hello sister!

hi amelia, it's your big brother ethan here. mommy said she is done writing about waiting on you, so i figured that i should say hi before you get here. are you comin' or not? they have been talking about "when amelia is born" for what seems like forever, and mommy looks like she can't hold you in much longer. did you know she has all these lines on her belly? do you have crayons in there or something? and how can you be comfortable in there? mommy has your pretty crib all ready for you. believe me, there is much more room on the outside. mommy's belly gets in the way of so much right now! she can't tuck me in on my top bunk, and she gave bathtime duty over to daddy a long time ago (though i really think she likes the break from bathtime duty!). and every sunday when we stand up in church, her belly bonks me in the head over and over! can a kid not sing "holy, holy, holy" without a belly interrupting him!? anyway, please come soon. we pray for you everyday, and i have so many things i want to teach you. we have a ton of trains and balls that i know you will love. daddy & mommy keep telling me that at first, you will just sleep and cry, but that can't be all you'll do. surely you want to play with trains, too! well, caroline wants to say hi, too, so i'd better go. we can't wait to hold you and kiss you and make you smile! please come soon, amelia! i'm really getting tired of waiting! love, ethan

hey mee-yah. it's caroline. your sister. your BIG sister. will you please come out now? i really really want to see you. and i really really want mommy's lap back. i never wanted to snuggle when i was a baby, but now i am wanting to make up for lost time... and apparently this is really bad timing. because mommy has no lap. and her belly is poking out of her shirts. at home, i am always telling her to "close amelia" to pull her shirt down over her belly. i know that once you get here, mommy's shirts will fit and she will have room for me again! i have been having so much fun playing with all your baby toys in your room. mommy is trying to teach me how to push your baby swing gently, but i think you would really like to swing really high in it like i do in my swing in the backyard. i am all ready to sing "la la lu" to you just like the mommy in "lady and the tramp" sings to her baby. i practice singing this all day so that i will get it just right when you get here. i am such a big girl now, and i am ready to hand over the "baby girl" title to you. you get to wear all my clothes from when i was a baby, and i am also giving you my room. maybe one day we can share a room- we will have lots of fun as sisters, i know it! so what are you waiting for? come on out and see us soon! i love you, caroline

wait, we have a couple more pictures before we sneak back to bed... mommy likes to take these pictures of her holding her belly every now and then. we're not really sure why because we are frankly getting tired of the belly... but we'd better put this picture on here for mommy. we heard her say that she is at 39 and 1/2 weeks, whatever that means. maybe this will be the last belly picture mommy takes before she goes to the hospital.


ethan, don't forget this one of me! i've watched mommy take so many of these belly pictures that i knew just what to do!


ok, amelia, we can't wait to see you! mommy has been going around the house organizing and cleaning up all kinds of stuff, so maybe that means you are on your way soon!