To my baby girl, Syniah, on her 2nd birthday.
On August 24th, 2008, I found out news that would change my life forever for the better. I found out I was pregnant with you, my sweet little Syniah. I didn't know you were a girl, but oh my gosh was I thrilled to hold you in my belly. I loved feeling you grow. I would sit there watching tv or driving and I would just hold my hand over my belly. I would listen to music in the car and you would move as if you were already dancing in my belly. With every kick and roll and tickle, I grew more and more in love with the little person growing inside. You were a stubborn one even then. Every time your dada came to feel you kick you would suddenly stop kicking. I knew when I went for my ultrasound to find out if you were going to be a boy or a girl and you hide your face, that you were going to do things your way. You weren't going to be pressured into doing anything you weren't fully ready for. And that was true from that moment on... even still now. I expected you to come early and I thought I would never be ready. But you weren't ready quite yet. When we went for our last doctors visit on a Monday Dr. Be told us you were breech. He told us if we were ready to have a baby that weekend. I was scared. I knew you were coming but the thought of becoming a mama that weekend made me nervous. I had to have a C-section. I was scared but more anxious to meet you, to see how you look but most of all just to hold you and bring you home. I can still hear you Dada saying "here she comes sweets.... i see her feet." As you were pulled out at 10:11am on April 13th, 2008 he then was in awe of the fact that you came out with so much hair. "Sweets she has lots of hair!" You didn't cry right away. You were very calm. It wasn't until a couple minutes later that I heard your cry. That is the moment it that is became real "I have a Daughter." With your head of dark hair and your , dark brown eyes and light skin. You were absolutely perfect. Nothing about your birth was ordinary and absolutely nothing about you is ordinary. You are everything I have always longed for in a daughter. Big beautiful brown eyes, chubby kissable cheeks, soft brown curls, a little wild but cuddly and sweet, super funny, sensitive and loving and so, so smart. Not only smart, feisty as well. I love that about you. You have amazed us so much every single day with the progress you've made in your little life. I can't get over how many people love you so deeply and how many people you love back. You have this way of brightening any room that you enter. your truly have and amazing personality.
This year you did so many new things that it's hard to keep track:
~You began to walk at 15 months
~ You Attended Kindercare where you learned so much and made lots of crafts and learn lots of songs.
~You were a bumble-bee for Halloween
~You inherited a love of Disneyland because we got season passes on your 1st birthday and you love Minnie Mouse.
~You gained and immediately loved your new baby sister Leilah and best friend for life. You call her "Yeah-Ya" and are very nurturing and loving towards her but don't always enjoy her crying and tend to tell her " Yea-Ya NO MORE CRY." You are always trying to give her a pacifier and tend to her needs. You are a great Big Sister. I want nothing more than for you girls to form a lifelong bond that nothing can ever break.
~You loved your baby dolls so much. You never were without at least 2 dolls at a time. You're such a little momma.
~You love watching Mickey Mouse Club House, Dora the Explorer, Yo Gabba Gabba, Barney and you had a short Wiggles and Elmo Phase.
~ You have this love for Music and Dancing. You love to dance around and you have such cute Rhythm
~ You started Gymnastics this year and love it but you are still working on listening and waiting your turn.
~ Your favorite Phrase "Dada....Dada.... RAWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR"
There are a TON of things you have done this year and learned. You have made your Dada and I very proud. We are so proud to have a daughter that has such a big heart and makes of smile and drives us crazy all at the same time. And so now, on your 2nd birthday, I want to tell you that I will always be here for you, when you want to read a book or cuddle. Or when you fall and get an OUCH. When you wake up at 3AM crying because you "Want MAMA." I will always hold you and keep you close to me. But I will also try to let you go and discover the big world around you, I know you need that. As you experience and live your little life, please always know, I am your BIGGEST fan. I want everything in this world that's good and kind for you. You, my love, are the one that made all my dreams come true. You made me a MOM. I still can't believe sometimes when I look at you that you are my daughter. I am the mom of a daughter. I can never thank you enough for that. I am forever grateful. You are so special. Don't you ever forget that.
Always and Forever, Mama
