Gearing Up for Baby

Well, our due date has come and gone and I am definitely starting to feel ready.  Now that we're on the clock, this is going to be a pineapple and hot sauce kind of week.

40+ weeks = eating all the hot sauce

Of course, we still have a huge to-do list and plenty of activities to keep us busy, but we are ready for the baby to arrive any time now.  We have the basics covered: the car seat is in and balanced, we have a cocoon set up in our room, and, thanks to the amazing generosity of friends and family, we are decked out with baby gear.

I don't know if it is nesting, the pressure of an ever-approaching deadline, or finally being settled in place where we plan to stay for quite a while, but we are doing a pretty good job of getting the condo in order.  Mickey has been his usual ball of energy, and has done an amazing job tackling a crazy number of home-improvement tasks: everything from painting to putting together a never ending influx of furniture to baking us homemade bread and granola.  In classic new-parent fashion, we have had an especially great time getting the nursery all ready, and we have the photos to prove it!

Despite all Mickey's industriousness, I somehow manage to keep our to-do list growing rather than shrinking.  I don't think we will ever be "caught up" again, but that doesn't mean we won't try...or accept help.  Friends and family have been warning us about our soon-to-come sleeplessness, so we know that we will be, again, reliant on the generosity of others.  Two things that would be super helpful to us are: getting to see you without having to leave our nest and eating.  Bringing a meal could kill two birds with one stone!  If you love to cook and visit, check out this cool website, Take Them a Meal and see how you can help us eat in the first few weeks of getting used to baby.

Piglet is keeping the cocoon warm til the baby arrives.