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Letters to Pumpkin


Hi Pumpkin.  This is Mom and Dad.  We call you Pumpkin because we first found out about you on Halloween morning.  Here's a little story of how you came to be. 

Mom and Dad were very excited to become a mom and dad.  We wanted to start having a family soon after we got married.  But we soon discovered that it was much harder to make a family than we had thought.  It took us 21 LOOOONG months of trying hard and praying hard for you to come into our lives.  There were many times in those 21 months when we were afraid we might never be able to meet you.  It made us very sad. 

But then on Halloween morning in 2011, we woke up and took a test that tells us if you were in my belly or not.  Before that morning, we had taken many, many tests and they all said no.  But on that wonderful Halloween morning, the test said YES!  

We were so excited, we just had to tell people that you were there!  We told all your Grandmas and Grandpas and aunts, uncles and cousins that night.  It was definitely a good trick or treat for them!  None of them expected to hear such good news!  

We went to the doctor to see you on these pictures they call ultrasounds.  When you were six weeks you looked just like a peanut!  You were very, very tiny but even that early (that was actually only two weeks after we found out about you) we could hear your heartbeat.  It was so loud and fast!  I wanted to stare at you all day.  Then two weeks later, we got to see you at 8 weeks.  My, how you had grown!  Now you looked like a tiny teddy bear!  We could see your head and body and legs and arms!  We heard your heartbeat again, loud and strong!  I can't wait to see what you'll look like in a few more weeks!

This week you are 10 weeks.  Christmas is coming and we couldn't wait to share our news with the rest of the world.  In our Christmas cards, we let people know that you are coming in 2012.  We can't wait to meet you, 2012 is going to be a wonderful year! 

There are so many things we wonder right now; will you be a boy or a girl, what color will your eyes be, what will your hair look like?  There are so many things we look forward to; giving you hugs and kisses, rocking you to sleep, seeing you take your first steps, watching you go to school, and so much more. 

Even though you are not here just yet, we love you more than you can imagine.  We've prayed and dreamed of you, and now you are on your way!  We want you to know what we are thinking of in this time before you are born, so from time to time, we'll write you letters to let you know these things. 

We are so excited to meet you Pumpkin.  We love you!

Love,
Mom and Dad

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