a tiny love letter

My sweet baby-

You are the tiniest thing I have ever loved so much. 

Almost as soon as I knew you were here, you were already gone. I didn't have enough time to dream of what your little face would look like or what your sister's would have looked like when she met you late next spring. I didn't have enough time to give you a name or smell your soft hair or show you sunshine, music and Christmas. I just didn't get any time. 

Still I am so grateful for your sacred life, for the chance to be your mom, and for the time we shared as one body. You are the tiniest thing I have ever loved so much.

Love, Mama

Amarillo, Texas

After two cars, one train and three planes, the three Smalls made it home to Amarillo, Texas for a wonderful week of family! Mary Allison made laps around my parents' backyard, smelled all of the flowers and charmed her grandparents. We swam with friends, conquered all of the best Amarillo parks, ate too much BBQ and Mexican food and spent an evening playing a few holes of golf. We watched the lions and monkeys at the zoo and made a day-trip to Midland, TX to visit with Chris' family and let Mary Allison chase her cousins around the playground. The saying is true, "there is no place like home."

Watching monkeys at the Amarillo zoo!

Hitting a few holes at the Amarillo Country Club.

Mary Allison and her second-cousin Kaiden!

May's second-cousin Alyvia!

 All our love,

c + b + ma