How many bones
will you have when you're born?
and how long before you can smile?
Will you be bald? Will your eyes brown
like your mother's or blue like dad's?
It's so close now
I can't wait to meet you!

Still only BAM
I'm sure your parents will decide
on something better soon
but I confess this nickname
does remind me of how much
has changed so quickly
in the months since we
first heard of you

Imagining my wife
your grandma Carroll
holding you while rocking
in the antique rocker
she bought specially
for the two of you
brings me a moment's
quiet joy