Thirty Six Weeks

Hi little man. We are getting so close now to finally meeting you. It won't be too much longer than three weeks at this point. Wow! That's incredibly crazy. I have 1-2 weeks of work left to finish up before I take off to relax a bit before you get here.

You seem to have shifted positions this past week, moving lower into my belly as evidenced by some stretch marks that appeared across my belly, quite literally over night. And here, I'd thought I might get away without them! Don't worry, I promise not to hold them against you! I knew something was going on that day, as you were a wiggle worm literally all day long.

Daddy got a surprise at work this week. His coworkers threw a surprise shower for him, and another Dad to be. The gave you endless amounts of toys, which are perfect for things that you and Daddy will do together some day. You won't be ready for quite a few of them for a few years at least, but it's exciting to already have a stash of great things for you to play with. It made me so happy for Daddy that his coworkers were so kind and generous and as excited for your arrival as we both are. He was so excited, he texted me "Best Shower Ever."

Well, my not so little piece of miscellaneous fruit, I think I'm going to give up on the fruit thing. It's clear at this point that you are likely to be a larger than average baby. Because of this, it is beginning to look like your birth is not going to happen as I would have imagined. Then again, not much about my path to you has gone as I originally envisioned, right down to silly little things like where I thought I'd put your dresser, or how to orient the carpet in your room. But. I've got time to adjust my expectations and be prepared no matter what. All that matters is that you get here in the safest way for both of us. I guess the lesson here, to summarize a great classic rock song, is that you can't always get what you want, but you just might find you get what you need....which at this point is quite simply, you!