Today your Dad is flying to Perth and then on to Thailand for a work conference and I am sitting her listening to a beautiful CD that your Uncle Pablo made for us. It is magic and as I listen to it, I can feel you moving inside me. I am just so overcome with such a beautiful gift as it is filled with so much love and emotion, I find myself crying with many of the songs. They are so touching and knowing that my dear friend Pablo choose them for us and that these are some of his favorite songs...I can not think of a better gift to give a child and a mother as you can share this gift of sound before you are born. It will help you to feel the beauty, power and emotion of the world that you are going to enter in such a short time and introduces you to my special people. I am so blessed to have such dear friends who are like an extended family network around the world...like a magical net that I have cast throughout my lifetime and one that will catch me if I ever need love and support. Good friends are essential to a rich life as it is so nice to share the riches of your life with the people who you love and who you know will be there for you to love you if ever you need a hand or a hug. Listening to these songs has really made me miss these dear people who you will meet one day when we travel to the U.S.A.
I feel very fortunate that I have arrived to a place in my life where I feel I know where I stand in what I believe in for myself and yet, I still try to be open to new ideas, but some things I learned as a child, I have come to realize are not true for me anymore. And you will do the same as you grow up and find the way that you wish to walk through this world...you will find what fits in with the way you want to live your life and you will discard what you do not need...As it happened last weekend, I had to make it clear to your Nana Power that I do not have the same belief system as she does and that your dad and I do not plan on baptizing you into a religion. I don't believe that we are born with original sin as the God that exists in my heart does not judge us, but gives us freedom to love and to learn and to make mistakes...this special force can not be contained by a religion or defined by man....it is beyond our understanding and yet, as human beings, who want to be comforted by the "known" and something "tangible and concrete," we try to define it with words, ceremonies, religions that fall so very short and distort the beauty and magic of that unifying force within each and every one of us and in everything...so no, I don't think that your Nanna Power and I will ever see eye to eye, but that is her journey and the way that she has found is best for her to live her life. Your Dad was so lovely in the way he helped me to understand that I just need to remember to say, "Shield's UP!" when I come across someone else's opinion as this is the first of many times that someone is going to have an opinion of how we should raise you. And I just need to learn that they are entitled to their opinion as much as I am entitled to mine, but I in no way need to feel pressure from them as we are responsible for raising you in the way that we think is best and to give you the freedom to spread your little wings and take the direction that is best for you when it is time for you to leave our nest...knowing that we are always here for you and that no matter how far you fly....our love for you will always travel with you. No religion can capture that love and define the infinite, at least that is what I have come to realize, but if one day, you feel you can relate to one of the religions of the world and want to be apart of that religion that is your journey and each of us needs to find the path that is best for us. We love you very much little one and that is what matters more than anything else in the world.
Well, my little butterfly inside....time for us to take a nap...Love, Momma
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
23 weeks and 6 days...
Dear Sweet Pea (name given to you by your Pop Pop Stud),
I just had to share with you some of the things that your Dad says to you as they are so funny. This evening when he came home from work, he started talking to you pretending that you were geared up to celebrate your birthday one day early and so he was saying how he saw you in there with your party hat on and party popper as well, a cake, but that you could not hide them from him as he could see you try to sneak them behind your back and that you would have to wait until we celebrate your birthday tomorrow morning as we always do with a "Happy Birthday" song. I was laughing and laughing as I could just imagine this little baby hiding his party stuff.
Then, later I walked into the room giving my belly a vigorous rub with both hands and Dad looked up and said, "Don't do that you will give his hair static," and I started laughing again imagining your little head with your hair standing up on end....how sweet.
Today, I was playing with you and I was so surprised to find that you would kick my two fingers as I pressed them into my belly and no matter where I moved them, you hit them. You were definitely following my fingers around and playing with me back. I told your Dad about it and he did the same thing and had the same experience. It is really something that you are so aware of your surroundings and really can't see yet as your eyes are not open, but you have a sense of where we are when we press on my belly. You are such a wise little soul.
This week, I have been so happy as I rang the painters on Tuesday and they came and painted the two front bedrooms in our house. I really did not like the original colors which were a baby blue in the office and a purple in the spare bedroom, where we are going to keep your things. So the colors I chose where a terracotta red for the the office and a rich, golden yellow for your room. They look so nice and have changed the whole feel of the front part of the house and made it feel more like our own home instead of a rented house. I am so glad that we were able to paint.
Well, I am off to bed. My friend Cassandra is coming over tomorrow and we are going to go out in the morning together to the craft store where I am going to look for a book that I can make a baby book for you. It would be so much fun to create something for you.
It is hard to believe that you are now going to be 24 weeks tomorrow. I feel so well and happy. My tummy is definitely sticking out and you are growing so well. It looks so cute and I often say to you, "You are making Mummy's belly look so cute!" Besides the belly, the rest of my body seems to be holding its shape, which is a bit of a relief. I think I was concerned that I would gain a lot of excess weight, but I look and feel GREAT! I bought my first maternity top and pants as I am starting to grow out of my normal clothes.
Much love to you little one. Daddy and I love you very much.
Momma
I just had to share with you some of the things that your Dad says to you as they are so funny. This evening when he came home from work, he started talking to you pretending that you were geared up to celebrate your birthday one day early and so he was saying how he saw you in there with your party hat on and party popper as well, a cake, but that you could not hide them from him as he could see you try to sneak them behind your back and that you would have to wait until we celebrate your birthday tomorrow morning as we always do with a "Happy Birthday" song. I was laughing and laughing as I could just imagine this little baby hiding his party stuff.
Then, later I walked into the room giving my belly a vigorous rub with both hands and Dad looked up and said, "Don't do that you will give his hair static," and I started laughing again imagining your little head with your hair standing up on end....how sweet.
Today, I was playing with you and I was so surprised to find that you would kick my two fingers as I pressed them into my belly and no matter where I moved them, you hit them. You were definitely following my fingers around and playing with me back. I told your Dad about it and he did the same thing and had the same experience. It is really something that you are so aware of your surroundings and really can't see yet as your eyes are not open, but you have a sense of where we are when we press on my belly. You are such a wise little soul.
This week, I have been so happy as I rang the painters on Tuesday and they came and painted the two front bedrooms in our house. I really did not like the original colors which were a baby blue in the office and a purple in the spare bedroom, where we are going to keep your things. So the colors I chose where a terracotta red for the the office and a rich, golden yellow for your room. They look so nice and have changed the whole feel of the front part of the house and made it feel more like our own home instead of a rented house. I am so glad that we were able to paint.
Well, I am off to bed. My friend Cassandra is coming over tomorrow and we are going to go out in the morning together to the craft store where I am going to look for a book that I can make a baby book for you. It would be so much fun to create something for you.
It is hard to believe that you are now going to be 24 weeks tomorrow. I feel so well and happy. My tummy is definitely sticking out and you are growing so well. It looks so cute and I often say to you, "You are making Mummy's belly look so cute!" Besides the belly, the rest of my body seems to be holding its shape, which is a bit of a relief. I think I was concerned that I would gain a lot of excess weight, but I look and feel GREAT! I bought my first maternity top and pants as I am starting to grow out of my normal clothes.
Much love to you little one. Daddy and I love you very much.
Momma
Friday, May 11, 2007
23 weeks - May 11, 2007
This week, your Dad went to Melbourne for a day for a work related event and afterwards he got to spend some time with Uncle Mike, who gave us a beautiful Walt Disney Story book for my birthday. Dad read you the story of the "Turtle and the Hair" when he came home with the book. We read to you every night after dinner a story or two and lately we have been reading the stories of Winnie the Pooh and each of us reads a page from the story.
The weather has been a bit cooler these days and so I have not gone to the beach for a swim. I hope that next week's weather will be a bit warmer and not as rainy and cloudy as I really like going to Cronulla's ocean pools and doing a few laps with my kick board.
While I am pregnant, I would like to read beautiful books and a friend of mine loaned me "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom. We finished the book last week and it was such a beautiful true story of how to fully appreciate life. I was really touched and realized that my Aunt Veronica was in fact my Morrie as is my dear friend Xavier Vargas Vanoni. There is a beautiful story in this book about a wave that I would like to type here as it is something that I would like for you and I to remember as we live our lives.
Excerpt taken from "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom, p. 179
"I heard a nice story the other day", Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.
"Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air--until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.
"'My God, this is terrible,' the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me!'
"Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?'
"The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'"
I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again.
"Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean." I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out.
One day this week, when your dad came home from work, he said to me, "It looks like Mommy has swallowed the moon." My belly is getting a big more rounder and distended as you grow up, up, up and right this moment, I can feel you moving around inside me. It is so nice to feel you swimming around in there and I really look forward to each new stage of this pregnancy.
On Wednesday, we went to a sign language workshop for parents so that I can learn to communicate with my hands and voice. It seems that you will have a greater chance of communicating with me with your hands at first and so Dad and I are going to use sign language with you so that you can tell us what you need and want and therefore, may not get as frustrated when you can not verbalize your needs. It was a lot of fun and I gained confidence in my ability to sign with you.
I also try and go to the float center at least every other week and have a float with you to relax. It is such a nice way for me to spend time with you and with myself in the quite darkness of the floating tank.
It seems that we have finally come up with two names that we like for a boy and a girl. If you are a girl, we will call you, "Maia," which means "Goddess of the Spring." And if you are a boy, we will call you, "Kiran," which is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin meaning, "Beam of Light." Your dad and I really liked the name "Kieran" but in Gaelic it means "Black," and I didn't want your name to mean "Black" as you are a little light in our life. So how sweet that by changing the spelling, your name will actually mean, "Beam of Light."
I still am not sure if you are a boy or a girl and if I was going to have an ultrasound, which I am not, I would probably find out your sex, whereas your dad does not want to know. In one way, it will be the best surprise of my life, on the other hand, I would like to just be able to call you by your name or know which sex I am relating to. Sometimes, I get excited that you are a girl and then I think, immediately, gee, I would also be happy if you were a boy. So there is this constant back and forth that goes on, when I am relating to you trying to encompass both genders. Laugh. I really don't know if you are a boy or a girl. Most of our friends and family think you are a girl. Uncle Mike, can't quite figure it out, and he is usually pretty good at figuring out the sex of the baby. As a joke he invented the "Sex-O-Meter" and each week, he gives us his reading, last week was a girl, this week is a boy...sometimes I think that it would be a nice surprise for the family if you were a girl as Nanna Power had two boys and it would be great to get some more girl energy in the family. Then, on the other hand, you Dad is such a kind-hearted and loving man, it would be lovely to see him raise a son.
Well, tomorrow, we are going to Nanna's to celebrate Mother's Day with her and so I need to start getting the house in order and lunch prepared as I want to pack a lunch for Nanna to enjoy on her special weekend.
Keep growing my little one. You are doing so many important tasks this week and we want you to grow healthy and strong.
Love,
Momma
The weather has been a bit cooler these days and so I have not gone to the beach for a swim. I hope that next week's weather will be a bit warmer and not as rainy and cloudy as I really like going to Cronulla's ocean pools and doing a few laps with my kick board.
While I am pregnant, I would like to read beautiful books and a friend of mine loaned me "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom. We finished the book last week and it was such a beautiful true story of how to fully appreciate life. I was really touched and realized that my Aunt Veronica was in fact my Morrie as is my dear friend Xavier Vargas Vanoni. There is a beautiful story in this book about a wave that I would like to type here as it is something that I would like for you and I to remember as we live our lives.
Excerpt taken from "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom, p. 179
"I heard a nice story the other day", Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.
"Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air--until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.
"'My God, this is terrible,' the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me!'
"Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?'
"The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'
"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.'"
I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again.
"Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean." I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out.
One day this week, when your dad came home from work, he said to me, "It looks like Mommy has swallowed the moon." My belly is getting a big more rounder and distended as you grow up, up, up and right this moment, I can feel you moving around inside me. It is so nice to feel you swimming around in there and I really look forward to each new stage of this pregnancy.
On Wednesday, we went to a sign language workshop for parents so that I can learn to communicate with my hands and voice. It seems that you will have a greater chance of communicating with me with your hands at first and so Dad and I are going to use sign language with you so that you can tell us what you need and want and therefore, may not get as frustrated when you can not verbalize your needs. It was a lot of fun and I gained confidence in my ability to sign with you.
I also try and go to the float center at least every other week and have a float with you to relax. It is such a nice way for me to spend time with you and with myself in the quite darkness of the floating tank.
It seems that we have finally come up with two names that we like for a boy and a girl. If you are a girl, we will call you, "Maia," which means "Goddess of the Spring." And if you are a boy, we will call you, "Kiran," which is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin meaning, "Beam of Light." Your dad and I really liked the name "Kieran" but in Gaelic it means "Black," and I didn't want your name to mean "Black" as you are a little light in our life. So how sweet that by changing the spelling, your name will actually mean, "Beam of Light."
I still am not sure if you are a boy or a girl and if I was going to have an ultrasound, which I am not, I would probably find out your sex, whereas your dad does not want to know. In one way, it will be the best surprise of my life, on the other hand, I would like to just be able to call you by your name or know which sex I am relating to. Sometimes, I get excited that you are a girl and then I think, immediately, gee, I would also be happy if you were a boy. So there is this constant back and forth that goes on, when I am relating to you trying to encompass both genders. Laugh. I really don't know if you are a boy or a girl. Most of our friends and family think you are a girl. Uncle Mike, can't quite figure it out, and he is usually pretty good at figuring out the sex of the baby. As a joke he invented the "Sex-O-Meter" and each week, he gives us his reading, last week was a girl, this week is a boy...sometimes I think that it would be a nice surprise for the family if you were a girl as Nanna Power had two boys and it would be great to get some more girl energy in the family. Then, on the other hand, you Dad is such a kind-hearted and loving man, it would be lovely to see him raise a son.
Well, tomorrow, we are going to Nanna's to celebrate Mother's Day with her and so I need to start getting the house in order and lunch prepared as I want to pack a lunch for Nanna to enjoy on her special weekend.
Keep growing my little one. You are doing so many important tasks this week and we want you to grow healthy and strong.
Love,
Momma
Friday, May 4, 2007
22 Weeks
Little One, This is such an exciting time as I have been feeling you move for the past month and when your Dad returned from Tasmania, the day afterwards (Week 20), you gave him quite a few little kicks and you continue to do so. It is a strange sensation to feel you moving around inside me and I am feeling more and more excited that you can now feel, hear and see dark and light. I often wonder what you are doing in there and wish I could have a glimpse of just how you are moving as sometimes you hit me so hard it startles me and you are only just a little sprout about 10 inches long and just over a pound or 500 grams.
Pregnancy seems to be a time when mother's get to work through anything from their own experience that is still hanging about and needs resolved on an emotional level. It is good to release it and as I do, I explain to you what I am feeling so that we can learn together.
I talk to you all the time and I explain how I am feeling and explain things to you as though you understand me as I really believe that on some level you do understand and as I learn something, you learn with me. I never want you to get confused with my emotions and so I clarify things for you. Like I couldn't figure out why I was nervous about having a little girl and then I realized that I was projecting my experience as a baby onto you and was irrationally worried that you would suffer as I suffered as a baby. My mother and dad loved me very much, but they were going through a really difficult time as a couple and my mother was suffering greatly. She was really sad and hurt. So after I was born, I could sense my mum's sadness and upset, which lasted for nearly a year or more of my life and I still feel that sadness surface as there is a part of me that remembers. She loved me and really took good care of me, but she was not in a happy, peaceful state of mind. I don't know when it all happened as it could have been six months after I was born, but it was definitely in my first year of life that they had marital problems.
Now understanding what I do about babies and their development, it seems that the first two years of life lay down the emotional groundwork for a child and if there is any upset, it can have long lasting consequences. I often wonder if my Dad had been more at peace and had a loving and respectful relationship with my mother how I would be different and more peaceful inside.
I feel so very lucky that you are coming into a loving, respectful and kind relationship. Your dad and I love each other very much and we have a very solid relationship that is ready to accept you into our lives and give you the attention and love that you need to thrive and feel emotionally secure. In many ways, you are going to get the experience that all little people deserve to develop to their highest potential as a person. (This is not to say that your Dad or I are perfect, but we are aware and will do our very best to give you the love that you need to thrive in your life.) Plus, if everything goes to plan, we hope to have you here at home in our bedroom with Betty and my dear friend Cass, as a birth support. It will be so nice to not have to go to hospital, unless, of course, it is medically necessary. I really feel comforted by the fact that we are treating birth as a natural life event.
According to a book that I am reading, "Pre-Natal Parenting," you are already experiencing all that love right now and you are developing a security about yourself and your environment. Little one, know that you are loved deeply. We are so anxious to hold you and to kiss your sweet head and just marvel at the wonder that you are....
In terms of physical changes, I have to say that I started noticing my pants were getting tighter around week 18 and so I could not longer wear my jeans. Now I am down to the last few pairs of my regular pants that seem to fit, but will not in another month as your house continues to stretch upwards. Our midwife, Betty, came by on Tuesday night and said that my uterus is now just above my belly button and growing up well. She also was able to find your heartbeat and for the first time got a reading right on top of your little heart. It sounded like a little frog in there. Your heartbeat seems to average around 150 BPM.
This past week, I noticed that I feel an increase of pressure on my bladder and have an urgency to go to the toilet. On the other end, I tend to be constipated and find that I can't eat big meals anymore. Sometimes after I eat, I have a hard knot that I feel tighten just below my sternum or a band of tightness and discomfort that stretches across my abdomen, just below my rib cage. My hips ache and I can see a few spider veins appearing here and there. Really, though on average, I feel quite well and these symptoms are just a natural part of the body changing.
I just wanted to note these changes so that if you are a girl and ever have children, you can see if you have anything similar changing in your body when you carry your little one.
This week, your Dad and I went to a talk called, "Parenting for a Peaceful World." It really gave me a lot of confidence to think that many of the techniques that the speaker highlighted are skills that I had to learn in my role as a counselor. I don't know what it will be like to raise you as a toddler, but according to the speaker, attachment parenting helps establish the emotional stability that the toddler will need to freely express him or herself. Then, you have to start helping your child develop healthy boundaries and those are best established if you can create an emotional connection with that child. So instead of just making rules, you try and help the child connect emotionally with you and why you are setting the rules, so eventually instead of just blindly following along with a list of dos and don'ts, the child can connect with the parent's emotional reason for setting the rules. It all sounds good in theory. I just hope that I have the patience to let you go through what you need to emotionally and help to give you clear boundaries. I will do my very best.
I have also been doing regular excercise this week and I have been doing a bit of meditation in the morning as well as yoga. Then, I took us on a trip to Cronulla where we went twice for a swim this week in the rock pools. It was such a nice feeling and your dad noticed how relaxed I looked afterwards. It is so nice to go with you to the water and enjoy the sun shine. Now that you can see light and dark and feel, it must be pretty special for you to go with my on my swim, hear the ocean and water around me as well as see the sun on my belly as we sit and eat our lunch together on the grass, while looking at the beautiful sea. I didn't think I was that big on the ocean, but there is something really beautiful about the water here in Australia.
I am looking forward to sharing you with my Mum when she comes to visit us in October. Your Grammy Jean is a very special lady who is so kind and loving and I know you will really appreciate the time that we have with her together.
Another nice thing that your Dad and I do with you is that we snug every morning and send you lots of love and when Dad gets home from work we each read you a book and we have started reading the book, "How do I love YOU" every night before we go to bed. They say that little people remember stories and are comforted to hear them again outside of the womb, so it will be nice to make this a special ritual and we will always read that book to you each night and remind you of the special time that you were in my belly and very much loved by Dad and I.
Well, little one, this has been a really long entry, but so much has been going on that I wanted to let you know how I have been feeling and what we have been doing together.
I want to write to you on a weekly basis from now until you are born, so until next week. More adventures for us as you continue to grow healthy and strong.
Love,
Momma
Pregnancy seems to be a time when mother's get to work through anything from their own experience that is still hanging about and needs resolved on an emotional level. It is good to release it and as I do, I explain to you what I am feeling so that we can learn together.
I talk to you all the time and I explain how I am feeling and explain things to you as though you understand me as I really believe that on some level you do understand and as I learn something, you learn with me. I never want you to get confused with my emotions and so I clarify things for you. Like I couldn't figure out why I was nervous about having a little girl and then I realized that I was projecting my experience as a baby onto you and was irrationally worried that you would suffer as I suffered as a baby. My mother and dad loved me very much, but they were going through a really difficult time as a couple and my mother was suffering greatly. She was really sad and hurt. So after I was born, I could sense my mum's sadness and upset, which lasted for nearly a year or more of my life and I still feel that sadness surface as there is a part of me that remembers. She loved me and really took good care of me, but she was not in a happy, peaceful state of mind. I don't know when it all happened as it could have been six months after I was born, but it was definitely in my first year of life that they had marital problems.
Now understanding what I do about babies and their development, it seems that the first two years of life lay down the emotional groundwork for a child and if there is any upset, it can have long lasting consequences. I often wonder if my Dad had been more at peace and had a loving and respectful relationship with my mother how I would be different and more peaceful inside.
I feel so very lucky that you are coming into a loving, respectful and kind relationship. Your dad and I love each other very much and we have a very solid relationship that is ready to accept you into our lives and give you the attention and love that you need to thrive and feel emotionally secure. In many ways, you are going to get the experience that all little people deserve to develop to their highest potential as a person. (This is not to say that your Dad or I are perfect, but we are aware and will do our very best to give you the love that you need to thrive in your life.) Plus, if everything goes to plan, we hope to have you here at home in our bedroom with Betty and my dear friend Cass, as a birth support. It will be so nice to not have to go to hospital, unless, of course, it is medically necessary. I really feel comforted by the fact that we are treating birth as a natural life event.
According to a book that I am reading, "Pre-Natal Parenting," you are already experiencing all that love right now and you are developing a security about yourself and your environment. Little one, know that you are loved deeply. We are so anxious to hold you and to kiss your sweet head and just marvel at the wonder that you are....
In terms of physical changes, I have to say that I started noticing my pants were getting tighter around week 18 and so I could not longer wear my jeans. Now I am down to the last few pairs of my regular pants that seem to fit, but will not in another month as your house continues to stretch upwards. Our midwife, Betty, came by on Tuesday night and said that my uterus is now just above my belly button and growing up well. She also was able to find your heartbeat and for the first time got a reading right on top of your little heart. It sounded like a little frog in there. Your heartbeat seems to average around 150 BPM.
This past week, I noticed that I feel an increase of pressure on my bladder and have an urgency to go to the toilet. On the other end, I tend to be constipated and find that I can't eat big meals anymore. Sometimes after I eat, I have a hard knot that I feel tighten just below my sternum or a band of tightness and discomfort that stretches across my abdomen, just below my rib cage. My hips ache and I can see a few spider veins appearing here and there. Really, though on average, I feel quite well and these symptoms are just a natural part of the body changing.
I just wanted to note these changes so that if you are a girl and ever have children, you can see if you have anything similar changing in your body when you carry your little one.
This week, your Dad and I went to a talk called, "Parenting for a Peaceful World." It really gave me a lot of confidence to think that many of the techniques that the speaker highlighted are skills that I had to learn in my role as a counselor. I don't know what it will be like to raise you as a toddler, but according to the speaker, attachment parenting helps establish the emotional stability that the toddler will need to freely express him or herself. Then, you have to start helping your child develop healthy boundaries and those are best established if you can create an emotional connection with that child. So instead of just making rules, you try and help the child connect emotionally with you and why you are setting the rules, so eventually instead of just blindly following along with a list of dos and don'ts, the child can connect with the parent's emotional reason for setting the rules. It all sounds good in theory. I just hope that I have the patience to let you go through what you need to emotionally and help to give you clear boundaries. I will do my very best.
I have also been doing regular excercise this week and I have been doing a bit of meditation in the morning as well as yoga. Then, I took us on a trip to Cronulla where we went twice for a swim this week in the rock pools. It was such a nice feeling and your dad noticed how relaxed I looked afterwards. It is so nice to go with you to the water and enjoy the sun shine. Now that you can see light and dark and feel, it must be pretty special for you to go with my on my swim, hear the ocean and water around me as well as see the sun on my belly as we sit and eat our lunch together on the grass, while looking at the beautiful sea. I didn't think I was that big on the ocean, but there is something really beautiful about the water here in Australia.
I am looking forward to sharing you with my Mum when she comes to visit us in October. Your Grammy Jean is a very special lady who is so kind and loving and I know you will really appreciate the time that we have with her together.
Another nice thing that your Dad and I do with you is that we snug every morning and send you lots of love and when Dad gets home from work we each read you a book and we have started reading the book, "How do I love YOU" every night before we go to bed. They say that little people remember stories and are comforted to hear them again outside of the womb, so it will be nice to make this a special ritual and we will always read that book to you each night and remind you of the special time that you were in my belly and very much loved by Dad and I.
Well, little one, this has been a really long entry, but so much has been going on that I wanted to let you know how I have been feeling and what we have been doing together.
I want to write to you on a weekly basis from now until you are born, so until next week. More adventures for us as you continue to grow healthy and strong.
Love,
Momma
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