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19 weeks

Dear Paapu,

You are now the size of a mango sweet baby!  You are growing & I am so blessed to feel you move more & more each day!  I have to say... I really love feeling you move!  Although sometimes your timing is funny... like this morning.  I was trying to sleep in & I guess you had had enough of that!  You were moving about & rolling around till I finally just got up & had breakfast with your daddy.

I have read that if you are not now you will soon be tasting everything I eat.  So I am trying to make good & healthy choices so in the future you will like the same :)  But I do have to admit, since we are in the BigCity right now, we did go to an American restaurant last night for dinner, name Chili's.  Not the pepper... just the restaurant :)  Then we may of eaten doughnuts for breakfast this morning :)

Either way, we do love you so very much sweet baby!  While we are in the BigCity this week we are going to visit the doctors & hospital where we plan to meet you in person!  I have been told it is one of the best places to give birth in South Asia, better for me & you :)  Since so much varies between our American cultural view on childbirth & the South Asian view we are going to this physicality so that we can find something that we will both be more comfortable with.  :)

Paapu, I love you so much!  Can you believe we are almost half way through this season!?!?!?  We are so excited to meet you & have you be the part in our lives God created you to be!

I love you baby,
Your Momma

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18 weeks

Sweet Paapu,

This week your home, my uterus, is now the size of a cantaloupe while you have grown to the size of a large potato!  This explains why I feel so much bigger :)

Paapu, I want to take some of these times to share with you about how special you really are.  You are what some folks call a TCK, a Third Culture Kid.   Meaning while your mommy & daddy grew up in the Southern United States and still hold those cultural nuances & values you will grow up in South Asia, with a mixing of both cultures!  Don't worry or fret, it may be different than some but we know & are praying you will have an amazing childhood, so when you look back as adult you will be thankful for your time in South Asia!

We have made friends with a family in the BigCity near our town & they are "hooking you up" big time sweet baby!  Not only are we gaining furniture for your empty nursery we are also gaining a four- legged friend for you as well!  But that is another post for another time :)  Just know, Paapu, that the home you come into will be full of love!

I love you kid & can't wait to hold you in my arms!
Grow well... if you decide to kick, dance, stretch, flip or play some more I am totally okay with it!  Enjoy your little home, sweet baby!

Love,
Your Momma
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Hey Paapu,

I hope you are doing well as you continue to grow.  We are praying for you every day that you will be healthy, and continue to grow as you are supposed to.  I am looking forward to seeing you and holding you, but until then, I am loving you and praying for you.

I am also trying to protect you from your Mommy.  Sometimes she tries to poke on you to get you to move, and I tell her to leave you alone.  But she just wants to feel you, and she likes it when you kick and dance.  But don't worry, we would never do anything to hurt you.  We want you to be safe and protected in your home now.

Continue to grow and be healthily, and I can not wait to see you!  I am excited!

I love you,

Your Daddy

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17 weeks

Sweet Paapu,

This week has been so very busy.  Your momma is sooo tired!  All I can do is try my best to keep taking care of you the best I can!  

Something good for us this week & last, while presently I am very tired, we are finally working out regularly again!  Within the past couple of weeks I am feeling so much better, the joy of the 2nd trimester!  We have been working out on the elliptical for a while but are now doing prenatal pilates & more!  Yay!  I read this week that exercising 30 minutes a day, 4 -7 days a week will make our labor & delivery easier on both of us... so mommy is doing this for us :)  I do love you!

This week, sweet baby, your little bones & skeleton are hardening while your baby fat is developing!  Your daddy is excited about the baby fat... he is looking forward to holding you & enjoying that aspect of you!  

Something over all not as exciting, but still fun, the first decoration we have have made for your room should be here tomorrow!  So... you have a chair & some canvass on your walls :)  Don't worry, Paapu,  more is coming.  

I love you, so very much!

Your Momma

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