This week you are the size of a big red pepper and can perceive light although I doubt that you can see much light from where you are currently resting! You are also becoming active! Your mommy can now feel you moving around in her tummy. Last week your parents spent two hours at the doctor’s office so the doctor could examine you from every single angle possible. The doctor reported that you are perfect! How could you be anything else? The doctor also took a sonogram – a picture of you inside Mommy’s tummy. Your profile picture clearly shows your nose and chin. The shape of your head looks exactly like your daddy’s head when he was born. Your daddy was a really pretty baby. Your Uncle Jay had looked like a prize fighter at birth. He was born three weeks past the predicted due date. His fingernails had grown out so long that he scratched his eyelid before he was born. As a result, his left eye was swollen shut at birth. He still has the scar.
In September, my close friends and I are going to the beach. It’s a “girl trip” that we take every year in the fall. Usually, we go over Fall Break in October because two of us were still teaching school; however, now we are all “retired” so we can go anytime. Last year we didn’t get to go because of Covid. We postponed the trip until April. The question came up about going in October this year as usual. I immediately told the group – “You’ll have to go without me this year! I have a new grandbaby coming in October, and I’m not going anywhere!” At that time, the only thing I knew about you was that you were on the way. My good friends said “Well, let’s just go in September.” And so, we are. Tonight, at supper, Pap asked “Now why are you not going to the beach in October?” All I said was “Pearl!”
October is totally about you! October has always been my favorite month. The weather has begun to cool, the days are shorter, and summer is over. Now I have the best reason to love October – your birthday. By the time you are born, you and your parents will be living in Kentucky – five hours away. You might think that with your being born so far away, your Brown family won’t be able to be there. You would be mistaken. Your Uncle Jay immediately declared “I’m gonna tell my boss ‘I’m outta here!’” Pearl is coming. Excitement is building. Prayers have been answered. We’re all gonna be there to celebrate you!
Yes, you are currently the size of a red bell pepper. You are safe and warm and growing inside of Mommy’s tummy, totally unaware of all the joy that is swirling around your impending arrival. Please know that you are already cherished by so many people. You are our Pearl.
I love you!
BB
