Dear Baby - Week 4

December 15-22


Dear Poppy,

Until we find out if you are a boy or girl, we have decided to call you Poppy.  When we found out about you the chart said you were the size of a poppy seed, so Poppy you will be.

This week has been tough for Mommy & Daddy because they are not ready to tell anyone about you yet, but it is the Christmas season and we will be seeing lots of friends and family!  First, we visited Maine on December 16 to close on our Boothbay Harbor house.  We happy we found the house last fall, so we can work on it this year and hopefully it will be ready for lots of fun family weekends once you arrive.  After the closing we visited your Aunt Sarah & Uncle Chris’s house for a dinner party with some of Mommy’s childhood friends.  The topic of discussion soon turned to babies and when we should all start having them.  Our poppy secret almost slipped out when your Uncle Dan noticed Mommy was only drinking water and said “Stephanie could be pregnant now!”  Mommy and Daddy quickly learned to always accept 2 glasses of wine and then have Daddy secretly drink both.

The next day you met a good portion of your McGowan family at our extended family Christmas party.  Luckily nobody brought out any wine so we didn’t have to pretend.  We thought we were in the clear, but I guess your Great-Aunt Shelley somehow suspected!  That evening was another Christmas party – this time with Mommy’s college friends.  By that time Mommy & Daddy had their pretend drinking routine down, so I don’t think anyone noticed.

This week Mommy also started feeling very tired and starting sleeping 10-11 hrs each night.  It’s a lot of work creating a Poppy!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy