Be a big part of my baby niece's life

Emily is getting a little homemade doll with blond hair and blue eyes just like her from a Halifax crafter for Christmas! :)

She says my name now. She’s such a cutie. She is walking and starting to talk. She’s got big blue eyes and blonde hair. She looks a lot like my brother did when he was a baby.

Her mother and my brother just separated.. hope of seeing her more often is dwindling. She is now 2 :) I saw her this month but she was very sick. :(

Stop wishing she were more then 2 years old so that we could start playing more fun games that use imagination aha

It’s a book full of nursery rhymes/stories from all over the world. Can’t wait til’ she can appreciate them. Shouldn’t be long, even if she doesn’t get them she should enjoy the voices and such :)

this probably reflexs insecurities I have about differences in parenting of my sister in law and I, as well as my fear of not being able to spend time with the little one as much as I would like.

Emilie

I crafted a flower crown
For the angel that is my niece
On her first birthday
Of this very year

It was lovely and skillfully strung
Colorful and delicately done.

I lay the daisy crown
Upon her very fine hair
And watched her eyes light up
As I held her with care

Her mother gasped
And grabbed her from me
The flowers that I had laid
Would surely attract bees!

The crown fell to the ground
My darling made no sound
In the arms of her mother
Helplessly paraded away to another..

Odd, poorly written and depressing- I know. Just something that came out tonight for some reason..

I want to pick up the little angel in my arms
make her smile
laugh with her
kiss her on the forehead
smooth down her crazy hair
have fun with her
and show her I love her genuinely, purely and wholly
like very few people in this world will ever love her.

I want to show her the pleasures of the world.
I can’t wait to see her again, I sometimes act so cold with her. I’m not great for being loving, but I want to be so badly. So I will, and she will be my ticket.

Someone else has this same goal. Cool beans.

She is so beautiful. You know how most newborns are born kind of funky looking? Misshapen head, sometimes red patchy skin, and generally look like an alien…not my baby niece. She is the cutest baby I’ve ever seen.

I can’t wait to watch her grow up.

Baby is moving closer!

• Tickle her
• Make flower crowns
• Pick apple blossoms and lilacs
• Share my favorite childhood spots
• Discover her personality traits
• Go berry picking/apple picking
• Take her to parades
• show her baby kittens and other animals, to instill compassion
• Watch old cartoons like Betty Boop etc
• Give her advise through quotes when she gets older
• Go to the park
• Build a sand castle
• Make her feel like she can do anything!