Letters To My Little One | 32 Weeks in My Belly

Letters To My Little One | 32 Weeks in My Belly

saturday, february 27, 2016

hello my love!

i cannot believe it, we are suddenly 8 weeks away from meeting you and the final countdown has begun!  it seems so surreal to be 32 weeks pregnant already.  every weekend we prepare a little more as we go on baby shopping sprees and get only the best gadgets and gizmos that will either feed you, rock you, or make you smile.  i am sure you rolled your eyes at us as we spent a whopping 4 hours in the stroller department, testing them all out.  we even had to stop for a lunch break before we finally decided on one.  but if there is one thing you will learn about your daddy and i, it is that we want you to have the best…well, that and we are picky.

it’s kind of like christmas at our house with boxes of new things scattered around, except you are the best part and we have to be patient as you keep growing and growing for your birthday!  and you have grown so much, it is so exciting!  even though you are not even a pound in the picture above at 20 weeks, this week the doctor thinks you are 4 pounds!  and i believe it!  i believe every pound of it.

all 4 pounds of you is making me waddle around and slowly climb stairs.  it’s making me take naps during the day and say, “ouch!” when you kick a rib or my bladder.  all 4 pounds of you likes to roll around like crazy when we lay down at night and we get a good hour of feeling you kick and jab before we fall asleep.  even though we are going to miss our nighttime routine of feeling you kick, we are excited for a new nighttime routine of getting up to cuddle and kiss you to sleep.

but until then we adore feeling and watching you kick my tummy, and we have both come to laugh like crazy when you get the hiccups.  if anyone makes hiccuping look darling, it is you.  and you are now getting them about once a day and sometimes more.

this week we have big plans of interviewing your new pediatrician and meeting at the firehouse to have your carseat installed.  yes, i am sure you remember us picking out the carseat.  the carseat that took us a few months to decide on the fabric for, goodness!  but we nailed it…you’ll love it.  we are starting to pack our bag for the hospital too and your daddy loves me enough to have me pack my camera early so we don’t forget it.  i am sure by now you know the clicking of my camera shutter, a noise that you will recognize as soon as you are born.  we may or may not have an entire photography plan implemented for your arrival.

7 weeks and 6 days until we get to meet you…give or take a few days, depending on when you decide you are ready.  until then, you keep growing and impressing the doctor because we love good appointments and mommy loves getting an A in being pregnant.  there are so many people who are eagerly awaiting you, but take your time and stay as long as you want.  because you have a whole life ahead of you, so we want you to be big and strong so you can tackle your awesome new adventure.  this world is already so lucky to have you.

love, mommy