Love letter to my girl

Dear Eva, This morning as I wake up the house is silent. I listen to your breathing and the moist sound that your thumb makes as you are sucking it since you were in my belly. Curiously, you were self-sufficient to sooth yourself from your very beginnings. I know the past 18 months have not been easy for you. From your heights of 3 and half years, you have grown-up half of it under the restrictions of the pandemie. We have not been able to attend the baby-mom yoga classes together, or go to the puppet theatre "Ratinet" or the toddler music class, as with your siblings. You have't had a chance to get familier with strangers around you either, which is probably the reason you seek such an attention, when I try to hold a conversation away from you. Despite all this, you have grown such a strong and determined little girl. Your angel curls and innocent baby smile hide perfectly behind your firery nature. And we all have days we don't know what to do with your tantrums, and there are days even weekends like the one we are just finishing, when you give just the most adorable sides of you. Yesterday morning started as a perfect fall day: fresh and sunny, with autumn already in the light. Your siblings had a full program for the weekend with hockey matches, birthdays, sleepovers and scout day all-day today. I decided this will be also Eva's weekend. So yesterday morning, I completed your dream and took you swimming (and the big girls were allowed to join us). Who cares if the baby pool was closed, we had fun! I searched the "frit" and board for you and you swam several laps practicing kicking. Well done Eva! And you absolutely loved jumping from the border to mommies arms and even slide the big toboggan! Such great fun, for both of us! After the sieste in (mom's bed), we went to the playground and yes, you got a bottled orange juice from the store down the hill. What was the result of such a wonderful day spent together? A PRINCESS was born! Litterally speaking, you found all the princess accessories from the cupboards: the Elsa -dress, the silver shoes and even rabiit ears as you made a remark the tiara is missing..and you wanted to sleep with the gear over night (non you were not allowed). And we met you in breakfast table with the same uniform the next day. In addition to this big news, something huge happened. As Estelle was sleeping over at a friends house, you moved to sleep with Elias on their room for the first time in your little life. And it went perfectly! "Je suis une grande fille" we heard you say sweet little princess. Please don't grow too fast Eva. These are moments to cherish. Today, when we went for a walk only three of us with dad and yourself outside Brussels, we realized it was probably the first time that you had us all to yourself! You absolutely loved it! We saw a happy, smiling and funny girl, who did not complain or cry..Amazing Eva, and I really get you, it's not easy to be the 4th, having to share everything all the time. Well, this weekend was all yours and mommy's heart is still swallen from the love and gratefulness I saw in you eyes of this special times together, with only you, unique you❤ We love you more than words can describe little princess!