Baby's New Year Resolutions

I guess it's normal for a mother and father-to-be to give their unborn child characteristics, despite the fact that it's the size of a thumb and floating around in my tummy. On good days, we think baby will have it's father's brains and my whimsy. On bad days, we think baby will have it's father's stubborn streak and my directional sense (or lack thereof). On really bad days, we think it will want to go to University of Florida and be Gator (gasp!). Then we calm ourselves down, and remember to live in the moment and enjoy being almost 12 weeks along. We have a whole life time to worry about the other stuff.

On that note, these are what we think would be our little one's New Years Resolutions for the year it will be born, 2010:

• Finish growing fingernails and toenails.
• Continue growing into a healthy baby and keeping the size of it's head in check, so not to traumatize mommy on its birthday.
• Learn how to suck thumb. Self-soothing is important.
• Learn how to kick those legs and move those arms in a few months so that the eager parents can feel movement.
• Finally, be in a good mood on January 19 and maybe--maybe--show the nice doctor if it is a boy or a girl. It is not fun to refer to little one as "it".

On behalf of the little one, we wish you all a Happy New Year! May all your dreams come true this year--I know ours will be.