Are you doing somersaults in there?

Are you done yet?

Barefoot and Pregnant (I never where shoes)

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. ~John Wilmot

Before you were conceived I wanted you
Before you were born I loved you
Before you were here an hour I would die for you
This is the miracle of Mother's Love.
- Maureen Hawkins

A bun in the oven (Before the suffrige movement women were not seen in public while pregnant. From the begining of TV until the 1970's -the women's lib movement- you could not say the word pregnancy on TV so the writers had to come up with other variations.)

Great Expectations

He's/She's got his Daddy's chin. (ultra sound pictures are rarely this clear but people want to hope)

Hey! It's really cramped in here. (ultra sound caption)

How To Get Pregnant:
1. Donate your last piece of baby equipment to Goodwill.
2. Send your youngest child off to kindergarten with a dance of joy.
3. Start writing that novel you've always dreamed about ( or take golf lessens, join a bowling league)
4. Spend $500.00 on a new wardrobe for work
5. Get a cat or a puppy.
6. Just finish all the paperwork to adopt a child. (I personally know 10 people this has happened to.)
7. Let your best friend or sister use the baby name you'd been hoping to use for your next child.

It's all in the delivery!

It's really dark in hear - how's a kid to read? (baby captions)

It's so small in here I have to step outside to change my mind. (baby captions)

I hear your voice Mommy - I can't wait to see you. (baby captions)

I hope you are happy as an only child because I'M NOT DOING THIS EVER AGAIN!!!

Just a peek to see how you're doing. (ultra sound picture)

My skin just can not stretch any more!

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love. - Edwin H. Chapin

Pregnancy The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. - -Rajneesh

Tap Tap Tap ... Could you send in some real food? (ultra sound picture) (baby captions)

There is a reason God makes you pee every 2 hours those last 3 months - it's training for the every 2to4 hour feedings.

The Miracle of Life!

There is no friendship, no love, like that of a mother for her child. - Henry Ward Beecher

The weirdest thing about being sleep-deprived? If affects your ability to be aware that you're sleep-deprived.

We shall, we shall overcome!

Who will you look like,
How will you be?
Will you look like Daddy or me?
Ten little fingers and ten little toes,
A wrinkled up forehead and a cute button nose.
You will be crying with that first cold touch,
And so will I because I love you so much.
- Wendy Dahlke

IDEAS:

Write letters to your child, chronicling all that you are doing to get ready, how you are feeling, how is DAD handling everything, how is he helping (or messing up), etc. Describe: Shower gifts, painting/decorating the room, Lamaze classes, Other baby classes, when baby started to move and when you and your partner first felt it. Talk about morning sickness and what foods you couldn't stand to smell. Write down what the doctor says. Write down little stories -anecdotes- when they happen (IE. -reading the paper and a baby kick moves the paper)

Take pictures of yourself each month-- tummy showing-- and write excerpts from your favorite baby book. (“What to expect when your expecting.” was my bible.)