Adventure #6...Dear Baby

Soooo...did you miss me?? Anyone...anyone...anyone at all????  Whelp, oh well!

Well, anyone who does read this already knows...but in case i need to make an "official" announcement.  Hunter and I were blessed with a beautiful little boy on February 8, 2012 at 5:49 p.m.  His name is Hunter Wayne Young Jr. and he weighed 8 lbs 13 oz and was 22 inches long.  (more to come on that later:) )

Sooo...I'm officially back to work as of yesterday. Talk about a major bummer...but that will have to wait for another "adventure" post.

Now that i am back to work, i came across i file that i was working on while i was still pregnant.  It was a letter that i was writing to my Baby.  Each day i would come into the office and read it, edit it, add to it...and apparently...its finally time to post it.  Looks like i started writing it around 25 weeks and didn't finish it until 41 weeks.  I felt like i always had emotions/thoughts to add to it...and now, i guess I'm supposed to post it and document it.  Better late than never...

Dear Baby,

I am writing this letter to you as I am about 25 weeks pregnant.  Looking back, it seems as though time is flying, although time does not seem to go fast enough, because I am ever so anxious for your arrival.  Preparations have begun, and Daddy and I are trying to get the house ready for your arrival.  Although I want you here now, Daddy needs a little more time, he has many projects he wants to have done by the time you are born, lucky for him he gets approximately 15 more weeksJ

Throughout this pregnancy I have felt great; I hope this is an indication on how great of a baby you will be.  The last few weeks the FUN has really begun as I can feel you “movin’ and a shakin’” throughout the day.  Every time I feel a little kick or turn I smile from ear to ear wondering what you are doing inside my belly!  Makes pregnancy feel a little bit more real…and makes me happy to know that you are growing bigger and stronger with each kick.J

Baby, I want you to know how excited I am.  I am excited to be your momma. I am excited for our future and our many many memories we will make,  I am excited to see you grow into a mature adult…although I already feel as though you will always just be a baby, our baby.  I am in denial that you will actually ever grow up into a little person.  Daddy and I were wondering  the other night how we were ever going to have to let you grow up and go to college.  I thank my lucky starts that time is a FAR ways awayJ because we have many things we want to do with you, want to teach you, and want to see you achieve.

You are our next great adventure.  I couldn’t be more excited…this unpredictable adventure of goods, bads, happys, sads, and times of excitement and nervousness.  Daddy and I LOVE adventures, and we are most definitely excited to have another “partner in crime” to participate in our adventures with us.  We promise to show you the world and to live an adventurous life with you…it’s the only way to live…the “Young-way”.J

People you need to know when you come into this world…

Daddy: Your Daddy is an amazing man, sounds so cliché, but each and every day he does something to amaze me and make me love him more, and I believe that seeing him as a father to you and any other potential siblings will continue to make that love beam.  I know he is going to love you to pieces; he will talk to you in this silly little voice because he will adore you so very much and that’s his voice when he loves someone so very much (i.e. the way he talks to LexiJ).  He is the leader of many of our adventures, so hold on tight Baby, he’s got a lot of tricks up his sleeve.  Also, if you ever need anything, he is the man to ask.  He is very creative, and thankfully VERY handy and will be able to make/build/find you anything you ask of him…he’s very accommodating that way. J

Lexi:  Lexi was our first “baby” before you came along.  I am pretty sure you and Lexi are going to be the best of friends…she is a part of this family.  Daddy and I say to each other, daily, “what would our life be like without Lexi” because she makes us smile and giggle on a daily basis, but I think once you come into this world, we are going to wonder what our life was like before you….probably very boring and full of sleep.J  Lexi will most likely SLOBBER you with kisses, so get used to it.  I don’t worry about Lexi getting jealous of the time we spend with you, because she will be right there with us.  I know that we are going to be so grateful and so blessed and our lives will be so filled with love and happiness within our family.  I know, the moment you enter the world…we will start to wonder… “what was our life like before Baby?” because you will fill a space in our hearts that we never could have imagined and you will fill our lives and our home with more giggles and more smiles and MORE love...our home will be filled to the brim.

Mommy:  I don’t know what kind of Mommy I will be…I know I will SMOTHER you with love…be preparedJ  I already CRAVE being able to kiss that beautiful face of yours, to snuggle that little body of yours…all of it is just a figment of my imagination right now.  I want you to know you can always count on your Momma.  I want to be your friend but I want to be your mom…which I know I might struggle with the fine line that differentiates them both…because you need BOTH.  So don’t get mad when I am more of a mom than a friend….because I will only do that because I love you, and that’s my job.  It’ll be a learning experience for me….so thanks for being my guinea pig…the joys of being the oldest childJ  I can’t put into words everything I want to say…but the most important thing to always remember and to NEVER forget is…… Baby, We love you.

Some posts to look forward to:

• Labor Delivery
• Baby Hunter
• Working Momma
  
  And for a little tease...I'll include some fabulous pictures of my little man! :)