Amelia, Won’t You Come Out and Play?!?
Amelia, Amelia, Amelia Noelle Fink!
Listen up! Pay attention! Don’t take time to think!
Your Grandma and your Grandpa are ready for you to come out and play!
So what are you waiting for, little one, please come out today!
Amelia, You’ve been growing for almost nine months now,
I’m sure your Mommy and Daddy are ready for you, and how!
We’ve read their blog … their “Fink Bambino 1.0” blog,
Grandpa’s read it, Grandma’s read it, even Sampson, the dog!
Four weeks after conception, they said you were the size of a poppy seed!
By November 29th your Mommy could feel you move, probably your feet!
At week eighteen, Amelia, you were the size of a sweet potato,
You were inches big and very light, but you were kicking with your toes!
When your Mommy and Daddy visited us, after Christmastime,
They announced they were expecting a girl, and that suited us just fine!
Then they announced your name … Amelia Noelle Fink!
Grandpa was touched, Grandma was overjoyed! Both of us love pink!
Amelia will take on her Grandma Jackie’s real name,
And her Mommy’s middle name, Noelle, of “Noe fame!”
Our whole family is tickled pink to add Amelia Noelle Fink!
And Amelia, you will carry on Daddy’s “Fink link!”
Back to your size, Amelia, at week 25 you were the size of an eggplant,
I pray you weren’t offended, I think a new vegetable you should demand!
Towards the end of January, we got to hear your heartbeat!
We listened to it over and over, rejoicing in sweet relief, we did weep!
Soon, Mommy’s tummy is in full motion, a shimmerin’ and a shakin’,
And she’s eating cupcakes by the dozen, yes, she can smell them bakin’!
At week 28, during an ultrasound, you became a movie star!
Grandma and Grandpa decide you win the academy award, as an up and coming star!
Amelia, would you believe a blizzard cancelled your Mommy’s baby shower?!?
But you’re active, with “baby earthquakes,” girl, do you have power!
At the eight-month point, you are the size of a honeydew,
And then with four weeks to go, finally Grandma gets to feel you!!!
The shower that was snowed out in February was rescheduled to Mommy’s ninth month,
Great-Grandma and Grandma, and Mommy’s friends got you all the right stuff!
So now, Amelia, I tell you the truth, listen to what I say!
All the Grandmas, Grandpas, and the Greats, want to celebrate today, your birthday!
… Today!!! Love, Grandma Cathy – 4/26/08
