On the Way By Vickey Banks

isn’t it amazing that you can be head-over-heels in love with someone who is not even born?

writing directly to your baby-on-the-way is like writing love letters to someone you actually know. The more you write, the deeper you fall! One day, you can pass on your own written legacy of love to the child who inspired it.

Land of Love

It may seem that there is lots to think about and do before you hold your little one in your arms, but nothing is more important than nurturing your love for him. Believe it or not, someday soon the cord will be cut on your baby’s opening ceremony! When that happens, nothing could be sweeter than welcoming him into his very own ever-blooming land of love. 

Love in Bloom

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vickey banks is a popular inspirational speaker, Bible study teacher, and author. She and husband, Brian, are college sweethearts who have been married 24 years and are the proud parents of two teenagers.

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welcome to tHe lanD of love!

LIkE bEING IN LOvE for the first time, your heart and mind blissfully have been taken hostage. You dream about your little one night and day. Will he have his daddy’s green eyes or his grammy’s bright blue eyes? Will her hair be dark and curly like Granddad’s or will it be blonde and straight like mine? Instead of shopping for the latest fashions, you are oohing and ahhing over baby beds and rocking chairs, burp cloths and diaper bags. A telltale sign for any newly pregnant woman ... instead of sucking in your tummy while trying on swimsuits, you have strapped a pillow on your midsection and are dreaming of how cute you will look in maternity clothes!

Growing Deeper in Love

Isn’t it amazing that you can be head-over-heels in love with someone who is not even born? While your baby continues to blossom, there are some things you can do to ensure that your love grows as well.

• Dive into books. There are many books out there that will allow you to become more familiar with how your baby is growing as well as devotionals that connect you to God and to your child. See the sidebar for some recommendations.

• Write love notes to your baby. Writing love notes is another great way to nurture your parental love. Of course you can find myriads of calendars and baby books for expectant parents, but

• Love Letters to My Baby: A Guided Journal for Expectant and New Mothers by Vickey Banks (Multnomah Gift Books, 2000)

• A Child Is Born by Lennart Nilsson and Lars Ham-berger (Delta Publishing, 2004)

• Moments and Milestones Pregnancy Journal: A Week-by-Week Companion by Jennifer Leigh Youngs and Bettie B. Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D. (Amacom, 2007)

• Getting to Know You:
A Journal for Expecting
Parents by Christine M.
Dorn (B&H, 2006)

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