{2 Weeks}

You are 2 weeks today, please stop growing!

We went to see Dr. Bell this morning for your 2 week check up.  You weigh 8 lbs 11 oz and you are 21.25 inches long!  You have grown so much in the past 2 weeks.  Dr. Bell told us in the most polite way he could, that we need to maybe limit your feedings or try to space them out a bit more.  You are eating every 2-3 hours right now and when you are hungry, you are hungry!  I also think you like to nurse just as a soothing comfort so we are trying to get you more used to the binky for that.  You are not a fan of it so much but are getting better.  But he said you look great!  We are just happy we have been able to keep you alive.  Also, your umbilical stump fell off during the night, we found it in your jammies!

We have had a couple nights of not much sleep.  You are not really fussy but are just awake when we should be sleeping.  But really for the most part, you are such a good baby.  Your dad said a few days after we got you home that he knew why we had to wait for you for so long, he said all the good babies were on back order in heaven so we just had to wait until you came back into stock.  And I agree.  We are so blessed to have you.  We love you so so much, my sweet baby boy.  

{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

{32.5 weeks}

Today we went for an ultrasound to see your cute little face again.  We haven't seen you since we found out you were a boy in May.  The ultrasound tech wasn't as good as the last one we had and she kind of rushed through the whole thing.  We weren't able to get a very good picture of your face because you are already positioned down and are buried in there pretty good.  She tried to shake you around so you would move your face but you didn't.  We did get to see you drinking and did get to see that you are a boy!  Your dad has been worried that they would tell us you were a girl and we have all this boy stuff!

Here you are in my belly!

She did all of your measurements and we got to see your heart beating, 136 beats per minute.  She told us you are measuring about 2 weeks behind where we thought you should be.  I was worried at first.  My little baby needs to be putting on some fat and he is not.  I also thought Dr. Horsley might push my due date back a few weeks.  Your dad is all for that because since you are named after John Lennon.  He thought it would be awesome if you were born on his birthday, October 9th.  When we got in to see the doctor, he asked how the ultrasound went and if we got any good pictures.  I told him how you are measuring and he said that is nothing to be worried about right now.  At this point of the pregnancy, it's common to either measure 2-3 weeks ahead or behind.  The amniotic fluid is measuring great and everything else looks fine as well.  He also said we wouldn't be changing my due date.  Your dad wants me to keep you in there for a few extra weeks.  I am so excited to hold you in my arms and to see your sweet little face and smell your head, but at the same time I want you to stay in there so I can feel you move.  I really don't want that to end.
I read stuff on Pinterest about raising boys and I can't help but cry.  I'm so excited to be your mom, to be your biggest cheerleader.
I love you to the moon and back.

Love,
Mom