35 Already?

Time is going fast. I can't believe pregnancy is going to come to an end so soon. Seems like just a couple of weeks ago we were still in the trying phase.

This week I had some nice showers. Very nice! I have pictures and I promise I'm going to do a post of just photos to catch up on all of these, but trust me when I say I was genuinely surprised. I'm so amazed at the number of people who have been "waiting for this moment," like myself. I guess I didn't realize so many people have been sitting in anticipation with me.



The great news though is that this journey is about to come to a close. (If you were here you would see that I am crying... that's just pregnancy hormones. Don't mind me.) I can tell you, I so don't want this time to be over. My mother has said for years that ALL women should be pregnant and have children - notice that word is plural. I've always thought that she just says that because she had all of us. After being pregnant for the last 35 weeks though I must have to agree with her... at least on the pregnancy part. This is such a fun, joyous, emotional, exhilarating experience. So much so that I think the really sad news is that this journey is about to come to a close.

There is hope though that this journey will be ending on time and not early. At my appointment this week the Dr. said that there aren't any signs of labor showing in my exam. I'll spare you the details, but everything looks fine and they have no reason to believe that I won't make it to term. I do have an ultrasound scheduled for next week though. So we'll see what sweet potato is doing in there other than tap dancing on mommy's fundus and head bopping on my bladder.

Next week we start our labor classes. I know. A little late. But with our traveling schedules trying to coordinate 5 weeks together at home has been a challenge. To remedy that we we're doing the crash course of just 6 hours in 2 weeks. Nice!

With the baby's arrival just around the corner, I have so many things still left to do and some I have no clue about where to start. Like professional pictures - I have this fear that by the time we get them he'll be taking pictures of the new arrival instead of me carrying her. Then there's the rest of the baby furniture. How come stores don't sell these items on location anymore. You have to order it from everywhere so hopefully it gets here soon. Then there's all this cleaning I feel like I need to do. Honestly, I'm not sure where to start other than the linen closet (don't know why THAT of all places is bothering me) and then having an extra closet pole installed in the baby's room.

I'm even having a challenge with the basic stuff:
Hospital Bag - What goes in there? Other than what I wear home... and can't I wear what I wore to the hospital home? I'm lost on that one.
Sweet Potato's Bring home Outfit - So is that a sleeper? Something cuter like a dress? and I've been told to get a preemie size so it fits. Does this sound right?
Christening Outfit - Okay, now this is a big thing for me. I really wanted to make one, but of course I still have those other projects looming first. Plus I can't crochet and I have no clue where to start on that one either. I know for sure though that I don't want white... so that means I better get to searching in other places or sewing. I just like ivory better. (Remember the wedding?)

I'm willing to take any help. So if you've got some thoughts let me know. I better get off of here and get started on something though.