Dear Vera

   

Dear Vera: 4.5 Years Old

  Dear Vera, You’re four and a half years old now (two weeks ago actually), and you’re growing up so much. You both crack me up and frustrate me daily. You always test me and make me want to be better. You’re a spirited, curious,…

Dear Vera: 4 Years Old

Dear Vera, You turned four years old yesterday. It was snowing outside, just like the day you were born, and it doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago. In four years, you’ve grown into such a feisty little thing. You are smart and…

Dear Vera: 3 Years, 6-11 months

Dear Vera, Next month you will be four years old. That is so hard for me to believe. It seems like you couldn’t possibly have been hanging around for four years already. You’ll be starting Preschool as soon as you turn four too, and the…

Dear Vera: 29, 30, 31 months

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Dear Vera,

I have photos of you from 29 months and 30 months, but never quite found the time to sit down and write a letter to go with them. Instead, I’ll lump these all together.

The other reason I haven’t written yet, is because I’ve been contemplating what I really want to say to you in these letters. Up until now, it’s been a lot of fact stating. And while I think it’s important to document what color your hair is, how big you’ve grown, and all the words you know, I want there to be more to it than that…

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Dear Vera: 28 Month Toddler

Dear Vera, Your vocabulary continues to expand and you communicate your thoughts so well now. It’s amazing to me to hear you randomly tell your dolls a story we read days ago, or sing songs you hear on the radio. We’ve been working really hard…

Dear Vera: 27 Months

Dear Vera, Well it’s nearly your 28th month already and I’m just now getting around to writing your 27 month letter. Life gets busy. It is a little hard for me to recall what happened before vs. after your month b-day, so I’ll just write…

Dear Vera: 26 Months

Dear Vera, It’s been quite the big month for you, big girl. Not only are you looking more and more like a little girl all the time, instead of a baby, but you’re acting like one too. This month you moved out of your crib…