Squirm

Before I made my venture into the 21st century - blogging- I wrote (no not with a pen, just on a computer- who knew that would be outdated) a few letters to our little one I thought I would share.  The one here is a little insight into week 11 and a little more insight into my quirky family!

(Preface)

Squirm - the worst name I could have imagined to call my little one - seems to have stuck as my precious baby's first nickname! The name came by honestly, in the way of my husband, but stuck around much longer than I ever expected.  Bobby decided this little nickname he acquired while in Elementary School, was a GREAT first name for our first born.  I tried to convince him that we could think of something a little, I don't know - cute - but he insisted, he would call baby dub "squirm".   Much to Mommy's delight, the name proceeded to stick with the entire family who all now call my growing belly, baby squirm.  Funny...a little, disturbing...yes, but nonetheless that is what baby dub has been and will be called until we find out if our squirm is a squirmette....September 21st can't come soon enough.



-July 29, 2010

 Sweet Baby W (dub),

Today you are 11 weeks 4 days old and are growing bigger every second! I know this because this week I have gone from struggling to button my pants, to not being able to button them at all . Your dad and I are still for the most part keeping you our little secret! We are enjoying this time of having you all to ourselves. Those who do know about you, are already loving on you, they pray for you, buy you little treats , feed you whatever you may want that day (and a lot of days that is cheese) and are so, so ready to help you mommy and daddy shout the news about you from the mountaintops!



Your nicknames are multiplying as fast as your little body is growing. You auntie Cami loves to call you Squirm – A name your daddy started calling you the day he found out about you. To which I have told everyone – if you are a little girl, I am sincerely sorry- I tried to warn them! Grandma Machita, and Auntie Shelby like to call you squirm too. They think it is cute, and for some reason, it has stuck! This was you daddy’s nickname when he was little, so I don’t really mind it, it is something cute you are sharing with him already. Your dad and I tried to get everyone to call you baby dub, which is what we refer to you for the most part as, but that didn’t seem to stick as well as squirm. Your Grandpa JJ likes to call you “heartbeat” which I am particularly fond of, not only because he was the first one we talked to after we saw your heartbeat for the first time, but because that was the most memorable day of my life. The day it changed forever and the day I really felt like your mommy. We have actually heard you heartbeat, which instantly brought tears to my eyes! Your little tiny heart was beating at 169 tiny beats a minute!!! A fast and strong gallop in my tummy! It was so unbelievable to actually hear you inside of me! We hopefully will be able to hear it again in 10 days (I count them down) which is the next time we go to the doctor! I can not wait! When I shop for you these days, I call you “my winter baby” in part to remind me that it is going to be VERY COLD when you arrive and you will need Lots & Lots of warm clothes, hats and shoes. Your birthday they tell us, is supposed to be February 7, 2011. We will start the guessing on the actual date when you get a little closer to making your arrival, but if you are anything you’re your mommy, you will be late! Something we are EVERYDAY these days when you and I go to work! I am a winter baby, so I love calling you my winter baby. We don’t have too many winter babies in the family (at least on the Jones side) so I am liking our little distinction we share together. To add to your little list of nicknames, we have some that call you baby white, and others that just call you baby. All of which are music to my ears. I can’t wait to find out what you are and start calling you by your name! What an exciting moment that will be, to finally give you your name!


Everyone has their own thoughts on if you are a little girl or a little boy, I love the guessing game, it’s so fun to hear how people come up with their prediction.





Grandpa JJ & Grandpa White both think you are a boy…In fact, we have a LOT of boy guesses right now.


Daddy, has sort of always thought you were a boy, but he like s to tell me sometimes he thinks you are a girl. He is so excited about you either way, it is hard for him to make up his mind. But I think today, his official vote is BOY!


Grandma Machita thinks you are a little girl, I don’t know why, she just has decided that’s what her guess is. She may be used to having baby girls around because she has had a lot!


I think I am leaning towards the girl guess…but my mind changes as fast as my food cravings these days. I have tried to take all the “prediction tests” to tell me if you are a girl or boy, and they have all said BOY, so in my mind that means you are a girl. I have been craving a few more salty foods, which the old tales say = boy, but I sleep every night on my right side, which they then tell me that = girl! You are sure keeping us guessing, and have added so much fun to our conversations already!


I will keep asking what all the predictions are; it will be so fun for you to find out what everyone thought you were before they knew you! For the record- EVERYONE thought I was a BOY- they even called me baby Allen….they were all wrong!


We love you so much baby, and are already so ready for you to finally be here in our arms. A waiting game, we will surely play, as you need all this time to grow big and strong until you are finally ready to say hello to this world. This weekend my goal is to pick out some music for us to listen to on our long car rides together. I realized last week, this may be the only time in my life, that wherever I go, you get to go to! It is a sweet promise for this mommy to know that I always have you with me – right in my growing belly! Truth be told, I will never go another day with out you, but knowing I have you safe inside me all to myself is something that I am cherishing every second of. We do drive a lot together, you and I. Not my most favorite part of the days- mainly because my back has begun to hurt from all the sitting I am doing, so this weekend I will get you some good tunes you can enjoy! Don’t worry- I will make dad help me on this venture- he has way better taste in music that do I. I will let you know what we come up with.


Praying for you constantly baby dub. We love you so much!



Love- mommy