Dear Isabella...

To the gal who I am so glad to call my best friend, thank you.

As corny as it sounds, thank you for accepting me and loving me for exactly who I am. That ain't easy. I can be stubborn, difficult and confusing, but you love and accept me for me. There are days I wonder when you’ll finally come to your senses and move on and find a new BFF. Someone who isn’t so complicated. To my amazement, you're still here. You tell me you’ll take the good with the bad. When I question whether I have any good left in me, you’re always there to let me know that I do. Thank you for loving me in my lame and difficult moments, moments where if the rest of the world saw them, they’d probably walk away. Thank you for holding me while I cried. Thank you for picking up my broken pieces. Thank you for understanding me like no one else does; if we didn’t have the connection we did, I can’t imagine how lonely and big this world would feel. Because of you, this world seems like a little friendlier place, one I am so happy we get to live in together.

Thank you for being you. You are truly incredible my dear little one, and I can’t wait to constantly remind your husband that he is extremely lucky to be graced with your presence everyday. You are beautiful inside and out. On the outside, you are so gorgeous #HellaHeartEyesForYou. You are your very own unique and incredible definition of beauty, and I know I’m one of many who see it. On the inside you are even prettier, with a warm heart, a hella sharp mind and an unbelievable (and kickass) personality. You are hands down the funniest person I know, and I still can’t believe that the two of us don't have our own show on Comedy Central yet. You are so kind and so sweet, and have the biggest heart of anyone I know. God spent a little extra time when he made you, because you’re the total package: you’re beautiful, awesome and amazing, all wrapped in one, and I’m so lucky he put you in my life—he knows I’d be lost without you.

Thank you, Isabella Silva Santos. Love ya!