Charming!

Just before you were born, charm bracelets came back into fashion in a big way. Your dad bought me one for my birthday one year, and I've received charms from him for birthdays, christmas, valentines day etc etc.

By the time we got married, I had filled my first bracelet. So your dad bought me a second one, this time I was only going to get a charm for each of our wedding anniversaries, and for the birth of each child. So I have one bracelet which represents our relationship before we were married, and one that represents the significant events after we were married. 

I love the idea of having a charm bracelet that I can look at when we are old and grey and remember each wedding anniversary. 

So when I was pregnant with you, your dad and I decided that, if you were a girl, we'd buy you a charm bracelet, and add a charm for each birthday. I don't know what we were going to do if you were a boy, and we'll have to think about it if you ever get a brother! 

So when you were born we headed over to Pandora (the shop that sells the charms to go with your bracelet) to see what charm we would choose for the day you were born. As you were born in 2012, the year of the dragon, we bought the charm the represents the chinese year of the dragon. 

So we're keeping it safe and sound for now, waiting to add to it every year, until you turn 21 (the bracelet holds about 22 charms in total) when we will give it to you.