TO ELLIE

IT'S GONNA BE YOU AND ME BABY.

 I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE STRAWBERRY BLOND HAIR AND A SMATTERING OF FRECKLES, BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL STILL BE IRRESISTIBLE TO ME. MY BELLY IS GROWING AND THAT TELLS ME THAT YOU ARE TOO. ACCORDING TO MY PREGNANCY BIBLE, YOU WEIGH ONE POUND NOW. I CAN FEEL YOU HONEY. I LOVE TO LAY DOWN AND PLACE MY HANDS ON TOP OF MY STOMACH. I CAN FEEL YOU TWITCH AND FLIP AND RESPOND WHEN I COUGH.

IT'S GONNA BE YOU AND ME GIRL.

MAY FEELS LIKE FOREVER AWAY. BUT I KNOW THAT IN YOUR OWN TIME YOU WILL COME. I PRAY YOU DON'T COME WHILE DAD IS AWAY, OUT OF THE COUNTRY PLAYING SOCCER- CAUSE HE CAN'T WAIT TO MEET YOU EITHER. 

WE HAVE THINGS ALREADY WAITING FOR YOU HERE: BLANKETS AND BEARS, DRESSES, TOYS AND BOOKS. WE'RE GONNA LOVE YOU MORE THAN WE'VE LOVED ANY BABY IN THE WORLD... THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.

I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER YOUR COUSIN TATE. MAN ARE YOU GOING TO LOVE HIM. ON SUNDAY WE SAT AROUND WATCHING TATE FOR OVER AN HOUR, TALKING TO HIM AND DOING ANYTHING TO MAKE HIM LAUGH OR SMILE. WE ARE IMPATIENT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PERSONALITY IS GOING TO BE LIKE. ARE YOU CALM, HAPPY, FIESTY, OR GOOFY? WHAT'S IT GONNA BE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE HERE?

I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING LITTLE DARLING, YOU ARE LOVED ALREADY.

I HAVE A SECRET TO TELL YOU LITTLE MISS: YOU ARE GONNA LOVE YOUR DAD. I'VE SEEN HIM CHANGE ALREADY. I CAN TELL NOW THAT WHEN HE SEES ME, HE CAN ALSO SEE YOU. HE FEELS FOR YOU EACH DAY ON MY STOMACH AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWAKE TO PLAY WITH HIM, HE WIGGLES HARD TO WAKE YOU UP. HE ADORES YOU ELLIE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'LL GO ONCE YOU'RE HERE, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY WHAT LIFE WILL BE LIKE THEN. BUT THIS MUCH WE DO KNOW, YOU ARE COMING TO A MOM AND DAD WHO LOVE EACH OTHER AND WHO PROMISE TO LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE LOVED. WE LOVE YOU LITTLE ONE.