Dear Preslie, October
13, 2008
We are anxiously awaiting your arrival to your new home with
us here on earth. You will be the newest
addition to the Martin clan, and everyone is so excited to see your little
face.
These past 9 months have been the longest and most enjoyable
time for us. Your mom has been so excited to have you inside her tummy to
protect you, and to become close to you before your big arrival. She is however really ready to have you come out. We have such great dreams for you while you
are a part of our little family. We know
that you will grow up to be a strong, beautiful, loving, and Christ-like
woman. From your very first ultra-sound
picture we could tell how determined and feisty you are. We know that you will be a lot like your Dad
and Aunt Marissa. Your mom was so
excited that you were a little girl that she cried, and immediately had to go
out and buy you a ton of cute outfits.
When we went home to tell your Grandma Sue that you were a
she, she still thought you were a baby Mason.
In fact she is still a bit convinced you will come out as your
brother! You will show her wrong! You are so lucky to be the first grandchild,
niece, and baby in our entire extended family.
We are determined that your Uncle Curt and Aunt Julie will have a cousin
for you shortly to play with, after meeting you. Everyone is so very excited to meet you.
When you were very little inside mommy’s tummy you made her
so sick. All you wanted to eat was Sour
Patch Kids. You loved the sugar. Day after day mom eliminated things from her
diet because you were such a picky little eater. We hope that when you join our family it
won’t be that way.
We had such a great time decorating your nursery, and
getting everything set up. Every night
we go in there to just feel closer to you, and hope that you will be coming
soon.
You will never know how much we love you. It is unfathomable
to imagine how we could fall in love with someone we have never even met, yet
here we are loving you so much. This
past month leading up to your arrival has been very difficult for your loving
Mom. She just wants you to come out so
badly so that she can feed you, bathe you, teach you, and make you the best
person you can be. Always remember that
out of everyone here on earth there is no one, I repeat no one who loves you
more than your Mom. As I am sure your
mom will tell you she gave up seafood, soda, her body, her temperature,
everything for you and she will love you forever and always because you are her
little baby Princess Preslie.
When we found out that you wouldn’t be coming home with us
we were so sad. Why after nine wonderful
months would we not be able to raise you here on this earth. Although we were really sad I enjoyed every
minute of giving birth to you. I would
do it again in a heartbeat if I knew this would be the outcome. I enjoyed every
minute of pain I felt and wish that these pains would never go away, so that I
don’t forget. You are absolutely beautiful Preslie. Words cannot describe how beautiful you are
to me, and I can’t wait until I can hold you again and look down and see your
face smiling up at me.
Your Dad was so excited to have you that I would tell
everyone that he was almost more excited than I was. He did everything for us while your little
body was developing, and know that he has loved you since day one. You have an amazing Dad Preslie and he could
not wait to hold you. Your Dad was so
nervous about supporting your little neck, that when you came out it was me
that was the nervous one. He did a
fantastic job holding you. You could see
the love he felt for you, and still feels for you.
Baby P this is your Daddy again, I will so miss teaching you
things. I was so excited to watch Star
Wars with you, to hold you on Daddy/Daughter Saturdays while watching football
and Duke Basketball while your Mom went out. That was going to be our day where
we got up early and watched cartoons, then some football, and then I was going
to teach you to roll over, to crawl, and to walk. You were going to have a tennis racquet in
your hands by the time you were walking and then the next thing you know you
would be beating your Dad when you were three. Your Mommy was so brave the day
of your birth; she pushed you out so courageously that no one could believe
it. She loved holding your little body
and even though we wanted a bald baby, there has never been a more beautiful
set of curly brown hair than yours. You are so beautiful and the precious time
we got to hold you, kiss you, and look at you was the greatest moments of my
life. To know that your mommy and I made such a beautiful girl was amazing. I still have your baby footprints on my arm
and will forever feel your little feet.
You say Hi to Grandpa Guy, Grandpa Gary, and Grandma Ruth for me. I know they are loving you so much right now
and letting you play with Won ton, Suds, and Sassers. Please know that you will be our little Angel
looking down on us from heaven and protecting all your baby brothers and
sisters so that we can return to you one day.
You will always be Baby P and you have inspired me to be perfect and I
will strive to live that way until I see you again. With all the love in my heart. Love, Daddy
I just want you to know Preslie that I miss your kicks, I
miss how you’d stretch out until it felt like my stomach would explode, and
most of all I miss feeling you and knowing you are inside of me. You have made me a better person. I felt like I could do anything with you
along with me, and nothing or no one will ever replace the bond that I have
felt with you. You are my little baby P.
We love you Preslie and we know you will be with us
always. Please never forget us and know
that your mommy and daddy can’t wait to see you again. You have our hearts and our love.
Love,
Your Mom and Dad
