Dear Baby,

Mama and Tucker and I went to the doctor’s office, so we could talk with them all about you. There are lots of very smart and helpful people there who will be doing everything they can to make sure you and Mama are healthy and safe. We don’t know which doctor will be helping on your Birthday, but we know he or she will do a great job.

This week the baby websites say you’ve grown to the size of a kidney bean. Baby, I’m sorry, I like them even less than lentils! But I LOVE you, so let’s think of something else that is the same size, okay? You’re now about half an inch long, which is about the thickness of a slice of good sandwich bread. Sandwiches are yummy, so that’s better!

Did you know that in Canada, the country where I and many others in your family are originally  from, we use the metric system? It doesn’t use inches, so we’d say you are just about 1 1/4 centimeters long.

Don’t worry. It can be confusing sometimes, even for super smart people like Mama.

Love,

Dad