Hi Maya!
We’ve been having a lot of fun working on my new craft business selling toddler shirts and stuffed toys. It is working out to be a nice creative outlet without getting frustrated over too much. It gives us a legitimate reason to troll around baby clothing stores looking for shirts we can use as a base for our appliques and stencils, while also satisfying our tactile need to be close to baby things. Two birds!
Your cousin Sophia is nearly a year old now! It’s difficult to believe that she is already crawling like crazy. Your Uncle Charlie is madly in love with her, and I hope that he is also in love with you when you come along! She will be celebrating her birthday in Colombia with her mom’s family. I remember when she used to love me best of all – her first smile was for me! Now she couldn’t care less about who I am! Such is the life in the world of baby’s learning skills! 
Remember when I was teasing about your dad forbidding me to read articles on the internet about the pills I am on? I’ve also been banned from reading about the effects of caffeine on our efforts to conceive. My Diet Dr Pepper habit has been going on for some time, but it recently occurred to me while making up my fancy babymakin’ calendar that my mass caffeine consumption could be hampering our efforts. Now, I am a firm believer that we all have one BIG vice. Sometimes more. I’ve managed to curtail my cursing quite a bit over the years, but my love of diet soda is a much more difficult one to break. I quit smoking back in college, I never started drinking, preferring to be the designated driver with the wristband and the free sodas, and despite being from California, I have never once smoked pot. I want you very much, Maya, so I hope you’ll come despite my lame efforts regarding giving up soda.
We love you so much. You’re going to be gorgeous!!
<3, Eden
