Dear Little One // 29 weeks

My Sweet Little One,

This has been a week of growing.

I can feel you moving almost constantly, pushing and stretching for more room.

My body is straining to keep up with you

and many days this week I felt very tired and worn,

but so so grateful to feel you so alive and well within

me that it made the tired eyes and achey muscles so very worth it.

We've taken you to many outdoor concerts but the other night

we took you to hear The Oh Hello's at an indoor venue

and my goodness child, you moved as I have never felt you move before!!

You seemed to love it and "danced" almost the whole 2 1/2 hours we were there.

You also seem to like Jazz, for whenever we got to a jazz concert

I feel you moving in the most gentle rhythmic manner.

It took me a couple times to realize that I think you are swaying.

You have good taste (;

I love you.

xoxo,

Mama

Dear Little One // week 28

My Dearest Little One,

The morning is early and everyone is asleep,

but you were eager for us to wake and be up and so we are,

up and baking breakfast cake while watching the sun grow brighter and brighter outside.

I'm writing this letter a bit late,

seeing as how you turn 29 weeks tomorrow :P

but we had quite the full week!

We stayed with the Nyquists again

 (Ethan loved to comment on your growth each morning :))

and you met the Kizzee's!

We wandered the city with them and they thought you were the cutest thing.

You have a lot of people who think quite a lot of you already,

you are one blessed little fella.

Also,

you seem to be quite the jazz fan.

We've gone to several jazz concerts lately and I feel you 

moving in such a gentle rhythmic manner while we're there.

You seem to especially like the trumpet,

which will make your Grandpa very happy (;

You and I are doing so much better this week.

I started drinking loads and loads of water and we finally kicked that stupid cold's butt

(no, you may not say stupid. that's a grown up word. maybe when you're 7)

We've had such fun little adventures this week from playing at millennium park

with the boys to bumpy bus rides (you LOVE the bus) to girls night fun.

I so enjoy always having you with me my little one.

Can't wait to have more adventures with you (:

xoxo,

Mama

A week of summer

from splash pads, to this park and that, to playing 

tourist with the Kizzee's, and celebrating freedom,

it has been such a fun full week.

I love summer in the city.

Dear Little One // 27 weeks

Dear Little One,

I have yearned and longed to be a "Mama" for so very long

and I hoped beyond hope that some of our children

I would get to carry and watch grow in my being.

I have so enjoyed and cherished each moment so far with you

and as we enter our 3rd trimester together

and the days till your coming grow shorter and shorter

I just wanted to make sure and tell you that.

We have celebrated each little mile marker of your time here,

from when you started showing, to the first time I and then Papa could feel you moving,

 to the first time a stranger commented on you,

we have simply loved acknowledging and celebrating you.

People keep asking what your name is and we respond with telling them

we won't really know until we meet you.

Sometimes it strikes me as so odd that you,

 my sweet little one,

who are such a joy to our days,

we haven't even truly met yet.

We cannot wait for that day.

When you decide that it is time to come out

and your Papa holds you for the first time

and we present you to the world.

It will be the very best of days.

Till then we will tentatively count down the days

and long for your coming (:

Happy 3rd Trimester!

xoxo,

Mama

Dear Little One// 26 weeks

Dear Little One,

This has been a rough week for us.

Between being pretty sick and battling dehydration

which brought lots of sleepless nights walking and breathing off braxton hicks,

I feel like you and I are taking quite the proverbial beating this week.

But the moments when I was most concerned for your well being

I would feel you move ever so gently and I would yet again 

thank and praise God that you are healthy and well.

You are such a trooper my sweet boy.

xoxo,

Mama

P.S. Several strangers have commented that you look like a girl,

you ARE a boy right? 

I guess we'll find out soon enough (;

celebrations and weekend things

Farmers markets, super hero crews, an evening with our favorite little boys,

 undergrad classes finished, and a first (kinda....) Father's Day.

Little one and I have the grossest of colds so the celebrations have been little affairs,

but we're just tickled to be celebrating these sweet achievements and milestones.

The little moments of acknowledging gratitude for where God has us

and what He has brought us here to do are so sweet to us.

We are so so blessed.

So until further notice we'll be in bed with the sniffles 

doing this

and watching Little One karate chop his way across my belly.

It really is the weirdest/coolest thing!

Now if only he would perform when the camera is out.....

Guess what?!?

This guy just finished his LAST undergrad class!!

Just 2 more semesters and this dude will graduate

with a Masters!

AND be a Papa.

The model of achievement this one is (;

And now let the summer season begin!