Letter to Connor...

Dear Sweet Baby Connor,
     You're not even here yet and already, so many people are just in love with you. Your big brother, Ryan, loves to kiss you in my belly and sing a special song to you every night. He felt you kick the other night and the look on his face was priceless. Whatta smile. You two are going to be great buddies. He will show you how to do so many fun things. I'm sure you'll argue a little too but always remember this: you're BROTHERS and you're there for each other til the end. 
     Many others are constantly attempting to feel your little kicks, your Daddy, your Darna and your PJ. Darna and PJ are your grandparents, they have special names that Ryan gave to them when he was a little guy. They're special people so we'll keep the special names. They live right up the street from us and come down to play often. They're very excited to meet you. Darna already saw you at the doctor when I had a 10 week ultrasound. You were moving all around in there, she loved it. Between now and the time you're born I'm sure we will have other visitors in the room for your ultrasounds. You're like a little celebrity!
     I, for one, am getting super excited to meet you. I feel you moving almost all day now; your are one busy little guy. I bought you some clothes yesterday and am so amazed that in just a few short months you'll be here to wear them. You're joining a pretty cool family and we can't wait to have you be a part of it. Daddy and I and your 3 big brothers are waiting anxiously to hold you. In the meantime, I'm just going to keep enjoying you riding around with me all day.

XOXO,
Mommy

Yikes...

It's been even longer than I thought since the last time I blogged and given that this is supposed to start supplementing my lack of photo album and scrapbook making, I'm feeling like a big failure at the moment at documenting family history. And OMG holy crap, to top it off, my camera has been broken for MONTHS so in addition to not blogging as much as I should, I'm also lacking pictures. Thank God for grandparents...aka Darna.

Things around here are going quite well. I'm now 23 weeks pregnant with what we have discovered is another wonderful baby boy.

I'm so sorry if this will embarrass you some day!!

His name is Connor Michael Stevens and he is growing more and more every day...or at least that's what people keep telling me. Yep! People in my office, people in my family, random medical assistants at the pediatrician's office (because, yes, I've been there twice this week)...all feel the need to mention that "I'm getting bigger and bigger every day" . Is this really necessary? I mean, duh, yes I'm getting bigger every day and honestly, I'm okay with that...but why are you talking about it?

I'm getting to that point in my pregnancy where a lot of realizations are happening. Some good, some not so good. Things I'm awesomely excited about: in just 4 short months (assuming I can actually go a full 9 months) I will get to hold my little baby boy and snuggle a newborn all day long, I get to do all of that honeymoon lovey dovey feeling again, I'll get to NOT be getting bigger and bigger every day but rather hopefully, smaller and smaller every day.  Things I'm getting a little not so excited about: OMG in 4 short months there will be another little human here that still needs a room and 3 other little boys who still need their new room made, in just 4 short months I will need all of the things that I don't have at the moment, I still need to find someone to watch this little bundle of love when I work, somehow in the next 2 months I'll need to be ready for Christmas and Ryan's birthday...and the list goes on. Stressing a little but a lot of this just cannot be done yet...so I wait. And while I wait, I enjoy feeling this little guy move all around and watching everyone around fall in love with him already.

One thing's for sure Baby Connor, when you make your entrance, we'll be ready. Somehow, some way...and we can't wait. I can't wait to see what your tiny little face looks like. I can't wait to touch your soft skin and listen to your little sounds. I can't wait to watch your big brothers with you. You are so loved and we've waited a very long time for you. The family is now complete....so yes everyone, that means we will NOT be trying for a girl. People are INSANE.

In closing, if I could have just one wish right now it would be this: leg hair would stop growing for the winter much like the grass does. That's getting to be a bit of a challenge...