To our dear sweet Kaya,
Hi baby girl. At this time you're moving around in my belly. Seems like you're trying to find a comfortable spot. I'm sorry if it's alittle uncomfortable these days in there for you but you won't remember it anyway.
At this point we are 40 weeks pregnant with you. We've had a couple estimated due dates for your. The first was June 22nd, and after an ultrasound it was June 20th. Well, Today is the 22nd and at this time.. You're not here. However, You have been quite the sassy baby! I've had contractions since Thursday of last week (one week ago!) and regular contractions since Friday of last week! We went to the hospital at one point because they actually went to 5 minutes apart for a bit. It turned out that I was only about 1 1/2 cm dilated and came back home. Your bother Ashton actually cried when we had to come back home because he was so hoping to meet you that night or the next day! We had an appointment with our midwife on Tuesday.. and still.. Not much changed. Still dilated 1 1/2 cm. The last 24 hours I've had contractions that were alittle more heavy feeling and today I lost the mucus plug which means that something is happening. You could be here in hours, days or weeks. I'm hoping it's not weeks! You're family is here waiting for you and anxious for your arrival. Your Dad can not wait to hold you and your bother can not wait to see your face! I've reminded both of them that I get to hold you first since I'm giving birth to you! Giggle.
At this time I believe you might be here this weekend. I'm hoping I'm right. We're so ready for you! We've been dreaming of your arrival for months now. Wondering what you look like and looking forward to getting to know our little girl. Also, I'm alittle uncomfortable these days with you in there! I'm swollen with water weight, I've gained almost 60 pounds, which means I'm now almost at 200 pounds! Eek! I'm sure that will make you laugh someday! I've also broken out in an itchy rash as of recently. So as you can imagine.. I welcome your arrival in many ways!
Our friends and family have been calling daily to see if you are here yet! It's gotten to the point where everyone is so excited for you that we actually put a message on our telephone voicemail saying "Hi, You've reached Jake and Lisa, Leave a message. There is no news yet!" Once you're born we'll call everyone and update the message to.. "Yay, She's finally here!". Giggle. Everyone is so excited to meet you and see your little face!
Things you should know about my pregnancy with you:
We became pregnant with you two weeks after our wedding day. Our wedding day was Sept, 17th, 2005. We found out we were pregnant on Oct. 12th, 2005.
Your father talks to you alot through my belly. You love it. One minute your kicking around like crazy and once you hear him talk you calm down to listen to him. We love that. He also rubs my belly alot and when we hit your butt you stick it out as far as you can so you can feel it more. You love to have back and butt rubs while you're in the belly. We've figured out that you're alittle ticklish already too. You'll stick out a foot and we'll try to tickle it and you'll kick at us hard and move right away. We get a big laugh out of that. We love to see you move around and do things.
When we had our ultrasound at 18 weeks with you we found out you were a girl. We were overjoyed! We had a name picked out already for you... Kaya Ellen. You're named in part after my mother/your grandmother Kay.. and Ellen was the name of your Dad's sister who passed away at birth. Your name has alot of meaning for us. If you were a boy we were thinking that we'd call you Silas, Orren, or Akai. I really like the name Akai. While at the ultrasound we got to see you and we have photos. But the first thing that caught our eye was that you slept with your hands under your chin which is exactly what your Daddy does when he falls asleep on the couch!!! It's too cute! We loved seeing that!
We have tons of photos of you in my pregnant belly in a photo book. You'll have this someday. our families through two baby showers for you and we got tons of really nice things for you. Lots of clothing and just about everything else we needed for you. We all love you very much already and we haven't met you yet!
Well, I will write more as time goes on. We hope to see you very soon and know you're loved very much!
With Love,
Your Mother - Lisa
