I have officially entered a new decade of my life.  When I mark my age on forms, I have to select the 30-39 option.  I can't be considered part of the "20 Something" group at church.  And I'm halfway to 60.  60!  But, honestly, none of those things bother me.  I'm excited for this decade.  After all, we are 9 days out.  That's single digits!!  Saying we are excited would be an huge understatement.  I know people say new parents are never truly ready and I believe that.  It would be hard to be completely ready for a life-altering change.  But as far as ready goes, I think we are as much as we can be. 

A couple years ago I took a motorcycle class.  We spent most of one day in a classroom learning the mechanics of riding...how to stop, how to lean, how to avoid obstacles.  By the end of the day, we had gathered as much knowledge as our brains could take and we were ready to get on the motorcycles and try it out...and maybe fail but at least try.  I think that's how Husband and I feel.  We've gone to classes, read books, talked to other parents and we are ready to try.  It won't be perfect but if you want to learn to ride, you have to put the kickstand up sometime!

38 Weeks

The Sound of Silence

It's been one month since I was gainfully employed.  When I think about it, I feel both happy and sad.  I'm so glad to have this opportunity to get the house ready, make a couple cute things for the tiny room and do some reading.  Most people don't get to do this!  I'm a lucky chick!  But I'm nearing the end of my to-do list and with that the days are getting longer and feeling less productive.  It leaves more time for anticipation and anxiety about the future.  It's not that there isn't anything to do...there's always something to do...clean the floor (blah), dust (blah), organize the cabinets (blah).  It's just that I've already done all the fun stuff.  And with Husband working his face off all day, I'm looking forward to having someone to play with.  Hmmm...I should remember I said that in a couple weeks when I'm sleep deprived and can't remember the sound of silence.

Of course she already has a basket of books!  After all, I did spend the last year working in a library.

The finished refinished dresser.

4 Weeks!!

These are, quite possibly, the cutest pictures in the history of us.  We know a lady.  She does good work.  Maybe even too good.  Some of these pictures are so fantastic that they don't even look like us!  I think we need a bigger house so we can find more places to hang some of these.  And...bonus...FOUR WEEKS!  That's not very many.  The doc said Tiny Baby Girl could come any day.  Hopefully he didn't mean today.  I still have a nap to take and a couple more books I'd like to finish reading. 

I Am the Luckiest

I really am the luckiest...except luck has nothing to do with it.  Blessed is a better word to describe my life. There are days when stupid despair rears its ugly head and makes me wonder if my life has counted...if I've done anything of value...if I have made any difference. And when those days happen in the future I hope I can look at this post and remember that I and Husband and Tiny Baby Girl are loved beyond what we could even imagine.

Before I left my job at both elementary schools, the staff did something so sweet and I'm happy to have my last day be one I can totally cherish.  One school had a baby shower in the morning with muffins and bagels and presents.  That's pretty much the best way to start out a day.




And in the afternoon, while I was at the other school, I was outside helping kids load into their cars and when I came back into the building, the teachers were lining the hallways singing a song with my name.  It was so unexpected and sweet and caught me so far off guard that I could only cry happy tears.  "Parting is such sweet sorrow"...I now understand what that phrase means.



Learning to use a NoseFrida

The cherry on top was a baby shower at the church over the weekend.  It was Saturday, the weekend, family time.  I was expecting a couple people, maybe ten or twelve...and I would have been overjoyed with only a few...but my expectations were blown away when I walked in and there were more people than I could have even imagined.  We decorated diapers and measured my belly, ate some delicious cake and drank some fantastic punch and laughed...until my face hurt and Tiny Baby probably thought I had lost my mind. 


I am so lucky to be surrounded by fantastic people.  Nope...not lucky.  Extremely and incredibly blessed.

T Minus 5...4...3...

Week 35!!  That's only 5 weeks away from 40!  One hand!  I can fit the number of weeks on ONE HAND!  She will be here so soon.  I thought by now we would have everything ready and I'd be spending my days chilling on the couch, catching up on some tv.  Not exactly.  There are meals to be made and clothes to be washed and a dresser that needs another coat of stain.  I'll have time for napping after she gets here, right? 

Baby Shower Extravaganza!!

This baby isn't even here yet and she is obviously very loved!  A couple weeks ago my mother-in-law had a super fantastic and incredibly cute baby shower for me.  There was food...and other food...and more food.  It was the kind of event that made me wish I had three stomachs so I could have a plate of everything. 

 





 

She even honored my request that we not play the game where chocolate bars are smashed up in diapers and the players guess what kind of bar it is.  Instead, we decorated scrapbook pages that I can love and cherish forever...and hopefully will remember to use. 

 

 

I'm not normally a big fan of being the center of attention but the baby shower was so much fun, I didn't mind.  And we got some awesome stuff.  This kid is so blessed...and I am too.