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Dear Bria

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May 9, 2016 Dear Bria, I still remember the day we found out about you. My hands were shaking as I read the pregnancy test, watching that little line appear. For the first time, I knew that it was going to be positive. After so many months of hoping, waiting, hoping, waiting…..There you were. A little line, as if to say, “Hey guys, I'm here!”   I remember how fast I grew with you, how everyone was sure you were a boy from looking at my huge belly.   Addie called you Honey, and gasped every time you kicked her hand from the inside. “She gonna come out?” she’d ask, eyeing my stomach, no idea what being your big sister meant yet. A year ago, we had checked into the hospital, waited for contractions, happily winced as our wonderful nurse Elizabeth cranked up the Pitocin with a big smile on her face. You were coming. And once we got to the ‘real’ stuff, you came fast – four minutes, two pushes. And you haven’t slowed down since. They say the second baby gets le...