Happy 1st Birthday Jenay Tia Grace Batala

Twinkle toes I can’t believe you are one already.

Today marks the beginning of the end of your first year. Goodbye baby stage hello!! toddler .

You are, our last baby therefore feel free to occupy your title “baby” for as long as needed.

You are only one and already your starting to show us your temperament. The calmest most peaceful baby I have ever exprienced.

You are patient,

You are sweet,

and You are angelic.

My little sugar dumplin. Just like your sister was at your age very laidback and not in a rush to go anywhere.

You have only just started to display frustration this week with you throwing yourself backward when you are upset.

I love how you move around like a army soldier wiggling and dragging yourself instead of crawelling.

Your passion for food is admerable. You love eating and that’s one of the few things that make you cry, someone eating around you who is not sharing with you.

You enjoy broccoli as much as cake and you are the only one who doesn’t complain with the vegetables on your dinner plate. That maybe because you can’t talk yet but either way you love your food.

As your the last born I feel you have a more experienced set of parents who have passed the trial and error stage, you would expect from first timers.

One day I hope you have the opportunity to read my thoughts.

I’m still learning how to discover your gifts and talents. I need you to understand I love you from the bottom of my heart and I believe and know you are special. You are going to accomplish great things with your life and I know God has a plan for you.

There’s something very special about you. You have an ora of peace and tranquillity. When you wake up in the morning you will happily play in your cot for the first 30 minutes. You are calm and relaxed and very loving and affectionate .

You offered me some of your bottle today… You are my little sweet pea.

My prayer for you is that God helps me to be the best possible mother and role model I can be. I want you to have a good set of values and self-worth and blossom into the beautiful flower you were designed to be. You are loved cared for and nurtured and protected.

I take my role of mothering you very serious and its a title and responsibility I am very serious and passion about. Failure is not an option for me with my children because they each mean the world to me.

I have learnt that a mothers role is vital in shaping their offspring.

You learn much about the world from me and your father we have to be responsible for what we teach you.

What we say or don’t say, how we respond in every situation.

Your a mini video camera learning the norms and values of family and society through those beautiful brown eyes of your.

That’s way I try my hardest to make good choices about my life because I know you will emulate whats around you.

For now, you are my beautiful baby girl and your fathers. We love you and have 100% responsibility for you but I understand one day you’re going to be a woman making your own waves in life.

I want you to have all the skills and tools to negotiate the storms of life with poise and purpose standing tall.

I love you my sweet potato pie and I’m grateful God sent you to us. Happy 1st Birthday

Jenay Tia Grace Batala

May your lovely sweet soul remain forever twinkle toes.

ps we are in Malta right now on your birthday and you are fast asleep. We have something special planned for you later – and it will taste sweet.

This is the forth country you have visited in your humble 12 months of life. Portugal, Savilla, Turkey and Malta.

I hope to show you as much of the world as possible. I also secretly hope you become someone who enjoys travelling and can appreciate the finest and the most simple things in life. I want to give you everything you need and more to succeed and flourish in this world long after my depart.

There’s no chance I’m going to spoil you because I need you to understand that there’s no elevator to success you have to take the stairs.

I need you to figure things out and learn in a practical, safe, environment. I am your biggest supporter encourager and coach.

If one day you think I made some mistakes with you or I’ve been to hard on you, I want to apologise in advance from now because I love you and I only want what is best for you.

Keep smiling my two tooth star.