Dreaming of Baby

I had a baby dream last night!!! In this one, our little one was a little girl...the most beautiful child you have ever seen! She wasn't very old, but wasn't a new born either, and apparently Michael had talked me into getting her ears pierced early. (I don't think this will happen in real life, but dream baby had pretty little gold balls in her ears...just perfect and dainty for such a beautiful girl!) She had such large, dancing eyes, that just sparkled at everything around her like the whole world was a beautiful place, and lashes like you wouldn't believe!!!

We were at some kind of Mommy & Me swimming class...no idea why, because none of the babies there were very old (all were between 6 months and a year), but she kept doing the cutest thing. She'd slam her little hands down into the water and then bring them up real fast, clenched in fists, as though she was trying to hold the water up to show me! She never got frustrated that it wasn't working...she just laughed and laughed and tried again and again to hold the water up to show Mommy! She was giggling and I was laughing...it was such a wonderful dream!!!

And SOOOO real!! The love I felt for this little child was...well, not something that I could describe even if I were a much better writer...and I could actually FEEL her in my arms. I could feel the water and feel the splashes...I can even tell you what she was wearing! (It was the cutest little purple bathing suit, with a matching hair band...she didn't have much hair yet, but what she did have was very light and fine and soft...mine was also very light in color when I was about her age.) She was just so beautiful and happy...it was the most detailed dream I have had about the baby so far, and when I woke up I just wrapped my arms around my belly and said "She likes to swim!" (Which confused the heck out of Michael until I explained, at which point he just smiled that dopey little smile I'm beginning to think of as a baby drunk smile! Like when your drunk with happiness, but it's BABY happiness!!!)

So, as sure as I was a few weeks ago that it was a boy, I am now even more sure it is a girl!!! I have no "mothering instincts", though I have been told that I SHOULD, and that I will "know" what it is...I don't. My mind changes between boy and girl, though I feel more sure now than I ever have. Of course, that will mean the baby will come out a little boy! lol!

What's wonderful is that is honestly isn't something Michael or I care about either way. We're prepared for a girl and call the baby "she"...but we had both always wanted a boy first, so if it comes out a boy, we're prepared for that too! I know that some people really care and get really upset if they don't get what they wanted first, but we honestly couldn't care less, as long as s/he is healthy and safe when they come!!!

It was just such an amazing dream!!!

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