Real.

This pregnancy is becoming very real. Not only because we're shopping for cribs and testing out strollers, but we are now calling our baby by name and feeling him move a lot more. His name is Luke Aaron Pendleton and we're already in love. I find myself talking to him out loud instead of just in my head. Yesterday I was editing a wedding and I stared at one picture in particular. I looked at it a little bit longer than I would have a few weeks ago, before I knew I was carrying a son, our son. The picture was a mother and her son on his wedding day. He was walking her down the aisle and I saw myself as her in 20 years. I knew exactly what she was thinking. She was so proud of her son and wondering where all the time went as her little boy grew up. She probably thought back to the exact moment when she felt her baby boy kick and now she's about to watch him get married. I have to remind myself that I don't always want time to hurry up. I keep wanting these next 20 weeks to fly by so that we can see finally see our Luke and hug and kiss him. Although what we really want is these next 20 years to slow down. I'm anxious to watch him grow and turn into a wonderful man like his dad. And even when or if he decides to marry and start his own family, I know there will be plenty more special moments that we'll cherish. I can tell that becoming a mother is going to be special and as this pregnancy continues it's making all these feelings and thoughts very real.




We can't wait to meet you, Baby Luke.
This week I felt you kick 3 times. I woke your daddy up so that he could feel, but you didn't move again until after he lifted his hand my from stomach. Silly boy.
I ate purple grapes yesterday and you really started moving around. You must like grapes. I do too. You started moving around when the song Layla by Eric Clapton came on Pandora. Did you know that we might have named you Layla if you were a girl? I think you knew. And you must know that I'm talking about you because I just felt a good kick. I can't help but smile. We love you!