Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Newsletter: Month 25
Giulia,
Today you turned 25 months old. You are this amazingly creative, smart, loving and absolutely beautiful little girl. This month was super cool because we had some very special visitors from Brazil: Titia Mara e Titio Helio. They spent a couple of weeks with us and we got to do some great things with them. You bonded with them very quickly and to date, almost a month later, you still ask for “Titia Mala” e “Titio Mala”, actually quite often!
This past Memorial Day weekend was also quite special because we had Titia Carla come and visit us from Dallas. We went to Leavenworth, Snohomish, downtown Seattle (on a very cool “coffee crawl”), to West Seattle and on awesome car rides throughout beautiful WA. You loved spending time with Titia Carla and the 2 of you got along beautifully.
It didn’t take us long to see Titia Mara e Titio Helio again. On May 7th we left for Brazil for your Dindinha Buba’s wedding. You, again, did great on the trip over and back (thank God for portable DVD players!) making this otherwise tiring process a fairly easy one on your dad and me.
You looked like a princess in your flower girl dress, you played amazingly well with your cousin Maria, swam in the kids pool with Jusia, papai and mamae, had beautiful moments with Vovo Rita, Vovo Toinho e Vovo Nair, had much fun with Dindinhos Dede and Buba, had a great time playing with Malu, Mariana and Joao Pedro, amongst many other amazing and unforgettable moments you got to spent with some very special people while we were in Brazil.
Giulia, our bond grows every day as you and I have become incredibly attached. It is so difficult to be away from you, I have an incredibly hard time every time I have to leave you, despite knowing that you are in great hands and being as loved as ever.
Today there was a moment that will be in my heart forever. We went to the airport to drop off Titia Carla and stopped at the Mall. I sat down to wait for your dad while you and Santana went up and down the escalators. As you went up, you kept looking towards me to make sure that I was still there. As you came down you kept on waving at me and smiling and the second you were off the escalator, you ran towards me, with the biggest and most beautiful smile on your face, with your arms wide open to give me a hug. You repeated this, 5 or 6 times and every time you and I would have this amazing moment when we would looked at each other and you would run towards me to give me the biggest hug... In that moment, it seemed like it was only the 2 of us in this whole universe and nothing else mattered! It was only pure love, emanating from both of us, a love so complete and perfect, which I’d never known existed, not until I laid my eyes on you. May you always continue to search for me, Giulia, and every time you do, I promise that you will find me still there.
I love you so, so much, Mamae
Today you turned 25 months old. You are this amazingly creative, smart, loving and absolutely beautiful little girl. This month was super cool because we had some very special visitors from Brazil: Titia Mara e Titio Helio. They spent a couple of weeks with us and we got to do some great things with them. You bonded with them very quickly and to date, almost a month later, you still ask for “Titia Mala” e “Titio Mala”, actually quite often!
This past Memorial Day weekend was also quite special because we had Titia Carla come and visit us from Dallas. We went to Leavenworth, Snohomish, downtown Seattle (on a very cool “coffee crawl”), to West Seattle and on awesome car rides throughout beautiful WA. You loved spending time with Titia Carla and the 2 of you got along beautifully.
It didn’t take us long to see Titia Mara e Titio Helio again. On May 7th we left for Brazil for your Dindinha Buba’s wedding. You, again, did great on the trip over and back (thank God for portable DVD players!) making this otherwise tiring process a fairly easy one on your dad and me.
You looked like a princess in your flower girl dress, you played amazingly well with your cousin Maria, swam in the kids pool with Jusia, papai and mamae, had beautiful moments with Vovo Rita, Vovo Toinho e Vovo Nair, had much fun with Dindinhos Dede and Buba, had a great time playing with Malu, Mariana and Joao Pedro, amongst many other amazing and unforgettable moments you got to spent with some very special people while we were in Brazil.
Giulia, our bond grows every day as you and I have become incredibly attached. It is so difficult to be away from you, I have an incredibly hard time every time I have to leave you, despite knowing that you are in great hands and being as loved as ever.
Today there was a moment that will be in my heart forever. We went to the airport to drop off Titia Carla and stopped at the Mall. I sat down to wait for your dad while you and Santana went up and down the escalators. As you went up, you kept looking towards me to make sure that I was still there. As you came down you kept on waving at me and smiling and the second you were off the escalator, you ran towards me, with the biggest and most beautiful smile on your face, with your arms wide open to give me a hug. You repeated this, 5 or 6 times and every time you and I would have this amazing moment when we would looked at each other and you would run towards me to give me the biggest hug... In that moment, it seemed like it was only the 2 of us in this whole universe and nothing else mattered! It was only pure love, emanating from both of us, a love so complete and perfect, which I’d never known existed, not until I laid my eyes on you. May you always continue to search for me, Giulia, and every time you do, I promise that you will find me still there.
I love you so, so much, Mamae
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tomorrow
Giulia, tomorrow you'll be 2 years old. Part of me is so excited for all the things that are yet to come, the life that your dad and me will be sharing with you... but part of me is missing the days that you were a little baby and wishing you could stay this innocent and little forever...
Soon Mamae will be giving birth to your little brother and our family will have one more miracle. Although we can't wait for the day we meet your brother, we also want you to stay just the way your are. The main reasons for this is because we are both in such a great place in our life that and we are enjoying our family so much that we don't want time to go by... But time does go by and every day your personality grows more and more. You are growing into such a special child and we love you so much...
We love you, little one.
Thank you for the best 2 years ever of our lives.
Happy Birthday
Mamae e papai
Soon Mamae will be giving birth to your little brother and our family will have one more miracle. Although we can't wait for the day we meet your brother, we also want you to stay just the way your are. The main reasons for this is because we are both in such a great place in our life that and we are enjoying our family so much that we don't want time to go by... But time does go by and every day your personality grows more and more. You are growing into such a special child and we love you so much...
We love you, little one.
Thank you for the best 2 years ever of our lives.
Happy Birthday
Mamae e papai
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Newsletter: Month 21
Giulia, my big baby (literally, see below!), you are now 21 months old. You’ve had a huge growth spurt this month and yep, a bunch of your pretty clothes all of a sudden became way too small for you. It scares me how quickly you are growing – it’s almost like God’s way of reminding your papai and me to enjoy every second of this gift (you!) that He’s given us. Here are some things that you’ve been doing this month:
You love the puppies – you’re always giving them big, tight hugs… hey at least one of you enjoys those hugs – a lot!
You reach your little hand and say “a mao” (the hand) when you want to take any of us wherever you want to go / do what you want to do. You will say “senta, mamae / papai / Ba” when you want one of us to sit with you. Then you instruct us to do the next thing, like pinta, mamae (let’s color mommy). And you know exactly what you want, expect us to do and where you want to go.
You love to sing (you know every Xuxa song by heart!) and you just love to dance. Amongst many others, you can sing the ABC song in English and you can count to 10 in both English and Portuguese. Smarty pants.
You love going to the library with Santana. She walks with you to and from the library and you get home and still, you still have so much energy… You love going to the park and going down the slide. The other day, your father and I were walking with you in the path behind our house and when we got to a certain point you diverted from the path and started walking toward a condo complex. You wanted us to follow you, so, even though we weren’t quite sure what was going on, your father and I followed. You took us to this playground where you go with Santana sometimes. You knew exactly how to get there, which slide you wanted to go and how long you wanted to be there (although I had to grab you from the playground because in your book, that would have meant never!). It’s amazing how determined you are and how you know exactly what you want. This makes your father and I so happy because we’ve always wanted things in your life to go your way, for you to do what you want, for you to have the freedom to choose your own path. And we will always do whatever we possibly can to make sure you have all the tools to do just that.
And the best thing that’s happened this month is that now you hug me. Giulia, you just come and hug me sometimes, you’ll hug my legs and you’ll squeal -- you’ll hug me with so, so much love… You’ve become so much more loving towards me and you are just so much closer to me. And Giulia, I enjoy every second of it, I am enjoying my gift so very much – I never take you for granted. May this trend only grow and may we get closer and closer – I love you.
You love the puppies – you’re always giving them big, tight hugs… hey at least one of you enjoys those hugs – a lot!
You reach your little hand and say “a mao” (the hand) when you want to take any of us wherever you want to go / do what you want to do. You will say “senta, mamae / papai / Ba” when you want one of us to sit with you. Then you instruct us to do the next thing, like pinta, mamae (let’s color mommy). And you know exactly what you want, expect us to do and where you want to go.
You love to sing (you know every Xuxa song by heart!) and you just love to dance. Amongst many others, you can sing the ABC song in English and you can count to 10 in both English and Portuguese. Smarty pants.
You love going to the library with Santana. She walks with you to and from the library and you get home and still, you still have so much energy… You love going to the park and going down the slide. The other day, your father and I were walking with you in the path behind our house and when we got to a certain point you diverted from the path and started walking toward a condo complex. You wanted us to follow you, so, even though we weren’t quite sure what was going on, your father and I followed. You took us to this playground where you go with Santana sometimes. You knew exactly how to get there, which slide you wanted to go and how long you wanted to be there (although I had to grab you from the playground because in your book, that would have meant never!). It’s amazing how determined you are and how you know exactly what you want. This makes your father and I so happy because we’ve always wanted things in your life to go your way, for you to do what you want, for you to have the freedom to choose your own path. And we will always do whatever we possibly can to make sure you have all the tools to do just that.
And the best thing that’s happened this month is that now you hug me. Giulia, you just come and hug me sometimes, you’ll hug my legs and you’ll squeal -- you’ll hug me with so, so much love… You’ve become so much more loving towards me and you are just so much closer to me. And Giulia, I enjoy every second of it, I am enjoying my gift so very much – I never take you for granted. May this trend only grow and may we get closer and closer – I love you.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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