Waiting
Dear Little George,
It looks like you're going to miss Hanukkah this year; we're already half way through. That's ok, we don't have a menorah for you and didn't buy you any gifts - except, of course, all the stuff we've bought for you over the last nine months that you have yet to see.
Daddy and I are just starting to realize that there will (one way or the other) be a baby in our house sometime in the next few weeks. Hey, we're slow and the idea is overwhelming. Of course we'll think you are crazy cute and love you completely but, after you've raised someone like Simon for three and a half years, you'll understand our hesitation before using the words "excited" and "thrilled" when describing the impending arrival of your second child. Simon is an absolutely fabulous little person who has mastered exactly where to push and pull, give and take, before the mental implosion begins. But without him... meaningless is given new meaning.
Love,
Mama