Oh sweet little one.

Your birthday is coming up so quickly. Five more days and you will have been here a year.

It’s as if you have always been here. You make everyone smile and laugh. Your giggle in the backseat as Riley and Mary Alice will forever be one of my favorite things.

You and Mary Alice are quite the pair. She loves to mother you. And you love her caring for you. When you cry, she rushes to your side and says “It’s okay ‘bastian. We got you.” During lunch, she will move my chair over to sit next to you.

When Julia, Nate, and Riley get home from school, they take turns holding you and pushing you in the swing. Time and worries melt away as you smile brightly at the attention.

And then when daddy gets home, you rush over to him as quickly as you can. You two are all eyes for each other.

Sebastian, I really like you. Love, your mama.