Dear River, 
You are 3 and a half and you are the happiest little girl. You are so much fun and always want to play and tease. You are always asking a million questions and they are always very deep and very good questions. You are always talking and running and playing. In the morning the first thing you ask is if you can snuggle in bed with me, you always love snuggling. Your favorite food is oatmeal and you ask for it every meal, the one thing you would eat before oatmeal is a fruit snack. When we go on hikes you never give up even if you are tired and you always want to get to the top of the mountain, of course you would expect me to carry you or so you told me the other day. You have an imaginary friend who is a pocket size penguin and his name is Mr. Penguin, and he mysteriously shows up everywhere. Mr Penguin is especially good at tag. You are in swim classes and LOVE it, except when the teacher asks you to go under water. When ever I go running you always ask me what I saw or what did I do. You are so tender and concerned about those around you. You always ask me how my day was. Your Daddy and I love you so much. You are my Rue. 

Dear Juniper, 
You are 10 months old now. And this is your first letter. You are such a joy and we all unanimously agree that you are the best little sister and we are so happy that you are in our family. You are crawling now and you are so fast. One moment you will be playing with toys and the next in the bath room sucking on the toilet seat..... Yes it is true. You love playing with your big Sister River, and when I put her to bed you will sneak into her room and crawl up to her bed and jabber at her, she then squeals with laughter. You love spitting bubbles at people and we all have gotten our fair share of bubble blown in our face, but we love it. You also give the best slobbery kisses that leaves your victims with a very moist face. You LOVE tubby time and kick and squeal and blow bubbles every time we get you ready for the bath. You also love snuggling and resting your head on our shoulders. You are a quite observer and have long periods of times where you are quite and calm and then all at once you get excited and jabber and talk. You have super human ninja moves and when we feed you, you karate chop the spoon and food goes everywhere. It is seriously impressive. You have a very strong spirit and despite getting sick a lot, which you have endured very well and are always happy. We love you June Bug and love watching you grow.