AliceLayne

Which is your name right now.

I want to start this blog for you with the intentions of documenting monumental things in your life but also try and include good morals and life lessons to live by. Once you are old enough (which I have not decided on an age yet) to read this blog, I will give you the web address and you can read it hopefully like a ‘book’ about your life.

I am your Mother. I will try and get your father involved in this as much as I can, but let’s just say it is a little hard to get him to dedicate himself to something. It’s hard for me too, but I’m going to try my hardest.

So let’s get started. You are 19 weeks old inside of my womb right now. I found out I was pregnant with you about 12 weeks ago. Your father was on his way home from a work trip the day I found out. I was pacing around the house until he made it home. Let’s just say you were a wonderful surprise and I couldn’t wait for him to come home so I could tell him the wonderful news. I wanted it to be perfect. I wanted to tell him out somewhere. I thought it would be more special. So we hung around the house until we went out. The weird thing about this is, even though he had no idea I was pregnant, he laid his head down right on my belly and told me he had missed me.

Thank God I had my phone nearby to capture this picture. We went to a rooftop bar in downtown Charleston and I told him the news. He had tears of joy in his eyes. He was beyond excited and so was I. This was the next big step in our marriage. Starting a family. Here is your Dad and I right after I told him.

So we went to dinner at a nice restaurant called Slightly North of Broad to celebrate. We didn’t even know where to begin with discussion of our future with you. We were both giddy like little kids. Here we are toasting our new adventure. (Me with water of course.)

So here I am. 19 weeks pregnant with you in my belly. So far you have been a very easy pregnancy. I have started feeling you kick and let me tell you.. if you are even half as active as you are in my belly I wouldn’t be surprised! You are a-movin all day long it seems! Dad should be able to feel you kick from the outside soon, but for right now I can only feel you inside. We find out if you are a boy or a girl in exactly two weeks. We have a name picked out for both. I am trying to be prepared for a boy but it is hard. I feel like you are a girl. I will be happy either way it goes. I just want a healthy babe. You may not be born yet, but you and I have a connection already. I look forward to being your home for the next 4 months until you make your way into this crazy world. Just know that it is true.. the world is a crazy place but as long as you are grounded and have good morals and follow your dreams you will never fail. Your Dad and I love you so much and we haven’t even met you yet!

These are your first photos! You are about 14 weeks old inside of my belly.

This is me at 18 weeks pregnant just last week. Your first photo from the outside!

I have just started putting headphones on my belly so you can listen to some of my favorite tunes. I try to keep them mellow. I don’t need your developing ears to burst! The first song I had you listen to was For Annabelle by Band of Horses. A song written by the lead singer for his daughter. It’s slow and very fitting. I think you liked it because as soon as your heard the music start you were startled by it and kicked real hard. Either that or you thought it was too loud. Oops! Sorry.

I hope to post all of the monumental things that happen in your life and ours as time goes by and take enough pictures to let you see it all unfold. You are already the love of my life and I cannot wait until the day I meet you face to face in my arms.

Love

Mom & Dad