Pregnancy - Week 22

Dear Baby boy,
I'm just a little over 22 weeks pregnant with you. What a little spit-fire you are! You are so active and bouncy I get tired just sitting sometimes! It's amazing to me what a vibrant little source of life you are just sprouting up in my tummy! I look extremely pregnant, maybe a little too big. I'm now committing to walking as often as I can. I think it will be good for both of us. I'd stopped because you were shifting down a little too low and giving me pains.

Last week, Daddy and I went to a mid-pregnancy class. It was very interesting to learn that just at 21 weeks you were hitting milestones that babies at the gestational age of 24-28 weeks normally hit. Baby, you're developing FAST.

This week we're starting to nail down baby shower stuff. I've started the registry for you, and man is there a lot to think of! Its a little overwhelming. I wish I could just have everything I need without having to think about it, compare brands, and consider the cost. I love shopping for you, but for the fun silly things, like clothes and nursery room stuff. Nail clippers, thermometers, they just make me a little confused. I really wont' know how you will handle all this stuff until you're born and I just have to try it out on you. Eeeek, I don't even want to think about clipping your teeny tiny nails, that just freaks me out. I tried to help my good friend Veronica with her daughter Sophia and it was so difficult when she was swinging her little arms all over the place. So maybe I'll give it a try while you're napping...

Baby you're arrival is so close, I'm getting sooooo excited. I can't wait to meet you!!! I feel you all the time, except right now, I think you're napping. The other night you gave me quite a scare. I guess you were napping for a few hours, because normally you're so active and you were just quiet that whole day until late that night. Daddy and I were so nervous, I was about to go to the hospital when suddenly you gave me 10 little kicks in about 10 minutes! The nurse told me to keep an eye out for at 3 kicks in two hours. So you can see why when you're not drumming up a storm I worry. Already little one, you have me so wrapped up around your little/big fingers. I'm sure my heart will turn to mush and everything I've learned with Christian will go out the window. Poor guy has learned that I can be really hard on him, but that's only because I want him to grow up in to a strong, good young man, as I wish for you too. But I can only do and say so much with your brother. After all, I am not his mommy. I am yours. But that doesn't stop me from loving him like his mommy. Someday baby this will all make sense to you. You will understand the bigger picture. When its time we will teach you all that you need to know and then some. You will NEVER go without, not as long as your daddy and I are alive. And even after that, nonna and nonno wouldn't let you go without.

I made this classical song list for you, and I'm listening to it right now. Its so beautiful baby that it makes me want to cry. Sometimes, the sound of instruments make such amazingly beautiful sounds that words cannot depict. When you are born, I will play this for you. Who knows, maybe it will inspire you to pick up an instrument and give it a try. Whatever you decide to do in life little one, you will always have my support. As long as you do it with love and keep God as number 1 in your heart.

I love you baby.

Your mommy