Dear Mom,
I wanted to write a letter to my unborn daughter for her to read one day. As I thought about what it would say, I realized I would be signing my name as "Mom" for the very first time. It made me think about all of the letters you would put in my lunchbox when I was little. That was always the best part of my day when I was younger; It would always make my day to see a piece of paper folded on top of my lunch and everyone would notice, it made me feel so special. I remember complaining when you started telling me I had to pack my own lunch, not because I was too lazy, but because I knew I wouldn't have anymore letters from you. You have always taken the time to let me know you love me just they way I was and even when I would get into trouble you would let me know that nothing changed about the way you felt about me. Everytime I'm around little children, I act as you would. I know that if I can be just half as good a mom as you were to me, then I would have succeeded in loving and caring for my daughter better than anyone else ever could. You were always there when I needed you, even times when I didn't know I needed you. When everything seemed to be falling apart, you tried to stay strong for all of us. But I want you to know that not only are you my mom, but my best friend. And I will be there to pick you up when you feel weak, I owe you 21 years (and counting) of support and friendship. I love you more than anything and I can't even begin to thank you for preparing me for what lies ahead. As a child, I wanted to be just like you, and that hasn't changed.

I love you with all of my heart and I'm so thankful I get to call you my mom.

Love,
Kristin

I'M BACK!!

Well, I have actually been back for about a week BUT we came home to find that our computer decided to give up on us while it was turned off for a month.. I was pretty upset. So my abosolutely wonderful and most amazing mom bought me a laptop this past weekend since we have online classes to keep up with. So I unfortunately cannot upload any pictures of our trip because I can't find the software that goes with the camera, it was all set up on the other computer of course. But considering everything that happened while I was gone, I really did have a great time. I will say that I will never travel that far this pregnant ever again, US airways is designed for little people I swear. Even their international flights are just overcramped with extra seats. My knees were against the chair in front of me and my tray table wouldn't go down past my belly.. for 9 hours I suffered. Little girl seemed to enjoy it however because she didn't see to stop moving the whole way. I was so happy to meet all his family, they are all wonderful and kind and took such good care of me. His mom and sister are nurses and his brother is a doctor so every little ailment was fixed by them. Unfortunately, I lost someone very close to me while I was gone to the flu.. I never in a million years the flu could take a college athlete who stayed healthy.. I'm still in shock.

Although I can't show you any of our pictures, I can upload a cell phone picture of my 32 week belly.. only 7 more weeks until she gets here!!! Getting a bit nervous...

Once we got back into charlotte I got to see all of the amazing things Hollie gave us for the baby. Thank you so much for everything!!! We appreciate it so much! And I love the sleeping baby sign that hangs on the door, I can see how that was so hard to part with, all the stuff is perfect and I can't tell you how grateful we are!!

Hopefully I can figure out how to get the pictures uploaded soon.. it's good to be back!