Jonathan,Daddy will always remember the day we found out you would be joining us. It wasn't too long after your big brother Benjamin was born! Daddy had always heard that when you have one child, having more wouldn't be too hard. Boy is that statement true! You're living proof! Daddy made a trip to the pharmacy and picked up a pregnancy test, just like he had done dozens of times before when we were trying for your brother. Just like those dozens times Daddy figured this would be another negative test, it had to be right? What were the odds that just a few short months after Benjamin was born we would be blessed with another child so soon. Mommy and Daddy had planned on trying to have you one year after Benjamin was born, instead you were born one week shy of a year from Benjamin's birthday. We had the right month in mind, just a little backwards on the plan!
So Daddy came home with the pregnancy test for Mommy and we patiently...well, as patient as we could, waited to see what the results would be. After a few long minutes we checked and sure enough it said, for the first time ever on the first try, a positive reading. Daddy instantly dropped down to the floor in the hallway in disbelief. Unlike when we found out Benjamin was coming this time there was a little fear there. Another baby so soon? How could this have happened? Well, Daddy knows how it happened and one day when you're older you will find out too... in health class, but how could it have happened so soon? Would we be able to handle another baby when we were just discovering what it was like to be parents? We would find out the answers to those questions soon enough as you were on your way and there was nothing we could do about it now. 
Daddy was scared, he didn't know if he could handle such responsiblity so fast. The fear, and the doubt did not last long though. Daddy quickly looked at this as another blessing, another chance to do what I was meant to do. Raise another baby. Daddy figured that you would not be coming if Mommy and Daddy couldn't handle it. There is a saying that "God only gives as much as you can take", and now that you're approaching your first birthday and you've been here for almost a year now I've never believed that statement more. I wouldn't change anything about your arrival for the world. I am so happy that you're here, we planned on having another baby, and we might not have planned on it being so soon, but this is what the world had in store for us.
The biggest concern was whether or not you would be a boy. Financially speaking it would have helped a great deal if we were having another boy, but due to my own selfish reasons I was hoping and praying you'd be a boy. So we were very happy to find out you another son would be joining us! Well, Daddy was, not sure how much Mommy was as her exact words were "Oh no, I'm going to live in a house full of Edwin's", but I know she wouldn't change you if she was given the chance. You really mean the world to us and anyone who decided they wanted to have another child right after their first one Daddy would suggest if they truly felt they could handle it they should go for it, because having you and your brother was the best thing that Mommy and Daddy could have done. We didn't make a mistake, we didn't make a stupid decision, we made the best decision we could and now Benjamin not only has a little baby brother, but a best friend for life.
Love Always,
Dad
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