Letters To My Little One | 20 Weeks In My Belly

Letters To My Little One | 20 Weeks In My Belly

monday, december 7th, 2015

sweet bambino to be,

we saw you again this morning during our 20 week ultrasound and you are…perfect.  perfectly perfect.  by the way you were kicking and waving, i know you were saying hello.  we fell in love with those sweet little fingers you were waving at us, and you darn near melted my heart.  to say it best, you are already the best thing that has ever happened to us and you haven’t even arrived yet.    weeks before we found out you were on your way, i knew you were there.  i just knew it.  i starting talking to you then and praying to some very special angels of mine that you would indeed be real.  and you were!

i think being your mommy was what i was made to do and i am so very excited for our adventures as a family of three to begin.  i feel like we know every little detail about you, from those perfect ten toes we saw this morning to the cutest little nose on your sweet face.  and soon you will know everything about us.  but until then, here’s a little something about your parents.

about me.  i am passionate about life and about our little family.  i like to think i’ve got it all together and that’s how i like it.   i am a planner.  i am fiercely organized.  i am most comfortable when everything is in it’s place.  but don’t worry, i can handle a tiny mess.  i can’t wait to have your little fingerprints lingering on the cabinet doors and to see little crumbs all over the floor because i know the most perfect thing made them.  now that you can hear us from in there you probably know that i love to be cuddled close, hot cups of {decaf} coffee dates are my favorite with your daddy, and that i can never hit that one note in that one eric church song when it plays on the radio…sorry about that.  the most important thing to know about me is that i am so in love with you already.  i love feeling your little kicks and bumps and when you fall asleep, i miss you already.

about your daddy.  what a hunk.  we are really lucky to have him, he is the best.  you are going to adore him, just like i do.  he is wonderfully patient and so very loyal and protective of our family.  he wants you to have the best of the best…you should have seen him comparing what stroller to get you.  and he will be able to teach you just about anything and answer any question you could ever have.  he is the calm in our family, the one you will want to run to if something is ever wrong.  he is a fixer and makes everything better, even if it’s simply with a hug.  to be so very honest, the best part about knowing you are coming is knowing that he is going to be your daddy.  he is going to be perfect at it.

about us.  by the time you arrive, we will have been married for 8 blissful years, but together for so many more.  God made us for one another.  when my first instinct is to panic (and i do panic), his first instinct is to hug and be calm.  and when he walks in from a long day, i already have a glass of wine waiting for him.  we are just that couple that gets one another and it’s really always been that way.  it’s just easy to be happy together, and it’s torture being apart.  from the first day we were married, your daddy has kissed me every single morning before i wake up and again it’s the first thing he does when he walks through the door after work.  you will be born into such a beautiful life, if only because your parents love one another so incredibly much.

about those puppies!  you have two puppy brothers who just adore you already.  from the moment you were you, they have loved cuddling my tummy.  i don’t think i lay down for more than a few moments before they curl up next to me and take turns listening to your sweet heart and feel your little kicks.

i can feel you kicking as i type, politely reminding me that it is lunchtime.  there is so much more that i want you to know, but there will be time for all of that.  and very soon i can tell you everything while i am cuddling you in my arms.  19 weeks and 4 more days to go until the best adventure yet begins.  and i think your daddy and i will both cry if you go even a minute over your due date because we are just so ready to begin this life with you.  but stay as long as you need, we will always be here waiting.

love, mommy