Dear Hope,
Today is your birthday.
I have been thinking about you all day.
I have been thinking about what you might be doing now.
Right now I'm thinking about what we would be doing if you were here.
You probably know by now that I am not a great success in the kitchen, but I would have found the perfect recipe and made you a purple butterfly cake. The more frosting the better. Then I would have lined the floor with newspaper, put you in nothing but your diaper, and put you in your high chair. Your cake would have one candle in it and I think I would have Daddy blow it out for you after we sang you "Happy Birthday". Grandma and Grandpa would be on Skype and so would Mimi and Papere. Then I would have placed the cake in front of you and let you go to town.
I would have taken lots of pictures and put them on Facebook and on our blog.
