You don't do much; you can't do much.
Can't talk, can't walk - you can hardly move when you're all swaddled up like a sausage.
Yet, look what you've accomplished in the two days that is your life; your little body causing others to do big things.
First, your Uncle Kirk fought off every frugal fibre in his body and bought Aunt Julie a new camera to capture the very first minutes, hours, days of your life.
Then,your Grandma,Geeg, made a huge sacrifice by relinquishing her place in your delivery room to Aunt Julie. Aunt Julie's gratitude was a special gift on this special day. Also, I'm told her attention to Mommy's contractions helped bring you into this world at just the right time. Props to Aunt Jules.
Your birthing process re-inforced the bond between your Mom and your Aunt Julie, creating unforgettable memories, some regrettably so.
We move on.
Your birth, your introduction to this world, our world, brought tears to the eyes of your usually stoic (and wise ass) Father. Your presence humbled him; a minor miracle.
And next was your introduction to Mommy, that caused her to gloriously cry out the name of our Lord with unabashed glee, caught on video tape (YOU TUBE worthy) and the memories of all witnesses.
Welcome, Cecilia; I can't get enough of this video.
You are loved.
You are blessed.
Next, you reached long distance, when just the sound of your middle name caused the earth to move under the feet of your great Aunt Marion, and left your Grandpa in a pool of muffled tears.
Nice job, Cecilia Marion.
So, what do you do for an encore?
Tomorrow, you will tug on heart strings that are three thousand miles long, and you will bring my baby Amy home.
Thank you..
I wish I could prepare you for your Ant Amy, but I can't. Check with your cousins.
And so it goes. The circle of life has a new member and we are blessed. I suspect there will never be a day when Ceci questions if she is loved, and, as we know,................. love is all you need.

Hopefully I'll get to meet this kid soon. I've heard nothing but good things. Outside of course Miles wishing she had blue eyes like him.
ReplyDeleteLucky Landon and Miles, cousins are the best. A family like close bond but not that annoying brotherly, sisterly stuff....They'll all have each other long after we're all gone.....
And don't forget Cecilia already made Aunt Julie do two wild and crazy (and un-Julie-like things). I stopped caring about conserving gas and made some long trips just to see her adorable face. And I skipped the gym all week! Nothing is more important than my baby niece right now.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog, Pop
ReplyDeleteThough I haven't been blessed with daughters, I have wonderful nieces and I know how special that relationship can be. And now I have a namesake grandniece. My cup runneth over.
We were already so blessed to have two healthy grandsons who are smart, handsome, sweet and full of promise for the future and now we have an adorable healthy granddaughter who we have no inklings about yet, except that she has everyone of us wrapped around her little finger, including Miles and Landon. God is good. Geeg
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