Letter from Mommy

My Sweet Sophia,

As I take a break from preparing for your arrival, I can hear your Daddy working on your room. I am resting on the couch and looking at all of the sweet pink, purple, black, and white that surrounds me. I realize that if you are truly a Grant Owen, we will have to do some serious shopping, but I ignore that part the majority of the time (because it really would be no big deal).

Your arrival is not too far away. We only have 44 days between now and your due date. In some ways, I feel like you will NEVER get here, but in many other ways, I feel like we are nowhere near prepared enough to bring you into this world. We have been working so hard to get our home in tip-top shape for you. We want it to be clean, warm, and perfect for you- you so deserve it. I have also been washing your tiny clothes, packing our hospital bags, and cleaning your fun toys in anticipation for you. Daddy has been working hard on your room, installing a pellet stove, and completing various other tasks that I give him. Oh, he also secured your carseat into my Escape today!

So, in regards to environment, we are working so hard for you! We hope to have at least two more weeks to work on everything. By then, I think that it should be "good enough" to bring you home to!

We are also preparing ourselves emotionally and spiritually for you. We want you to know that you are always loved, that you have a mom and dad who love each other SO much, and that we have a Savior who loves us no matter what. We want to raise you in a nurturing environment filled with love, laughter, and peace. We want to model for you what a true marriage is about. We want to provide for your spiritual, emotional, and relational needs as well as your physical needs. We want you to always feel safe, provided for, and loved. We want to spoil you with love, but we do not want you to be spoiled with material items.

We want you to look at the world around you in awe of God's creation. We never want you to take a single moment for granted. We want you to appreciate everything in life- even when it is not easy.

YOU have brought so much love and joy to our lives. Being blessed with your life has opened our eyes to exactly what we want for our lives. We pray for each other every day, we pray for our relationship, and we pray for our roles as parents in your life.

We promise to continue to let God guide our path. We promise to love you. We promise to be there for you. We promise to love each other. We promise to teach you, protect you, and guide you.

We promise to work every day to be the best parents that we can be... and we promise to let God show us the way.

We love you, Sophia! We look so forward to meeting you... but, please, take your time!

- xoxo -

Mommy