Dear Baby

Two Hearts

To know that I’m carrying you

And I always will in my heart and memories still once you’re born…fills me with indescribable joy.

My sweet blessing,

A strong baby boy.

Now I’m hoping and dreaming of the one day you’ll carry me in your fondest memories and your heart too as you wrap your arms around me and whisper “I love you.”

May all of our times together be just as special

As these moments are for me.

When I feel you stretch and kick and dance,

A part of me rejoices knowing that

No one else could fathom the love I have for you or experience these moments so special and new.

I count myself blessed to know I had this chance to know you and love you from the very start.

From the very first glance of those two little lines, I dreamed of you, sweet child of mine.

As you’ve grown inside me, I’ve somehow grown too,

I never knew that I would be blessed with someone or something so special.

I never imagined that I would walk around in this big ole world with two hearts beating,

One in my chest and one in my arms.

And I ask myself even now,

What in the world did I do before I knew about you? And I haven’t even met you yet.

Boys

Dirty feet and a crooked smile,

Trouble, chaos and running wild.

How in the world will I raise this child?

He falls down and jumps right back to his feet,

I take a deep breath and he’s not even scared.

When he looks at me with those eyes and flashes me that smile after he has done something wrong,

I can’t even be angry for long

So I laugh and ask myself,

“What in the world is a mom supposed to do?

But love a sweet little boy like you?“

Reading

I’m supposed to read to you they say

While you’re growing and flipping and kicking away in there

So here I go.

I’m reading to you so one day you’ll know

That I sound like this

And I love you big.

I think about you all the time

Your little nose and your little feet

Are something of a reverie

I dream about your laugh and the way it’ll be when I watch you turn around and smile at me.

It’s a sentimental thing

When you carry something so special inside

You’re precious cargo,

A treasure hidden away.

And boy I am so ready for the day

When I hold you in my arms

And you snuggle up to me.

There will be nothing as special as when I become a mommy

Or so they say.

Sometimes they’re right.

That’s why I’m reading to you tonight.