my wiggle worm!

hello sweetie!

so lately, you have been moving around A LOT! and its been the most wonderful experience ever. you wiggle and roll over and kick and punch. even your cousin carter felt you today. feeling you move in my tummy is so miraculous to me... the fact that you are growing and moving and becoming even more of a little man... it is so very exciting. your daddy has been gone this month visiting family in california and we will be joining him next week! he has not seen all the hard work of growing we've done, so he should be plenty shocked when he sees how big your mommy's tummy has gotten. he will also love, and be mildly weirded out by, the amount of movement going on. he will soon be bonding with you a lot more! he has missed you a lot. i know i would if i did not have you in my belly, so do me a favor - stay in there and cook until your done and very ready to come out. there is no rush; however, i would love to hold and kiss you RIGHT NOW. and while you're viable and could potentially survive if something happened and you were born early, i'd rather you stay in there where its the perfect temperature and you receive the right food and nourishment and have all the things you need to grow and be strong. so just cook away my son. cook away.

your cousin evan is asking you to come out and play!

i wonder how well you know me... i talk to you every day. every time you move, every time i can feel bits of you in my tummy, every time i think of you (which is very frequently) - i talk to you. i poke at you, i play with you, i ask you questions. i know you don't know what i'm actually saying to you, but i hope you can pick up on how much i love you. how much your daddy loves you. how much your family loves you. your pop-pop and grandma tell you they love you every time they see me. they pat my tummy and get real close just to say "i love you, flipper!" indeed, they are still calling you flipper. sometimes they call you V, because you have inherited your daddy's family name. your cousins carter and evan rub my belly and ask how you're doing every day! your grandma mo and grandpa burt ask about you, as do your uncles and aunts and everyone. and each time, i am thrilled to tell them how active you are and how excited you make me. we love you so much, sweetie... so much.

well... that is all. today we are at 24 weeks + 3 days... that means, theoretically, i get to see you in 16 weeks (give or take). that's just 4ish months! oh i cannot wait, but i will be as patient as possible so that you grow and move and get big and strong until the day you are supposed to be born. i love you so much, buel. you are a delight to my life and your daddy's.

love,
mommy.