makin progress

Well I know it's been a while since I wrote last, seems life has gotten busy for us here! We've had a lot happen since the last time I wrote so I can't wait to tell you about it!

First off, I have to say Congrats to one of my new best friends, Luke, for making his way down the birth canal and out of Wombland safely on October 1st. His parents Mike and Regina are good friends of Mom and Dad so they're super excited for them. We all got to meet Luke this past Saturday, Mom put Luke near me so we could hang for few minutes while the parents were chatting.

So, the way I look at it I'll either be going to prom with Luke as my date or as his buddy with our dates in tow... guess we won't know which one until February.

Another Congrats has to go out to Mom's cousins Lacey and Ryan Zacher. They were graced by the presence of their daughter Reagan on October 5th. I'm getting so excited for all the new kids for me to play with!

On Saturday of last weekend Mom and Dad embarked on their journey to begin a registry for me. Mimi and ChiChi (that's what I'm going to call Dad's parents) joined them and were good sports sticking it out until the end. Dad took control of the gun and went to town on all kinds of cool stuff for me. After about three hours of straight shopping and decision making they had to call it quits for the day... after all, there was football to be watched. Mom was able to go back later in the week with her good friend Dena and finish up where they left off. Dena was such a big help giving Mom pointers and tips on things they need or don't really need for me. Mom has been so grateful for all the advice and help everyone has offered so far.

Another big milestone Mom and Dad reached this past week was picking out my room theme and bedding. Mom wasn't happy with anything she had seen at the local stores and really wanted to do an owl theme, not creepy owls... cute ones of course. She was able to find a generic bedding set that she thinks will be good to match with some owl stuff in my room. Looks like the colors will be teal and lime green with hints of brown and yellow. Mom loves the idea of stripes and polka dots together. She also found an owl wall decal set on sale at Target for three dollars! I can tell she's really anxious to see how everything looks, hopefully her vision is as good in the room as it is in her head!

Sunday of this week was very special for me, I got to spend a few hours with both of my great grandmothers together. Once again Mom and Dad had the pleasure of telling Biscuit Noni about me and my expected arrival. I think she actually found out three times on Sunday that I was coming. It's really sad that she has dementia but at least joyful things get to be celebrated with her more than once!

This was also my cousin Brooklynne's first time meeting Biscuit Noni and being with both great grandmothers at the same time. I must say Brooklynne is getting so big and I love to hear her noises, even if they are cries sometimes. Everyone keeps saying I'm going to have to be pretty cute to beat her in the looks department. I'd have to agree based on what I've seen so far.

In the last few weeks Mom has been experiencing a lot of movement from me. Things are getting a little more squished in here so I don't have many places to go anymore. Actually there have been quite a few people who have felt me move from the outside besides Dad. I can tell Mom is so proud when other people feel me moving even though all I did was kick them or punch them! Mom and Dad were out last weekend and all their friends in the picture felt me move around while we were out.

Did you know this Friday I'll be 24 weeks old? I am able to feel the movements of Mom dancing and loud noises that I hear often are becoming more familiar, like Tengo's bark. This means they probably won't faze me when I hear them outside of the Wombland. Currently I weigh over a pound and am probably about 11 inches long by now, almost a foot-- woop woop! Mom loves hearing everyone's predictions of my gender. One person will tell her she's carrying me like a boy and the next day someone will say she's carrying like a girl. Although from what I've heard the majority of the "guesses" are that I'm a boy. I can't wait to surprise everyone with the big reveal next year. Mom and Dad are going to do some of the wives tale tests to see what they reveal too. That should be a fun day of experiments!

Speaking of my gender, Mom had her first baby dream about me this week. She dreamt that I was a boy and in her dream although I was just born I was about the size of a three month old with blond hair. In her dream she was breastfeeding me and it was coming out so fast, and I was drinking so fast, that I puked all over her. Her dream excited her so much that she woke up in the middle of the night to tell Dad all about it.

As usual I've stayed up past my bedtime and really need to get to sleep. I hope you have sweet dreams like Mom did!

Lots of love

-Donut