let me explain......

dear number two -
you're not really number two in our lives......you're just the second to come into our lives......i'm feeling the need to explain/apologize now, months before you're even born so that you can look back at this and know we love you just as much as casey......calling you number two is just kind of our nickname for you......and i'm finding myself a lot of times saying "well last time around..." - especially in your "belly book".......i don't want you to think that we're always comparing you to casey.......you're your own person and we love you just as you are - as similar or as different as you're going to be from casey......it's just that we don't have any other experience to compare it to......so for now, knowing that last time around i felt casey move around 20 weeks helps me to know that this time around at 18 weeks it's not strange that i haven't felt you move around yet......and it'll help us as parents know that last time around being so crazy about feeding casey every 4 hours on the nose probably wasn't necessary to be so precise - it'll help us know that if you're hungry at 3 hours or 5 hours from your last feeding, it's ok.......we'll know it's safe for you to swing on the baby swings when you're 6 months old, and that you might not roll over until you're 9 months old.......things won't be brand new for us when you do them, but we'll be better at being parents by the time you do them......and we'll love your first giggle, first smile, first hug, and first kiss as much as we've loved casey's.......so just know we love you very much and you're not in competition with casey.......just because we say "last time around" doesn't mean this time around isn't any less special.......