baby love

Dylan Thomas Derhake

Born

September 20, 2010

at

5:06 pm

weighing in at

8 lbs 3 oz

and

20 inches long

Love at first sight.

99 reasons

Well Gizmo, now that we have successfully avoided the dreaded September 11th birthday date, I think you should starting putting together your exit strategy.

In order to help you motivate, I have compiled a list of wonderful things that are waiting for you out in this great big world. Things worth leaving your little watery hidey hole for.

1. clean, fresh sheets

2. great summer thunderstorms

3. DQ

4. Christmas Eve

5. Harry Potter

6. french fries

7. iphones

8. puppy dogs with really soft ears

9. vacations

10. the beach

11. first snow of the winter

12. fireflies

13. mystery trips

14. the Olympics

15. pancakes for dinner

16. your nephews

17. the smell of fresh cut grass, cookies baking, and coffee

18. movies

19. presents

20. finding $5 you forgot all about in your coat pocket

21. cookouts

22. hot chocolate with marshmallows

23. Chicago in the summer

24. trick or treating

25. birthdays

26. us. me and your dad and the rest of our family and friends who can't wait to meet you.

Ok, so it's not exactly 99 reasons. I'm no Jay Z. But it's a pretty good start. You will just have to come out and discover the other 76 reasons for yourself.

Come out, come out wherever you are.

awwww, FREAK OUT!

So in less than 24 hours, babe, we will have only 2 weeks left until your due date. How is that possible??!! I'm not gonna lie, Giz, I ........ am ....freaking ....out! I mean, logically I know you aren't going to stay in your little hidey hole forever, but I didn't expect for your eviction date to sneak up on me so fast. I may be the only pregnant woman in the history of the earth to say this, but please, please stay put a little longer. I need you to just chill and not come out, or at least wait until I can get a pedicure. I really cannot have my feet up in stirrups looking the way they currently look.

In all seriousness baby, I will miss you and all of our time together. But I have started to think about you, the actual you, a lot lately. And despite all of my freaking out, I am really excited to meet you. I feel like I know you pretty well already....I know you like oatmeal raisin cookies, I know you come alive during the hours of 6-11 pm, I know you like to hang out on my left side, and I know you do NOT like this hot summer we are having....but I know there is so much more to learn about you. And I want to learn it all Giz, every last itsy tiny detail that makes you you. I can't wait to meet you baby boy.

....I'd just prefer to meet you a little closer to your due date.

You in your hidey hole at 38 weeks....well technically 37 weeks, 6 days and some change.

spooky, scary

Uh Giz, I might have bought you a Halloween costume. Blame it on work being slow, or me spending one too many Halloweens with your Halloween-obsessed-Auntie-Emily. Whatever it is, I just couldn't help myself.

Really, you should just make your peace with it now I guess. What good are kids if you can't dress them up and have a good chuckle at their expense now and then?

So in just two short months, you will be donning this

That's right, baby sushi! Don't worry, I had your "ginger and wasabi" put on a more masculine looking hat instead of that headband. That headband would just look ridonkculous.