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Ben

My beautiful Ben,

You have no idea how much you've changed our lives, little boy. Our family of three became a family of four within a matter of hours- and we wouldn't change a thing. You've already captured your daddy's heart- you took mine long ago. Your big sister is in awe, she's never seen someone so little. You're so little; your Dad can hold you along his forearm. He was too scared to do that to Rachel- you're the second child, we're pros now. We know all the tricks.

Nan and Granddad love you so much, Ben. You've turned everyone's world upside down, with your arrival. One day, I'll read this to you, and, being a typical boy, you will laugh and scoff. But it's true, my darling.

You're so alert, with your big blue eyes. the exact same size and shape as your dad's, and your big sister's. The eyes that I love so very, very much.

No matter what happens, little boy, your father and I will stick by you. We're your parents, and we love you more than you will ever know. The bond between a mother and her children is unbreakable, you'll find out one day.

One day, you're going to get married, to the luckiest girl in the world. Your father, your grandparents, Rachel and I will be there for you, the entire way. Our whole family will be with you, no matter what happens in your life. We'll be there for you because we love you, more than you will ever know.

You're destined to do great things, Benjamin Rafter. You will always be my firstborn son, and I will always love you.

All the love in the world,

Mummy xxx

Ben smiled to himself, the baby book in his hands. He didn't know what possessed him to go and retrieve it from the cupboard in his parents' house. Maybe it was the fact that he almost had to deliver his baby sister- a 'joy' he thought he would only have with his wife. He and Ruby already had a bond, and he had saw how his mother acted with the minute old infant. He wanted to know how she had felt, holding him in her arms for the first time.

He remembered back to his twenty first birthday party, where they had read out the baby book in his arms. He had blushed, as his mates (and siblings) teased him stupid, but he had loved every minute of the attention- and he had milked it greatly. One day, he hoped, that he would have the thrill of reading out his child's baby book, at their twenty first.

Although, after what he had witnessed with his mother and Ruby, he doubted that would be happening any time soon.