Dear Aaliyah,

Please quit growing and doing new things.
You see, I'm coming to visit you in just 4 MORE DAYS, and if you could just stay who you are right now, then I won't feel like I've missed as much.
I saw you 2 months ago. But since then you've learned to walk and eat real food and say things like 'ma ma' and 'da da'. You play pat-a-cake now, or so I hear. And you love eating ice cream with Grandpa.
It's the little, everyday things that make me miss you so much.
So if you could just hold off on being cute for other people and wait until I get there I would like it a lot.
Love,
Aunt Julie