You are now 26 weeks little pebble! The book, “Pregnancy from Preconception to Birth” says that your eyes are beginning to open and your response to sound is more consistent. You now measure about 14 inches from crown to heel and weigh a little more than 1.5 pounds. You still continue to take small breaths and although you’re only breathing in water and not air, it’s still good practice when you are born. Your testicles are beginning to descend to your scrotum and this trip will take about 2 to 3 days.
It is Daddy’s birthday today. We planned to be in Adelaide to spend with him this special day but Mommy and Daddy ultimately decided, after weighing the pros and cons, that it may be stressful for you little pebble to travel 13 hours by plane from Manila to Adelaide and another 13 hours from Adelaide back to Manila after a few days. We also don’t want you to come out much earlier than your scheduled date. So even if Daddy will be lonely and Mommy will be sad that they’re not together today, they have to make this small sacrifice for you to make sure that you are all right.
It’s not too long now. Mommy and Daddy are expecting you by 15 September (Saturday), that’s only 2.5 months from now! And you’re their no. 1 priority which means that you are most important among all other important things for Mommy and Daddy.
So what you did this morning was to give Daddy his present and his cake to be opened/eaten when he comes to Manila in September (let’s see if he will share with you his cake when you come out in 15 September).
Speaking of sacrifice, Mommy has read this book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. The book was written by a law professor who has two girls. The two girls excelled in their classes and became very good at playing the piano and the violin. The friends of the parents of the two girls always ask how they were able to raise such intelligent and talented children. The parents, especially the mother, only smiled.
The secret? Lots of sacrifice and hard work. The children had to go home quickly after school to do their homework and then several hours practicing piano and violin. The children were not allowed to waste their time watching television or playing video games. Of course the sacrifice was not only on the part of the children. The parents sacrificed a lot too. They had to work hard to pay for the school fees and music lessons of the children and they spent lots and lots of time supervising their girls’ lessons.
Little pebble, Mommy and Daddy want the best for you. They want you to be able to go to good schools, excel in your classes, so you can later have a good job and a comfortable life. But Mommy and Daddy cannot do these by themselves. We’re a team. So when Mommy makes you do practice exercises in addition to your homework and not allow you to go to parties so you can prepare for you exams, please don’t think that she’s making life miserable for you. Mommy and Daddy are doing these all for you. Oh, for sure we will have misunderstandings, you not wanting to do some things or not understanding why you have to do certain things when your friends are allowed by their parents to freely roam. But that is not us, little pebble. Mommy and Daddy will devote their time and resources so they can prepare you for a life when you are going to be all on your own.
So really, Daddy’s birthday today when we are not all together is a start of sacrifices Mommy and Daddy have to make for you, little pebble. It is a sacrifice, however, which is joyous. They know that they are starting today on a journey to making you the best that you can possibly be, our dearest little pebble.
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