Dear Dotty, With Love x

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06.08.2014 - Mcdonalds...

Dear Dotty,

Today daddy took mummy to get a Mcdonald's (really really fancied one!) but it seems you didn't. Whilst I was enjoying tucking in to my chips and chicken selects with sour cream and chive dip.. you had other ideas and decided you didn't want mummy to eat it at all... I wonder if that'll change when you finally appear! Up to press, I can't eat fried eggs or MCD's no more which I suppose isn't necessarily a bad thing hehe!

Only 8 days until we get to see you again. We honestly can't wait!! Definitely got a little bump now! Hope it's cosy in there for you!

Love Always, 

Mummy and Daddy xxxxxx

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28.07.2014 - The first time we saw you!

Dear Dotty,

Never have I ever had to drink so much juice (apparently a whole litre!) and hold it all inside for so long! Daddy was laughing because I was dancing around the room ready to burst before we had even left the house and when Nanan Keeton and Uncle Ali came to take us to the hospital I honestly thought I was going to POP!

Thankfully, the nurses weren't running too late and me and daddy waited nervously for you to appear on the screen. You seemed to be hiding and it took them a moment or two to find you, but when they did I've never seen your daddy look so happy and I was over the moon. Your little heart was beating away and it was such a relief to see you there, all tucked away, safe and sound. You had little ears, a little belly and a little bit of fluff for hair! It was confirmed that you were 8 weeks + 1 day 'old'. 

Apparently the cramps I was feeling was just you getting comfy and making your little home a bit bigger as you were growing!

Hope you are all snug in there little one, 

Love always 

M & D xxxxxx

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24.07.2014 - Early Pregnancy Unit trip!

Dear Dotty,

Didn't half have a scare today. I was sat at work when I got the most weirdest stomach cramps. I instantly panicked and being a first time mummy I wasn't sure this was right! So I phoned Nanna Keeton and arranged to go to the EPU to make sure you were okay! Daddy and Me sat for 4 hours eating a melted KitKat and drinking endless cups of water waiting to find out if you were hunky dory. After having my blood pressure done and ensured that the initial signs were all good, I was booked in for an early scan for the 28th July. We can't wait to see you, I asked what you would look like and apparently you'd be that tiny you'd look like a dot, thus the nickname Dotty :)

Looking forward to meeting you little one, 

Love always

xxxx

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22.07.2014 - Booking in appointment

Dear Dotty,

Today, I had my first meeting with a midwife at the Embankment center! She confirmed what daddy and me thought, I was around 7-8 weeks! I went through an endless list of medical questions and they stole my blood to carry out lots of little tests to make sure I was all healthy and you were going to be kept safe and warm inside until you were big enough to come out in to the world. 

Got given lots of little leaflets all about having a little person which I am going to read through. 

Super excited, it all feels so real now!  

Love always 

M & D

xxxxx

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Names...names...oh and more names!

Dear Dotty,

Me and your daddy have been sat creating lots of concoctions trying to find names we both like!

Up to press, our two favourites are;

1. Ava-Grace Keeton

2. Harvey Oliver James Keeton

No doubt these will change as we have lots and lots of different ideas but you never know!

Love you always,

Mummy and Daddy 

xxxxx

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15.07.2014 - Yum Yum Yum, baking in my mummy's tum!

Dear Dotty,

Today is the day your daddy and me found out we were expecting you!

To say we were surprised is an understatement but from the moment we got those positive pregnancy tests - yes we took two, we just couldn’t believe it! -  I just knew you were going to be the most beautiful, amazing little person and you were going to be the most loved little bean in the whole wide world. 

I’d been feeling a little icky for a week or so, me and daddy had gone to Ibiza for a week (and little did we know..you came along too!) and I couldn’t stand the idea of food other than Pringles and Dorito’s! We thought nothing of it as i’d taken a pregnancy test at the doctors on the 11th June, then the 20th June and they both came back negative! I just had a little inkling something was happening but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

I don’t honestly know what made me retest that day, but I guess I just knew you were waiting to be found out and all of a sudden BOO! You were there & you were growing fast!

Me and Daddy couldn’t figure out how far along in the pregnancy we were however we guessed at around 8 weeks. We phoned your Nanan and Grandad Atkinson up and your Nanan and Grandad Keeton along with Uncle Alex and Uncle Zach who are so excited to meet you!! The day after we told your Nanan Margaret and your Auntie Kate who can’t wait for you to make your grand appearance. Auntie Kate wanted to go baby shopping ASAP! 

After the initial surprise, we settled quite quickly in to the idea that we were going to have you and we have never felt so blessed or lucky in our whole lives.

So, little Dotty, mummy and daddy just want you to know, we love you very much, always have, always will xxxxxx