Monday Musings: #19

According to my pregnancy ticker, I have 44 days to go until we meet Baby Z. I remember how excited I was when I finally hit 199 days to go... now where did those 155 days go? I'm not sure, but they passed a lot quicker than I expected. I feel like I could have used my time more wisely. Like, why didn't I go ahead and make the burp cloths for him when I wasn't so tired and the holidays weren't taking up my evenings with sending Christmas cards, wrapping gifts, cleaning, and baking?

In the next 44 days we will be celebrating Christmas, New Year's, moving (packing and unpacking), buying his crib and setting it up, *hopefully* purchasing a glider/rocker and a dresser, setting up the nursery in our new apartment, taking a hospital tour, going to doctor appointments, along with our usual work schedules. I have an inkling that the time isn't going to drag, but rather that I'll be catching my breath trying to finish a project when I tell Lovebug it's time to go to the hospital! I admit, I think I might be thankful for the busyness because I've heard from many women that those last few weeks can really drag because you are getting so anxious to have the baby. And I think that would drive me nuts! I guess we'll find out :o)

Baby Z has been moving around a good bit. At the moment, it feels a bit like Dora when she rubs against my legs; except it's a human, rubbing against the inside of my uterus, and using a good bit more pressure. (Good description, yeah?!?) It's strange and cool at the same time! We get to go in on Thursday for another ultrasound. I'm excited to see how much he's grown! I've been reading that he should weigh around 5 lbs. and be 17-18 inches long! That's going to be a huge difference from our last ultrasound 15 weeks ago!

Tara and I had a combined baby shower at work last week. It was a lot of fun! We had some wonderful food and got a lot of nice things to use for our little ones.


Thanks to everyone who made it a special day for us!

To life... full of a flurry of preparation!