a new baby!

12 weeks pregnant

Dear Percy,

It’s been nine months since we learned of you.  Like an innocent child on Christmas morning, we were overjoyed! A new addition to our fabulous family!

We loved you the minute we discovered you existed, but when we lay our eyes upon you for the first time, after so much waiting, the love we feel for you will be cemented for all eternity.

I’m giggly with anticipation! To feel the softness of your skin, to smell your purity that only a tiny baby exudes, to marvel at your perfection in miniature, as we gaze at your tiny rosebud fingernails, the size of which are difficult to comprehend.

Your grandparents, on both sides, are beside themselves with excitement! My heart softens when “Nana” comes home with more gifts for you. Not only are you in your parents’ dreams, but also your entire family are longing to hold you and discover you.

I wonder what you will look like? Will you have the handsome but striking features of your father? His piercing eyes? His clear complexion? Or will you have your mother’s luxurious dark hair and soft warm face?

Yesterday was the day we were told you would enter our lives. But you’re not here. Why? Is your delay a sign of character traits to come? Will you be the last to finish dinner, the one we need to shuffle along when we’re in a rush, the baby who sleeps all day and all night?

Your bedroom is ready. Hours have been spent planning and decorating to make sure you feel home. You belong here. You belong here with us.

Please come soon.

Love always, your Aunty Melissa, Uncle Chris, and cousin Max.

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