Peek-A-Boo Poem by Janet K. Rauch

O Blessed Child of Wonder
Growing in me
We love you so much,
Your daddy and me.

You're moving and growing,
I can feel you inside.
And now that 'I'm showing'
Your size soon won't hide.

I hope you're enjoying
Conversation and song.
On the waterbed I made
For your ride, nine months long!

The food I've been sending
May seem smooth as silk.
But wait till I hold you
And you taste mother's milk.

In the meantime, enjoy...
My cozy womb inside
Until you are ready
For that great, slippery ride!

We'll both be here waiting,
Cheerleaders for you
Our bundle of joy
Our Little Peek-a-Boo

(I wrote this poem for my daughter-in-law, Janelle - as a sentiment inside the card I made for her baby shower. She's carrying my first grandbaby, and I wanted to write a special poem for her...written from the mother-to-be's perspective...which took me back twenty-some years to visit the feelings surrounding my own first pregnancy with my son, Zac - Janelle's husband)