A Letter to a Princess

Dear Kayla,

My beautiful daughter, I love you so much you might not know how much. I don't always have the patience I should, I might fight more than I should, but I love you more than words or actions can express.

You're seven now, you look adorable with two teeth missing, you're growing so fast, I can't make time slow down, I try to cherish all the moments, all the expressions, all the words coming out your mouth, all the memories from the time you were in my belly... The happy, the sad, the frustrating, the amazingly good moments you've shared with us.

I hope so much for you, I hope you get to do the many things you dream of and more. Things I dreamed and never did because I was scared and shy.

I try to teach you the important things in life, to think for yourself and not just accept what others are telling you. To accept people for who they are and not easily upset by how they are. To care for others. To defend yourself. To be you and never who someone else wants you to be, not even who I want you to be, but yourself!

You're such a wonderful person already, you have lots of love in your heart.

If I have ever hurt you, I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I will hurt you in future. If I ever dissapoint you, I'm sorry. I'm not always the good example, but I really do my best for you, I'm not always right, but I'm doing what I can.

If you ever read this, know that I love you and always will. Know that anything I did in my life with you was for you and your brother, my two angels.

I love you with all my heart and can't imagine my life without you ♥

3 and going strong

Andrew is 3 now, in six months he'll be 4.

No, he's not our little baby anymore, as difficult that is to admit. I think every parent would say that you don't really feel or see how fast time goes by until you see your children growing up.

He's doing well at school, his vocabulary is growing everyday and he has a sense of humour, he's a funny little guy. His Portuguese is still behind what we would want, but I think he speaks more than we know, since we speak mostly English at home. He does have his moments when he only wants to speak Portuguese, but it's not as evolved as his English, which doesn't worry us too much, because we know he's learning and teaching a child to be bilingual isn't an easy task! He's a very smart boy, but also a bit more spoiled than Kayla was and can has his little fits, we're trying to fix that.

We're still not sure if he's left-handed or right-handed, maybe he's both, whichever it is we're fine with of course, but curious to find out.

He still gets sick often, but lately hasn't gotten too bad, maybe it's because of Summer, maybe because of the dehumidifier we got. He was tested for allergies and the result was that he has no allergies, so doctor said it's asthma brought on by dust, polen, etc. We've considered moving out of Madeira in hopes of him not getting sick so often, that and other reasons, but no decision finalized yet. Kayla also has some reaction to polen, dust and the usual, not as bad as Andrew though.

I love my little boy, couldn't imagine my life without him ♥