Dear Kalvin,
This week you are 31 weeks old!!
We sure are getting anxious about your arrival. A few nights ago I put my hand at the top of my tummy and you pushed your tiny foot up and when I pushed on it, I could fee you retract it. I was sooo excited that you 'responded' to me. You do that a lot now. Im sure it's mostly because you're running out of room! But I still love that you're really alive in there.
And for comparison, here I am pregnant at 31 weeks with Kacie:
One of the weirdest things that happens when I am pregnant is getting Pica. I don't know if it really is technically Pica but it must be similar… Even with your sister, in my 3rd trimester the smell of wet rock smells so good that I literally want to eat it. With Kacie it started one day when I was watering flowers and the water splashed on the bricks outside our apartment. With you it started one day when I was paying on our tenants out the window and I could smell the blinds. They smell like I need to eat them. The worst was just the other day when it snowed a little and I went to the grocery store. I was walking through the parking lot and I wanted to get down and lick the road!
And for comparison, here I am pregnant at 31 weeks with Kacie:
Something that I forgot about with being pregnant is baby hiccups! You get those a lot and its weird how annoying they can be. They are really subtle and don't hurt me but they are consistent and repetitive so they are just a bit bothersome.
(I wrote that ^^ last week)
Now you are 32 weeks old!
I am excited for that to… when I can say "Here is your son Kyle. Take him" Cause right now, you won't let anyone else hold you!
You kick my ribs. You move a bunch! One morning, you were awake and dancing so I was awake and trying to sleep. You were moving so much that I grabbed dads hand and put it on my bely because he doesn't get to feel you move often. I figured you would stop moving like you usually do but you didn't! Daddy got to feel you move for about 15 minutes! You just wouldn't stop! It was a real treat for dad. He LOVED feeling you alive in there. He was really proud of his son!
And then dad had to go to work… and you continued to move for another hour!
My walk has started to become a waddle… so that is cool!
Your next appointment is on Tuesday and dad and I are anxious for it. Last appointment they told us you are measuring above average so we want to know if they continue to think that. Also, the appointments are going to be every two weeks from now on! That means we are getting very close!
At our first appointment they told us I was due April 17th, not the 8th, like we thought. I am no doctor and I could for sure be wrong, but your dad and I never have felt like the 17th was your due date. It has felt like you will be here earlier. I don't know what that means, but I hope it means you will be here in like 6 weeks instead of 8. And your father is ready to hold you and say "My Son."
Kacie knows that there is a baby inside of me. She points to all of our bellies and says "baby"
Now, whether or not she knows you're on your way is a different story. Cause once you're here all the time, I'm not sure she will know what to do!
Now, whether or not she knows you're on your way is a different story. Cause once you're here all the time, I'm not sure she will know what to do!
Well kiddo, keep growing and sleeping. I have a feeling you will be here before we know what hit us!
We love you!!
Love,
Daddy and Mommy
Daddy and Mommy