27 and pregnant

Dear baby Abigail,

With less three months till your eviction day, I am having to educate your daddy on babies 101. Of course, being the resourceful gal that I am, I have made him watch a 16 and Pregnant marathon. You will very quickly learn in your life that men do not know everything. In fact, they know very little =) But I was surprised to learn that Daddy didn't know that babies come out yucky and gross. He was shocked and did not know what the white stuff on the new born was. Well, I don't either but I know freshly born babies are yucky. Also, he was appalled by the umbilical cord on the belly after a couple days. That is one of mommies biggest issues with newborns. I am nervous as to which one of us is going to have to clean that thing (not it!!).

It's hard for me to picture myself at 16 or 17 having a baby. Still so much life to live before you are responsible for another person. Most days it is very hard for me to imagine that I will have you in few months. I still feel so selfish and carefree. I wonder who I will be in 10 years. I think a lot about who my mom was at 27. Was she like me? Did she make awkward jokes in interviews? Did she laugh a lot? When I was a little girl, all I wanted to be was a mom. Now that time is ticking down, I hope that I will still be the same person you meet in 15 years. I am sure to embarrass you. I embarrass everyone. Sometimes I feel just as young and confused as the mis-guided youth on 16 and Pregnant. The only difference is I am 27, and married to a guy who wont turn out to be a dead beat (let's hope!).

All in all, we are getting pretty excited about you coming to stay with us. We even have purchased you a few outfits. We are leaving the heavy duty clothes shopping to your Mimi (my mom) and Special Aunt Mary Ellen (Mimi's sister). They prefer "smocked" dresses for baby girls. Then after you wear them a few times, your Mimi will have the dresses preserved for you to give to your kids (super creepy but one day we will laugh together about the days of smocking).

I will talk to you later little tap dancer. Oh! Thank you for kicking your daddy's hand yesterday. Sometimes I think he is afraid i am making up this pregnancy thing just to get out of cooking dinner! I'm telling you, guys don't know anything!

Love,
Brittany (your growth carrier)