Oh, Baby!

I can believe that in three weeks we will know if you are a girl or boy! I got a sewing machine for Christmas and I kept thinking if it was a girl I could make her dresses like I used to do for your mommy!

Or I can get a big roll of denim and make lots of blue jeans if you are a boy! I just want to know so we can give you a nickname while we wait for mom and dad to decide on your real name! Mommy used to call Miles Mojito (little monkey)before they decided on a real name.

Mommy said she can't wait to feel you move as that is when a baby starts to feel "real".

Christmas isn't here yet but we celebrated yesterday as I have to fly to Hawaii with a family (I did tell you I was a travel nanny, right?)on Christmas eve. We did a video chat and your brother was a bit cranky! He went with mom and dad to a party the night before and didn't get all his "beauty" sleep! But he did grin at me which is always priceless!It was fun watching him sit on mommy's lap and she read him the two books Uncle Clyde and I bought him. And I got to talk a bit with your mommy which is always great....I wonder how many times mommy and daddy will have to read the Llama Llama stories...

I was thinking of you when I bought them too. I know you will love books just like him so we are getting a good supply for you to read someday! He also has a good supply of Baby Signs so you will get a head start and maybe Miles will even teach you how to sign. You are going to be so smart because he is going to teach you so much! (don't let him teach you how to stuff everything down the couch though!)

I just wanted to say a few words so that someday you will know how much you were loved and thought about long before you were born...

Mommy: Here you are in my Tummy

Once upon a time, you lived here in my tummy. You were so small you have to look close to see my tummy was bigger! But I know you are there...You aren't kicking me yet and I can't wait to feel you bumping around inside me because then I will know you are healthy.

This is a picture of me and your big brother. I thought one day you might like to see what he looked like when he was 18 months old.

Next Year Christmas will have 2 Children!

I have been shopping for your brother this week. He has too much already so I settled on some clothes and bath toys. I am sure he will share with you when you get big enough for baths!

I passed by so many cute little girl things and thought, "I wonder if I will be shopping for a girl next year?"! Then I smiled, because if you are healthy and good natured, a good sleeper, why would we care?! We will love you so much if you were a girl or boy...

It is crazy trying to wrap and pack your family's box up. I will be going with a client to Hawaii during Christmas week so I am hoping your box gets to NY and we can video chat and watch little man tear into the paper! I haven't really shopped much for a few years. It wasn't a good time for me but this year I feel so lifted.

Which means I spent way too much but they are all good things and I want the people in my life this year to know how important they are to me...I find I spend the most on your mom as she is still my "little girl" and always so much fun to shop for and then I feel a bit bad as I am not good at shopping for men! So I just got him the gift certificate...Don't worry, I will always buy you "stuff" until you become a teenager!

So thinking about you here in Texas.....Mimi