Time to go Home!!

Mommy really didn't like being at the hospital so she convinced her doctor and my doctor that we should get to go home early! Yay!! But I was so tiny I barely fit in the carseat!!! Look how they had to pack me in with blankets and washcloths!! Good thing daddy learned a lot from the carseat safety class so he knew how to do it!

When I got home my sister, Aphrodite, was so happy to see me!! She loves me already, but sometimes she has trouble sharing me with mommy...

She protects me and she really loves to sleep with me!!

And she REALLY loves my smelly diapers!

My grandma stayed with me for the first week. Mommy was really happy about that because Grandma helped put me back to sleep at night after mommy fed me and she made dinner and cleaned! But she couldn't stay for very long because my Auntie Beetle, my Uncle Rudy and my Uncle Robert needed her too!

But before she left my Grandpa came back to pick her up (and see me again of course!) and my Uncle Ryan came down from Austin with his girlfriend, Grace, to meet me! I have such a big family! Isn't it great?!

Does he looked scared to you??

It was really sad to see Grandma and Grandpa go....mommy cried...

But then Daddy got to stay home with me for a week so I was happy!!

Happy Birthday to Leilani!!

Mommy and Daddy were expecting me to come sometime between April 23rd and May 4th (those are the two due dates that the doctor gave them...). See me waving??

but I had my own plans and decided to make my entrance on April 20th! Mommy and Daddy were so surprised by it that they didn't even realize that what Mommy was feeling were real contractions!! They hadn't been to the hospital yet so they drove around in circles for awhile looking for an entrance while Mommy screamed...ALOT!!

My Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie Beetle drove really fast all the way from Houston and got there just in time to help me come out!! Mommy was very thankful for that!

I know I wanted to get out of that belly, but as soon as I did everything was very crazy. People were all over the place, it was very bright, and well...I'm not so sure I liked it.

But you know what? Things got better and Mommy immediately wanted to hold me (Daddy was too busy texting...silly Daddy!!)

My Grandpa was super excited to meet me! Yah, he loves me already!!

I didn't fit into any of the clothes that everyone had bought for me because I was much smaller than they expected! A special shopping trip had to be made so I could have something to wear! I look pretty good in them!

I stayed in mommy's hospital room with her the whole time but we didn't stay long! The day after I was born I got to go to my new home!

Mommy's Promises to her Leilani

To my beautiful little Leilani,

For a very long time I have wanted nothing else but a daughter of my own! I knew that she would be made up of everything that is good in me and everything that is good in her father. I never imagined that the reality would be you! You are perfect in every way. Beautiful, sweet, funny and so very special.

There's something to be said about a first-born child and you are extra special because of it. You are loved and wanted and I am just so ridiculously happy to finally have you to hold and cuddle!! I know that we will make many wonderful memories together...memories that I will always cherish.

I'm sure that there will be times in your life when we don't get along so well...mommies and their children sometimes fight and get mad at one another. But I want you to know a few things now so that when those days happen you will still know how much I really do love and care for you!

I promise that no matter what you do I will always love you! I promise that I will always be here for you to come to with any problems you might have. Big or small, know that I will trust you and that I will never judge you. I promise to tell you everyday that I love you! I promise to provide for all your needs...I will feed you, clothe you, care for you and you will always have a home with me! I might not always be able to get you everything you WANT though! I promise to be your mother and your friend....but your mother first always!

You are still just a baby but you are everything that I ever wanted and more. I cannot imagine my life without you. I look forward to watching you continue to learn and grow into the beautiful woman I know you will become!