Tally talks 3

Today Granny and I went on line to look at little babies. I saw pictures of little babes in their mommy’s tummy. It made me think of my own little baby in my tummy.

It’s a little person in there.

I think I started my baby about 12 weeks ago. It’s about as big as a grape now, but it has fingers and toes and everything a person needs. I’m a big girl, so it isn’t so easy to see, but in my lower tummy I have a nice little round hard thing that I know is my baby and my uterus. My little baby is growing every day, a little miracle. Granny says that my baby and I are already working together to add another little cousin to the world.

I knew when I found out I was pregnant that there was a little baby there. It’s different now, because of what I know about it, I know that my little baby is in my tummy just like on the internet, I can see it in my mind now.

It makes me feel funny and warm. My little baby is so safe in me. I’m like a tiger, I’m quick and strong, and I’ll keep that little baby safe against anything. Now I understand why Granny won’t let me smoke or eat junk, and why she makes me eat only healthy foods. I am not going to think of those vegetables as yukky anymore, they have important things my baby needs. My baby is safe inside me, except that I’m the only one that can hurt it.

I talked with Granny a lot about being a mother. She knows a lot about it. She was a mother years ago, but she still knows what it is like to have a little baby in your body. She says it is a rare and wonderful thing, and that it is different every time. She says having a baby in your body is the beginning of a long, long walk, one you take with your child, and at the end of the walk, you stop, and they keep walking.

I get my mom better now. I know she loves me. I know she was doing all she could to keep me safe. I was a baby in her tummy, she’ll always want to keep me safe.

A.B. is coming to pick us up to look at a car! Granny and I are thinking about getting our own car. It will cost more than we have, and it will cost a lot for me to get a driver’s license, but we’re just looking into it. If we do buy a car, it won’t be until after summer. I’m in no hurry to see A.B., he’s such a downer recently. Granny says he has growing pains.

I’m going to drink a glass of milk and take a pre-natal vitamin, which is a special vitamin for moms. I hope to have an ultrasound in two weeks, which is a picture of my baby using sound. Then I’ll know if my little baby is a she or a he. Granny says I still won’t know anything about them until we meet in a few months.

I can hardly wait!