Dear Baby…

Today is your due date! But you probably know that because I’ve been telling you for the past week. We all thought you’d come early when I had the preterm labor over a month ago… but you’re a tricky one! But seriously, today is your due date. If you’re going to show up late, at least be fashionable about it — tomorrow is okay. Sunday, maybe. But Monday and you’re starting to push it, lil guy. I know it’s cold out here, but we’re all waiting for you and here’s a list of goodies just to help convince you:

*only the coolest parents EVER
*WAY excited grandparents and a good number of great-grandparents, too!
*aunts and uncles who are all going to be in town to meet you!
*two little kitties who like to sleep in your bed
*Christmas presents!!! if you wait too long, you’re going to miss out
*The Night Before Christmas book that must be read to you on Christmas Eve… preferable from outside the womb
*so many toys and books and beds (a crib, a bassinet, a pack n’ play, a swing, a bouncer, a glider… your pick!)
*milk, mmmmm!
*a HUGE extended family… people waiting to call you Bacon or Olaf (now that’s love)
*”Baby’s 1^st Christmas” things all dated 2009 (so make it happen)
*an adorable nursery, we worked very hard on
*an adorable bathroom!
*a daddy who can’t wait to kiss you on the head (shh, he told me so) and a mommy who can’t wait to hold you