A letter to Evelyn

My sweet Evelyn June,

The first thing I want you to know in this letter is how much I wanted you. For years and years I thought about you,dreamed about you. I imagined my life with you in it. Our life with you in it. I didn't know then if you would be a boy or a girl, I dreamed of Eli having a brother or Ava having a sister.

Life got really busy, but I still thought of you all the time. You were always there.

Eli and Ava got older and I thought some days it was too late for you. That thought made me sad.  But God knew. He knew you were going to be here. I knew it too.

When I found out you were coming I was surprised. Happy, so so happy. But surprised. Eli and Ava couldn't wait to meet you. Your daddy and I couldn't wait either. We didn't know if you were a boy or girl when you lived in my belly. We knew we loved you so much and we dreamed about the day we would finally meet our baby.

When you came, you brought with you so much love and joy. You brought a happiness that overcame all of us. Our family grew that day and so did our hearts.

All of those years I dreamed of you were over. You are finally here and I could not feel anymore complete.  You have completed me. You have completed our family.


I love you more than you will ever know. I never want to put you down. I never want to forget a second of this time with you. I want to hold you and smell your sweet baby smell. I want to sing to you and rock you to sleep in my arms. I want to take it all in and I want it to last a little longer.

Everyday with you is the most perfect gift from God. I pray that you are blessed with a long, happy life. I pray that you bring joy and love to others like you have brought to us in the 4 months you've been here. I pray that God is most important in your life, and family is next.

You are a true gift to our family, you are a true gift to me. Thank you for making me a mama 1 more time.

                                                        I love you Evelyn June,
                                                                    Love,
                                                                     Mama