby. Mommy is also in the process of trying to talk daddy into us having you a little brother or sister. Daddy starts a new job in September so right this second wouldn't be the perfect time but in 3-4 months from now we are going to see where we are and start trying then. I am pretty excited but scared at the same time. I don't ever want you to feel like you aren't enough and thats always been my fear of having another child. You are more than enough and if we decide to never have another child or if my body finally decides to do what the doctors say its going to do then I want you to know you are more than enough. You are the light of my life literally. You will always be the one who introduced me to love at first sight and let me know what absolute true love is. I'll never ever know how to explain to you what you mean to me. I would literally die for you. One day when you have a child of your own you will know the true and unconditional love that I have for you and I am so thankful that God blessed me with you. My sweet little miracle. I will post some pics that I have taken over the last few months for you :)

Love, Mommy