One month old

Dear Little One,

It is hard to believe that you are already one month old. You are changing so fast and this week you are almost the size of a pencil eraser! You little hands and feet have started to sprout and by the end of this week there will be paddles for your hands and feet.

Last Friday, you Dad left work at lunchtime so that we could call your Grammy Jean and Pop Pop to tell them that you are here with us. It was funny as I had hoped to tell them when they opened a package with bibs, but when Grammy Jean opened the package, we realized that it was a calendar and a Christmas Angel that I had sent to them before the New Year. So I just decided to go ahead and tell them anyway by saying that there was another package in the mail that had two bibs in it. Grammy Jean, said "Oh, two bibs" and then I said, "We're having a baby!" Grammy Jean said, "Are you serious?" Pop Pop and Grammy Jean were so excited to hear our wonderful news about you little one.

Then, you Dad and I piled into the car to go up and surprise your Nana and Poppy Power. We gave Nana her birthday present with a bib inside and she couldn't stop jumping up and down when she opened it. She and Poppy were so excited for us and happy that you will be here this year.

This week, I have spent most of my time at home resting and working on an assignment that I have to do. Today, I am going to clean up the house as our friend's Ricardo and Kate are coming over tomorrow for their last Calm Birth Class and we are going to eat together and play games in the afternoon.

I feel good except that I am noticing I feel increasingly tired and I want to sleep more. Thankfully, I don't feel sick, but just a bit queasy in the morning if I wait too long to eat my breakfast.

Your Dad and I are planning on going on a permaculture study in February for two weeks and then Dad plans on taking at least four week off when you are born, but we are focusing on trying to make that six as I understand that I will need the support and I would like that time together as a family.

I have so much fun ready about you and finding out how you are developing inside. It is so amazing how quickly you are growing and putting into place all the parts of yourself you will need to feel healthy and strong. Dad and I are so excited that you are here with us. We talk to you every day. When I walk around, I think of you in my belly as though you were like a little Kangaroo.

Much love to you my little one,
Momma