Hello Sweet BOY!
Nope, didn't forget you. You are on my mind each moment of every day. However Mommy's blog did some funny things and I wasn't able to come in and write you for a while. But the glitch has been fixed and here I am.
So what's new? Well, besides the point that you can now breathe on to your own (testament to the daily rounds of hiccups I feel in my belly, which I LOVE) you have stopped moving quite so much which tells me that you are a wee but crowded in there. I understand- it's crowded out here too. Mom is big bellied and tired. I can feel you many times wedged up under my ribs. THAT is not a fun thing Baby, so if possible, please keep your little feeties off to one side, ok? Mommy has also been through so new experiences this pregnancy, which makes me wonder about how different and similar you'll be compared to your big brother and sister. For the first time Mommy is experiencing heartburn. OUCH. There are also many late nights in my room due to insomnia and leg cramps and sciatica. This has definitely been a rough 9 months, but I am beyond positive that once I see you and hold you and smell you and LOVE you in my arms I know that if given the option I would do it all over again to have you.
You are due at the end of August. I had hoped you might come a bit earlier to make it easier on me to help Andrew and Ellie transition into school with a little less pain on my part, but now I am thinking you are in there hanging on for dear life, just like they did. However, like it or not (and we are THRILLED by the way) you ARE coming out by the end of the month. So I thought I'd let you take a peek at some of the things we've been doing to prepare for your arrival!
SHOPPING, SHOPPING, SHOPPING is what I have been doing! Okay, not that much, but I have been stocking up on things we no longer have or needed replaced. Tiny diapers and wipes, baby medicines and new bottles (just in case you prefer different packaging on your meals like your sister did), new pump accessories (again, thanks to Ellie we HAVE the pump available!), cute toys. Nana had a baby shower for you and so many who love you were there! Nana and Grammie, Auntie Karen and Auntie Laura, Aunt Sissy and cousins Delaney and Kelsey, Aunt Carrie, Mandy and Kayle and of course Mommy and Ellie. Grammie made you a BEAUTIFUL quilt (which Mommy will be very careful with) and Daddy sent in a package too- a big box of all my "must haves" when I was carrying all three of you- cheese and cokes from when I carried Andrew, coke and Butterfinger bars from when I carried Ellie and a MILLION Almond Joy Bars from you! At the bottom of the box was a pretty purple flower necklace. It's center was a tiny diamond cluster and it has purple petals- one for each of us. Our family of FIVE.
Though gifts are exciting and fun to open (who doesn't love tiny booties and diapers?!) they pale in comparison to you, sweet thing. It is so incredibly hard knowing we are so close to meeting face to face yet there are three weeks left till that. I promise to continue loving you and caring for you on the inside until you make your arrival and we can touch face to face, hand to hand and begin our life together as an even greater family.
We love you.
Nope, didn't forget you. You are on my mind each moment of every day. However Mommy's blog did some funny things and I wasn't able to come in and write you for a while. But the glitch has been fixed and here I am.
So what's new? Well, besides the point that you can now breathe on to your own (testament to the daily rounds of hiccups I feel in my belly, which I LOVE) you have stopped moving quite so much which tells me that you are a wee but crowded in there. I understand- it's crowded out here too. Mom is big bellied and tired. I can feel you many times wedged up under my ribs. THAT is not a fun thing Baby, so if possible, please keep your little feeties off to one side, ok? Mommy has also been through so new experiences this pregnancy, which makes me wonder about how different and similar you'll be compared to your big brother and sister. For the first time Mommy is experiencing heartburn. OUCH. There are also many late nights in my room due to insomnia and leg cramps and sciatica. This has definitely been a rough 9 months, but I am beyond positive that once I see you and hold you and smell you and LOVE you in my arms I know that if given the option I would do it all over again to have you.
You are due at the end of August. I had hoped you might come a bit earlier to make it easier on me to help Andrew and Ellie transition into school with a little less pain on my part, but now I am thinking you are in there hanging on for dear life, just like they did. However, like it or not (and we are THRILLED by the way) you ARE coming out by the end of the month. So I thought I'd let you take a peek at some of the things we've been doing to prepare for your arrival!
SHOPPING, SHOPPING, SHOPPING is what I have been doing! Okay, not that much, but I have been stocking up on things we no longer have or needed replaced. Tiny diapers and wipes, baby medicines and new bottles (just in case you prefer different packaging on your meals like your sister did), new pump accessories (again, thanks to Ellie we HAVE the pump available!), cute toys. Nana had a baby shower for you and so many who love you were there! Nana and Grammie, Auntie Karen and Auntie Laura, Aunt Sissy and cousins Delaney and Kelsey, Aunt Carrie, Mandy and Kayle and of course Mommy and Ellie. Grammie made you a BEAUTIFUL quilt (which Mommy will be very careful with) and Daddy sent in a package too- a big box of all my "must haves" when I was carrying all three of you- cheese and cokes from when I carried Andrew, coke and Butterfinger bars from when I carried Ellie and a MILLION Almond Joy Bars from you! At the bottom of the box was a pretty purple flower necklace. It's center was a tiny diamond cluster and it has purple petals- one for each of us. Our family of FIVE.
Though gifts are exciting and fun to open (who doesn't love tiny booties and diapers?!) they pale in comparison to you, sweet thing. It is so incredibly hard knowing we are so close to meeting face to face yet there are three weeks left till that. I promise to continue loving you and caring for you on the inside until you make your arrival and we can touch face to face, hand to hand and begin our life together as an even greater family.
We love you.
