It has been seven years since I last wrote a "Dear Baby" letter, but I think I still have the basics down. Tomorrow you will have been growing for 35 weeks, and you are certainly growing out of room in there! Your heart rate at the last doctor's appointment was 149, and you are now not really kicking so much as doing death rolls like an alligator. BOOM BOOM BOOM.
With this pregnancy I have a new love of baked goods, a decreased desire to shop (Which is NOT normal at all!) and an incredibly boosted desire to do crafty things like sewing and crocheting.
You seem to be most active at night when I'm trying to fall asleep ( between 8:30 and 11pm ) and first thing in the morning, because let's face it, your big sister Madeline has to get up at 7:00 am and no one likes that at all.
I'm getting nervous about going in for surgery again, even though I know how it all goes. I suppose no one is ever ready for surgery, you just have to suck it all up and get it over with. The blessing of this surgery is going to be you. :)
I am really looking forward to having a baby in the house again. I am mentally prepared for all that is involved this time, in diapers and feedings and naps and play time and days where you will most likely just be grumpy because you can be. I'm not too sure how I will be doing physically for the first month though. It took a while for my c-section scar from Madeline's birth to stop hurting, even though it had healed up on the outside it was still a little tender on the inside.
Madeline is super excited to have a sister soon, though I know she has no idea what is in store for her. We have given her two shelves in her room and she has closets to put all of her breakable things in so that you don't break them by accident, and she is really excited about her new room in the basement. If anything, remember that the first thing your big sister did for you was a selfless act of kindness. She gave up her room upstairs so that her new baby sibling could be closer to mommy and daddy. She says she can not wait to teach you to crawl, walk, talk and read. She asked for a sibling. She wanted you pretty badly. :) We're just all so grateful that we could have you.
Daddy is really excited too, although he's been working so hard lately to get all his work trips out of the way, so he can spend more time with you once you're here, that he has been exhausted. He painted your room green with Uncle Jeremy's help though, and it looks great!
Grandma and Grandpa McKnight will be here the day before you are born to help with the house and with your sister getting home from school. You and I are going to go in to the hospital with Daddy on the 18th of April 2011, and you will be born via c-section at 1pm or so. Then we will spend 3 or 4 days in a hospital room snuggling and spending time together with family and friends who come to visit and see you!
Baby, we have waited a long time for you, and we are so glad that we get to meet you in a month. Don't hurry. We're going to evict you 5 days early anyway! Might as well stay cozy in there with no rent. :)
Love you!
Mommy
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