to whom it may concern...

in my arms is where you are to be

how long will you make me wait?

i don't know how much more i can take

i missed you but i haven't met you

oh but i want to

oh how i do

slowly counting down the days

till i finally know your name

(the civil wars - to whom it may concern)

the past 32 weeks have actually gone by quite quickly. from the day daddy and i found out God had blessed us with you (at 5 weeks) till now (37 weeks pregnant), you have grown from just teeny cells to an approximately 6 (+/-) pound beautiful baby. the ultrasound tech thinks you have long legs (like your pake). i don't know how much you way or how tall you are or exactly what your precious face looks like, but i know there isn't much more room in my belly for you to grow. so i certainly hope that you are almost ready to make your first appearance. 

there are a lot of things that we don't know about you yet. in fact, there isn't much that we do know. but we don't need to know anything about you in order to already be completely in love with you. i'll be honest - you occupy the majority of my thoughts throughout the day. you take up a decent amount of my time already too. i love getting ready for you. 

we may not know a lot about you yet - we don't even know if you are a boy or a girl, or what your name is - but there is one most important thing about you we do know. you are God's child. He has your life in His hands. He knows your name. He knows the day you will be born. He knows how many hairs you have on you head (if you have hair, of course). He knows your present and your future. "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.'" (jeremiah 29:11) because of this promise from God, daddy and i don't have to worry, now or ever. we know that God loves you therefore "not a hair will fall from your head, without the will of our Father in Heaven" (Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 1). 

mommy and daddy are so excited to meet you. we cannot wait to hold you in our arms, and to kiss your sweet face. we cannot wait to hear your first cry (and of course your first laughs, and first everything's). we cannot wait to tell all of our family and friends about you, that you have arrived, and then for them all to meet you. we cannot wait to bring you home. we cannot wait to sing to you and read to you and tell you that we love you. we cannot wait to see who God created you to be, and how He will grow you into His child. 

we cannot wait to meet the little mango that we love so very much.