Letters to Hope

It is winding down: you are going to be arriving soon.

I went to the doctor yesterday. I am getting so excited. I can not wait. I hope you are not late that would be torture. Although everyone tells me you will be late as a first child.

I keep reading all these pregnancy books about what is going to be like to have you come into the world.

WOW! It is going to hurt and be very exciting at the same time. I hope it is not too hard. But really it does not matter you are worth every ounce of pain I must suffer and more. I know that it will be difficult and that I must save up all my strength for the long haul of having you but it will be well worth it. To hold you in my arms to look into your beautiful face to feel you close to me would be worth anything I need to do.

I (we) can not wait to meet you.

We are still discussing the name issue, at this point I really have no idea what your name is going to be. I keep thinking you are a boy. I have thought this through out my whole pregnancy but you might just be fooling me and are really a beautiful girl. It really does not matter just as long as you are healthy.

I went to Jenna’s today. We are both so excited. Everyone is excited about you coming. I can not wait to talk to you and hold you and teach you things. So many things we have to talk about and learn about.