Today baby turns 15 weeks. Don't read too much into the fact that it's Friday the 13th and I've traveled across the county...
Here are just some thoughts running through my mind...
First: Preggo pants are amazing! I started wearing mine on Thanksgiving day and was pretty proud I didn't have to unbutton my jeans after eating so much of the delicious food. (I was lucky enough to find brand new preggo pants at the thrift shop for only 3.50. NEW WITH TAGS!)
Second: Will I ever get to feel this baby move? I know I'm going to come to regret those words when I have a foot in my ribs and baby won't stop kicking me through the night. However, everyone keeps asking me if I have felt anything yet.
Third: We officially have a nick name! Thanks to Nanny and Grampa (my mom and dad) baby is now known as Baby Roo! This has a bit of a back story to it.
When I was little, my mom started calling me Roo, you'll have to ask HER why... I just don't know. What I do know is that the nick name is after the fictional Disney character Roo from Winnie the Pooh, child to Kanga. It's always been a name of endearment from my mother to me, and I am proud to have my child named the same.
It is good to know that this week Baby's eyes and ears are staring to have a "human resemblance" as my Mayo Clinic book describes... at least we know I'm not growing an alien inside me.
I can't wait to meet this precious little life. The first thing both my parents did when they saw me today was kiss the baby belly... it made it all seem much more real to me. I'm so blessed to be going through experience, despite the fears I have.
I nick named you Roo because when I was pregnant with you it seemed like you were always bouncing around in my belly! Roo just seemed to fit you and your actions well. It stuck! Even some of my family started calling your Roo. Your Auntie Melanie remembers and put "baby Roo" on your baby's Christmas gift this year.
ReplyDeleteTo this day I often refer to you as Roo. If not Roo then Baby Moses! lol