i don't know if it's because i am and always have been a bit of a romantic (and a bit dramatic)...
or if it's because i have been looking so forward to starting a family that now that it's happening i'm holding on to every second...
or if it's possibly because this is our first child and naturally i have nothing else to do than to pay attention to and give great importance to every measly detail...
regardless: one of the side effects of my hypervigilence has been my incessant need to chronicle this entire journey. case in point: i've promised myself i would write the baby a letter once a week (atleast) for the next 9 months with the intention of giving him/her the letters when he/she turns 20 or so... old enough to appreciate it i guess.
sooo.... i asked jordan to get me a journal for Christmas (mind you this was before we found out we were pregnant)... i got the journal in the mail 2 days after i was drooling toothpaste down my pink robe (see below)
the journal he gave me is absolutely incredible... we found it on Etsy. it was handmade by an incredibly gifted artist in Chicago. she hand-binds notebooks and journals and handmakes her covers. this one in particular is made of polymer clay...
the journal is called TREE OF LIFE... how appropriate is that?? and beautiful!! i'm so excited to have it and create this small keepsake for our baby.
i woke up at 3 am this morning, a thought came to me... crystal clear...hit me like lightening... a thought i wanted to share with the baby. i had to sit up and write a letter real quick.... poor jordan.
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