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Dear Josephine,
A lot has transpired since I last wrote to you. Where to begin?
First and foremost, your mom went back to work a couple weeks ago. She was pretty sad about having to leave you at home during the day. For over four months, she had spent almost every hour of every day with you, and even though it was challenging at times, she has grown so close to you that it was hard for her to have you out of her sight.
We hired a nanny and for a short period of time, that was working out pretty well. You seemed to like each other quite a bit. Since I work from home, I would see you from time to time or hear you with your trademark squeaking sounds you make when you get excited throughout my work day.
But unfortunately things went south very suddenly on the nanny front. We called my mom (your grandmother) up to the big leagues and now she has started watching you over the last couple of days. She has been asking about you pretty much every hour of every day since you were born so she has been pretty excited to get to see you a lot more often now. We’ve been teaching her how to take care of you and you have been having a lot of fun reading books together and playing games.
We also ended up buying the house that we hope you will grow up in for the next eighteen years or so. It happened kind of suddenly. We were going to wait a bit and look at doing this next year, but we ended up finding an amazing home in Wellesley that we knew was perfect for all of us. You came to the Open Houses with us last weekend and it was kind of cute to watch you looking around the house. We asked you what your opinion was and you seemed to be giving us some positive vibes about it.
So it’s going to be a busy next few months. We’re going to be doing a lot of things to make sure we get everything in order for the new house. We’ll be packing and moving and finding a longer-term nanny among many other things. But I think what makes this all so exciting is how you are at the center of all of these decisions. Your mom and I have always had many things in common, but having you here has given us the most important thing in common, and having a shared interest in you has brought us closer together.
I think one of my favorite things lately is seeing the look on your face whenever I come to get you up from a nap or when I wake you up in the morning. You always give the biggest and brightest smile when you see me or your mom. There was actually one little memory I have where I had to go into your room in the middle of the night to fix something in your crib. As I was fidgeting to fix it while causing the least disruption to you as possible, you woke up. In the darkness, you could kind of make out my face and I could kind of make out yours. You gave me a big smile and you started to flail around in excitement. I had to say goodbye and let you go back to sleep, but starting to see you recognizing me as your father made my heart swell in that moment.
You and I also did our first Easter Egg Hunt together. Since I’m Jewish, I never did an Easter Egg Hunt when I was a kid, or as an adult for that matter. You, me, and your mom went down to the monument in Charlestown and you and I collected our first egg together as a team. The following day, on Easter Sunday, we went over to your grandparents’ house and did another Easter Egg Hunt together. Your actually met the Easter Bunny and you had a lot of fun!
Well, that’s all for now. From the Daddy Bean to the Josie Bean, I’ll write you again in a month.
Love,
Dad
Jeff Kirchick 