Dear Little Fish,
You are 2.5 and fabulous. Well, you’re actually more like 2.75 because it took me so long to get it together enough to write this. Why can’t I get it together, you ask? Because I’m too busy having fun with you!
You’re pretty much a connoisseur of fun, and you want to play all the time. No matter what I’m doing, if you say, “Mom, do you want to play?” I have to stop and hang out with you. I cannot resist the call to play. I cannot resist pretty much anything if you’re the one asking.
After fun, talking is your most favorite thing. Like, you do not stop. Ever. You talk so much that it’s easy to forget you’re only two until you say something totally goofball like the below:
Me: Hey, Lettie, how much pizza did you eat today?
You: Four seconds.
Whoa, four seconds of pizza! I think that’s a lot?
You like to dance and shake your arms and spin like a ballerina. You’re way into ballerinas right now. Your big move is to lift one of your legs and hold it for a fraction of a second. You’re pretty proud of that one. You like Dora and Daniel Tiger and your mommy.
Yep, you are a total mama’s girl at the moment. Every morning you wake up and call me from your crib in a pathetic whine, saying, “I want my mommy, my mommy.” Trust me, I am soaking up every single moment of this because I know when you’re a teenager it’ll be a totally different story.
Mostly what I love about you at 2.5 is how full of joy you are. Everything is the most exciting thing you’ve ever done. The other day, I picked you up from school in the middle of an ice storm. It was nasty outside. My coat was soaked and every step felt slippery and treacherous. I was worried about how I was going to get you home safely. I was stressed out about some dumb thing at work. I was tired.
But when I got to your school, your whole face lit up and you said, “Your coat is wet!” like it was hands-down the coolest thing you had seen all week.
I explained to you that, yes, it was raining out, and there was ice on the ground so we had to be careful. You then turned to your friend and said in a voice full of excitement, “We’re gonna go outside and our coats are gonna get really wet! And it’s slippery!”
You were so psyched to go outside in an ice storm. You’d never seen your winter coat splotched with rain before. You’d never felt your footfalls slip and slide all the way home. You were in uncharted territory, a whole new world, and you loved every minute of it.
And when I’m with you, that’s just how it is—the world is new and wacky and nonsensical and wonderful. It’s you and me together, on an adventure that never ends.
Love,
Mom
Reading the happiness and love that your little Lettie brings to your life, is simply beautiful and magical all at once. I guess these moments are what makes all the struggles worth it. 🙂
P.S. She’s so adorable!!
And thank you! I think she’s a carbon copy of her dad.
Thank you, friend. It really does make every single ounce of struggle worth it. Xo.
Oh my gosh she sounds so much like my little girl! One day we shall meet. Do you ever take her camping? We’re planning to be in the Adirondacks again this summer… You should come!
And yes, totally freaking adorable too!
Yes, we will meet one day! Why will you be in the Adirondacks? Do you go there every summer? How far are they from you? I think it’s maybe a 5-6 hour drive for us? Anyway, let me know when you’ll be there. We have not taken Lettie camping yet! I think this year she’ll be ready. Tim and I registered for so much camping gear when we got married and we’ve barely used it!
Yeah we go to a place called Rollins Pond – it’s very quiet and as close to nature as you can get while still having access to relatively clean showers. I think like 75% of the sites are water front too. We haven’t gone with DD yet, but pre-baby we went a couple times every summer. If you know of anywhere closer to a half way point between us, we’re game for trying some place new! Pm me!
Beautiful letter, Tanya. You have perfectly captured the fun and happiness of our girl. And the pigtails!
Thanks, Eileen! Xoxo.
Cried.
I can’t wait to read stories about your little peanut!
Almost as much as I can’t wait to write them!
Naawwwww so sweet. Funnily enough I felt compelled to write my little dude a letter on Sunday. We must be on the same wavelength or something 🙂 x
Duh, of course we’re on the same wave length–you’re my kindred spirit from the other side of the world! 🙂
absolutely! x
This made me tear up. That is the cutest little face ever. So happy you are soaking every little second up. Xo
Aw, thank you mamajo. Every second really does feel like a gift. Xo.
This is so sweet. Pure love. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, friend!
Baah…sweetness overload! Love reading about this magical relationship you have with your sweet girl. She’s so stinkin cute, btw!
Thank you! I hope you’re doing ok. I’ve been thinking about you!
Btw she is just soooooooooooo CUTE
Ha, thank you!
I just love their joy in everything they do. It’s humbling for us adults to witness.
They are just little balls of joy! It’s the freaking best.
Beautiful, Tanya!
Thanks, Dad! Love you!
I agree, 2-year-olds are so full of joy and it’s contagious. It’s hard to be sad or upset when they are so full of life!
It really is. She snaps me out of my funk every time!
Oh my word those pigtails are adorable. She’s really cute 🙂 🙂
Thanks, girl! I hope everything is going ok in your neck of the woods. Xo.
we need to get that girl more than 4 seconds of pizza! this is really sweet tan, and oh what a beaut she is:)
Thanks, Jilly! I could go for four seconds of pizza right about now, yummmm…
I love reading this post. Thanks for sharing the joy and delight your sweet girl is!
Thanks, Susie! I miss you!
Oh I love this post so so much! Also Lettie is a real little beauty, inside as well as out by the sounds of it. You are really blessed 🙂 x
Thank you, friend. I really do feel so blessed. How are you? I miss reading your updates. I hope you’re ok. Xo.
I am pretty good thanks, I need to update but have just felt I did not have a lot to say you know. I am feeling more relaxed about our situation than I have in ages, with a few tears on Mothers day (last week in UK). Sad about hat could of been and sad that I may never get to celebrate fro the other side. I hope you are ok, just going to catch up with everyone’s blogs so do not know if you have updated yet. xo
What a fantastic letter to your little one and a great way to remind you of all these memories you’re making with her. 🙂
Thank you!