Dear Gremlin,

You don't know it now, but you should be really excited. Your Aunt C. and Uncle B. are going to have another baby - about two months after you are due! You'll have three cousins then.

When Aunt C. called to tell me, she was worried about how I would react. She didn't know about you and she was afraid that your Daddy and I still weren't able to have a baby. Boy, was she surprised! But when she told me that your Aunt R. (my sister) was worried about me as well, I knew we just had to tell the whole family. So, after a few phone calls and a lot of tears, the immediate family all knew about YOU! It's going to be hard for your Grandmother H. to keep you a secret for a few weeks.

Your daddy and I also got to see our friend's little girl who was born on Tuesday. She was a little thing, but I'm sure she'll grow - hopefully you two will be good friends! They know about you, but none of our other friends that were visiting know yet. We felt like we had the biggest secret, and it was hard to keep quiet! But I still want to see you on the ultrasound one more time before we tell everyone. My next ultrasound is the morning of September 26, so after that, everyone can know. It will be such a relief to not have to keep such a secret!

10 weeks, 1 day