Journal entry from 11/5/2008

Dear Mackenzie,

Today is November 5th, 2008 and I am going to start keeping a journal for you. There are so many things I want to say to you that you can't quite understand yet. Mostly, I just want you to know how much I love you, and how much you have changed my life for the better. I've waited so long for a beautiful baby girl, and you are so much more beautiful than I could have ever hoped for.

Your Daddy is over in Iraq right now fighting the war. He has been gone for about 11 months , most of your life so far. So it's just been you and I (and of course your grandparents!). I can't wait for him to come home and play with you, he is going to be such a great Daddy to you. You are going to love him so much. Right now, you are a feisty little thing, you understand the word "no" but refuse to obey it when you hear it! I think it will be quite funny to leave you alone with your Daddy for a day when he first gets back, kind of like a baptism by fire! You will be way too much for him to handle.

I wonder a lot about what you will be like when you grow up. I can already see a fire inside of you, you are feisty and demanding, and I love it. You are the most beautiful child I have ever seen.

Well this is the first entry of what will hopefully be a window for you to understand just how much you are loved, and how much happiness you have brought in to this world. I want to give this journal to you when you turn 18 years old, but I know I won't be able to keep my mouth quiet until then. And I won't write everyday, but I will often. I love you my sweet baby girl.


Love, Mommy.