Jacob Joseph,

Did you know on this day last year your mom and dad were so very anxiously awaiting your arrival?  They had no idea what you would look like, if you would be a boy or girl, what your little cries would sound like, what it would feel like to hold you for the first time, what it would feel like to introduce you to the world, what it would feel like to bring you home.

But the second you arrived, they knew.

They knew they would love you forever.

They knew they would take care of you always.

They knew how it felt to be a mommy and daddy.

And they knew what love was.

Happy first, birthday boy.

xoxo

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