{39 weeks}

We went to the doctor today to see how we are doing at getting you here.  Your heart beat sounds great and the belly is still right where it should be.  Then it was time to check to see if we have made any progress.  I am at a 1 1/2 close to a 2cm and 70% effaced.  Your head is still down which is a good thing because it lessens the chance of a C section, which I do not want unless absolutely necessary.  So Dr. Horsley said everything is going well, maybe a little slow, but still progressing.  He said he would strip the membranes next week depending on how much I am dilated.  And if you haven't come by the 26th, your DD, then they will do an ultrasound to make sure your okay.  Then he will induce me the next week if you haven't made your appearance yet.  It's getting so close and your dad and I can't believe it!  We can't believe you could be here anywhere between now and 2 weeks!  I can't wait to smell your head, kiss your lips and snuggle you in.  I also can't wait to share you with your dad.  He is so excited to see you!  He keeps saying he just wants to hold you and smell your head!

I love you to the moon and back my sweet baby,
Mommy

{38 weeks}

I went to the doctor again yesterday to get checked.  He measured my belly and it's measuring perfect so that means you are growing.  I didn't get to find out how much they thought you might weigh.  Your dad wasn't able to come with me because he was held up at work.  It was the first appointment he has ever missed and I know it made him feel bad.  Your heart beat sounds perfect and you are doing well.  I wish I had a window in my stomach so I could see you.
Dr. Horsley checked me and I am still at a 1cm and am 60% effaced.  So not much progress but we are still 2 1/2 weeks away from your due date.  Dr. Horsley told me he would strip my membranes next week if I wanted to get things going.  I talked to your dad about and it and I think I would rather just have you come when you are ready instead of starting things.  You will come when you are ready.  We are getting your nursery more put together.  I ordered some fabric for your curtains that came today so Grandma and I are going to work them this weekend to get them up and ready for you!  They are going to be so cute!

Here you are in my belly!

You keep growing and getting stronger in there my precious baby.  We can't wait to see you!

I love you to the moon and back,

Mommy

{37 Weeks}

Today I am 37 weeks pregnant.  We went to the doctor on Tuesday for another ultrasound and to check to see if I am dilated.  During the ultrasound, she measured you to see what your growth is.  Your head is down, which I knew from the pressure I feel when I stand up.  Your back and butt are along my left side and your feet on my right.  We watched you practicing breathing and watched and listened to your heart beating.  She was trying to get a good measurement of you but you were moving so much she had a hard time.  She said you were approximately 5 lbs 10 oz, which still puts you about a week behind where you should be.  But Dr. Horsley wasn't concerned about it and I'm not either.  As long as you are healthy and there are no problems, you can be on the small side.  You have a lot of newborn clothes to fit into!  Dr. Horsley measured me to be dilated to 1 cm and 40% effaced.

We have 3 weeks left until I am full term with you, my sweet boy, but you could come at any time.  I am so excited to meet you!  We are still working on getting your nursery put together.  Your dad painted the walls a few weekends ago and put your crib up as a surprise to me while I was down at Shannon's.  It's so cute!  I'm getting your clothes washed and it's hard for me to believe that soon we will have you here and small enough to fit into those teeny clothes!  We love you so much sweet boy!

I love you to the moon and back,

Mommy

{36 weeks}

Oh my little baby Lennon, our time just the 2 of us is coming to a close.  And this week I have been emotional about it.  We have 4 weeks until you are full term but after next week I could go into labor and they wouldn't stop it.  As much as I can't wait to meet you my sweet boy, I don't want our time together to end.  I am going to miss feeling you inside me, miss feeling you have the hiccups, miss feeling your foot move along the right side of my stomach and your butt pushing up on the left side.  I won't be able to control everything that happens to you once you are out here.  While you have been inside your little cocoon for the past 9 months, you have been protected.  Once you come out, I can't protect you from everything anymore and I don't like that.  I don't want to share you with everyone but at the same time I can't wait to show you off.  Your dad found a saying that says exactly how it has felt with you in my belly.

Your dad is so excited to meet you.  All he has wanted to do for the past 9 months is hold you in his arms and I can't wait to see that moment for the first time.  We have both wanted you for so long.  And I am sad that my time with your dad, just the two of us, is ending as well.  We have had 10 great married years together and all we have wanted for most of those 10 years was to have a baby.  Now it is real and you are coming soon, it will be an adjustment for the two of us.  But we are so excited to meet you and hold you and smell you.  Just stay in until at least your due date for me.

I love you to the moon and back.

Love,
Mommy