Truthfully, that’s both my kids, my youngest just isn’t tall enough to join in on the real danger yet. But Selah, even if you hadn’t accomplished a thing this year, my heart would still be bursting with love for you. It’s such a lovely idea and has been really well made - I just wish I could have had this when I had my daughter years ago! I can send you to a camp half way across the country, knowing nobody, and you come home with a dozen new best friends. I already have made tons of mistakes and know that I will make more in the future, but please know that I am always trying.

You started eating real food at six months and again you were hesitant and it took you a while to warm up to it but now you are a totally foodie and will happily eat anything. Every day continues to be filled with exciting firsts, and I’m the luckiest mama in the world to be able to experience those moments with you.I wish I could bottle the feeling of having you as a baby and sample it again every now and then but as that’s impossible I will just have to drink it in as much as I can, take all the photos and videos and relive this time in memory. It was my daughter Sophie's 12th birthday just recently whom myself and my wife and her older sister Mia adore and love so much. One minute you’ll get bashful and burrow into my chest when people say hi to you and then the next you’ll be laughing as I try to stop you from crawling into the bathroom. While I have been so excited for all that’s ahead, I think I’ve done a really good job this past year of living in the moment and enjoying each stage that you’re in. I see a great deal of your Dad in you and some might say you’re his mini-me, even though maybe there’s some of me in there too!

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A latina living in Chicago, mommy of two toddler boys and a fitness and healthy lifestyle enthusiast. I’d love to have letters written by my grandparents in their own words now that most of them are no longer here. Our four days in hospital with you were quite magical, caught in a bubble just the three of us for the majority of the time with all the help we needed to get you feeding beautifully until we were ready to take you home. Here at Clouds and Currents, we understand how important your last minute gifts are and we’re committed to delivering the highest quality items as as efficiently as we can, without comprising our high standards.As you grow, you will start to see that many people in this world are not kind and that many more are selfish. We never knew a love so fierce as the love we felt for you the moment you were placed on our chests. It feels like yesterday when we found out I was pregnant and the joy in your father’s eye when we were told the baby moving around on the screen was, in fact, a girl.

Writing a birthday letter to your baby is one of the sweetest traditions to start; they may not even know is happening but is one they will cherish the most for the rest of their life.It’s been incredible watching you progress through your milestones, we cheered when you began to be able to hold your head up at around three months, we loved it when you could sit unassisted at eight months, you started crawling at eleven months and now you are standing and walking with assistance. I was sad that we couldn’t see your grandparents go to our baby groups, see our friends or actually do any fun activities at all. I hope you’ve learned that I’m a shelter when you’re sad or scared, that I meet your needs when you’re hungry or sleepy, that I apologize when I lose my temper, and that I’ll do just about anything to hear your sweet giggles. You will make mistakes, but it’s okay because that’s how you learn lessons and become a better person. Five seemed old but watching you hold up the number six with your fingers today brought tears to my eyes.

K. using thick high quality paper inserts, matt laminated hardback covers and a luxury gold wire spiral. Emily Rollings on Instagram: "It struck me when writing my son’s 4th birthday letter last week, that Birthday Letters to my Baby is 4 years old! This space is all about encouraging women to live simply and intentionally, savor motherhood, choose gratitude, and find sacredness in the everyday moments. Maybe it was my dad writing me letters as a kid – he always complained how we never got any “fun” mail and now that he's passed, I cherish those… or maybe it's living through entirely too much family drama that no one wants to explain, but I can feel in my body. Record your precious memories of your children with a personal birthday letter in this beautiful heirloom journal.

About the courage that’s found in steadfastness and faith that arises in the face of the unforeseen. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.