Hi Beas,

This is my favorite picture of you so far.  You are hanging on to me for dear life and to me it symbolizes the role I want to play in your life.  I always want to be there for you and hopefully provide an additional shoulder to hang on to during tough times.  By the time you are able to read this for yourself you will understand that I assigned you my own special name virtually the day you were born.  Just as I had a special name for your mother when she was little, I call you “the Beaser” or sometimes just “Beas” and occassionally the “Beaser Beas”.   I am not sure why that name fits you so well but everyone agrees that it does (except your mom).  At home you will surely be called Estella, Stella Bear, StellaB, or Bebe for fear my little nickname will become too popular, but over at our house you will always be “the Beas”.  Regardless of what we call you there are already many hopes and dreams for you in our heads.  It seems like too much pressure to put on a 9 month old but you never miss a beat.