OK, I'm ready!

Well, it's definitely nearing the end of pregnant time. I've been doing my darndest to get as ready as possible for a baby. Ok, well maybe I haven't been "studying" enough child rearing or parenting books, but I figure I'd be better at absorbing those things on an "as needed" basis. Plus, I don't want to drive myself crazy from the get go trying to do the whole parenting "right." I figure we'll figure out how to be parents as we need to and don't want to worry about it too much.

Other than that, though, we've got the nursery done, of course, and have as many belongings as we think we really need to get started on the whole baby business. Everything is organized, cleaned and ready for a baby.

In addition, as you've seen on other postings, the house projects have been attended to as much as possible so we don't have to waste precious time on those with a newborn in the house.

I've also been doing as much as I can think of to get ready to not have time for myself for a while once the baby comes and life as we know it is turned upside down until we start to get a feel for this whole parenting business. In the last few weeks, I've gotten a haircut, had my check up at the dentist, socialized as much as I had the energy for, been reading books like mad and I even got a pedicure yesterday (in a lovely shade of blue to celebrate the new boy soon to be in my life) so that I won't even have to worry about my toes for a bit. Not to mention, I'm really over this whole being pregnant thing. So, I guess I'm as ready as I'm ever going to be. Come on baby! We're waiting!

The good news is that it literally could happen any day now. At 38.5 weeks, he's considered fully cooked and, not to get too gross and specific, all the signs of soon to be labor are here. Things are moving along. But, of course, babies come when they're ready so no one can tell us when. However, I can assure you that labor WILL happen sometime between now and the next few weeks! Crazy. I'm officially anxious.