Today is two days from your due date. I thought this time would never come. When your daddy and I found out about you not long after Thanksgiving last year, it felt like it would be forever until we greeted you into our world and our family. I felt like I had so much time, yet so much to do to be prepared for you in every way. We've been very busy getting ready to meet you and making sure your life here with your sister, daddy and me is happy and comfortable.
It's been a crazy nine months. In just a short time, we celebrated your big sister's first Christmas, rang in a new year, celebrated your big sister's very first birthday, sold our townhouse we've lived in since before Daddy and I were married, lived in a small apartment for a month and bought and moved into a big house to fit all of us as our family grows. Phew! It's been busy and it's been exciting. Above all, it's been a lot of work for Daddy. He's been such a trooper taking care of all of these things for our family while still working hard at work so we can have all the things we need. I was working, too, up until about two weeks ago when I finally went on maternity leave with you. You've decided that you want to make me very swollen and you are sitting on my left side very low making it very painful for me to walk and get around much. I know it will be worth it when you're here, but you have made these last couple of weeks a challenge!
I've gained about 32 lbs with you. I gained about 38 with your sister, but I didn't lose the last five pounds of baby weight I still had from her when we got pregnant with you. You've really liked it when I've eaten fruit, ice cream and cheeseburgers. We try very hard to eat healthy and stay active most of the time, but I've indulged here and there and I think it's made you a very healthy baby as you grow in my belly. At just 34 weeks, my doctor told me that you were already almost six pounds, so there's just no telling how big you're going to be when you arrive. I've felt generally pretty good so far until the end and the beginning of my pregnancy was a bit rough, too. When you were just very small and beginning to grow inside me, you made me feel much sicker than your big sister did. They say it can get worse each time you get pregnant and also that girl babies will make you feel more nauseated than boys, but who knows? Luckily, months three through nine were pretty great!
Your room in our new house is still coming together. I've ordered some beautiful grey, blue, yellow and white bedding for you and your crib is a beautiful cherry wood piece we bought from one of Mama's friends. I'm hoping to get your room decorated completely by the time you're six months old. I look forward to making sure that you and your big sister have sweet little spaces all your own in our new house. You have plenty of precious little clothes to wear when you arrive, too. Mama's friend Alee has given you so many sweet outfits and I have so many things left over from when your sister was little that we are all set to make you a cute little fashion plate.
Well, it remains to be seen which day will be your birthday. You are due on August 10, 2012 which is two days from now on Friday, but there's no telling what kinds of plans you have. I'm hoping to let you choose your own birthday, as we were induced with your big sister five days after she was scheduled to arrive. If my pain persists, we will have to talk about planning your arrival instead of letting you decide and that will make Mama a little sad, but at least everyone will be in better shape to take care of you when you're here. I really hope you hurry up! I can't wait to see your beautiful face. I wonder how much you'll look like or different from your sister. Will you have blue eyes or brown? Will you be a big baby or petite like your sister? Will you be expressive and fussy or sweet and mellow? Either way, you are one thing for sure. You are ours and you are already loved. Happy journey, Libby Rose. We're waiting....
Love always,
Mama
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