Hello Loyal Fans!

We got the call tonight, you know the one you've all been thinking of making, the "you haven't posted in 4 days so does that mean you've had your baby?" call. I am so sorry we have neglected you, our loyal fans, and the answer is, no we have not had our baby yet - I am still very much pregnant! From now on I will try to update daily so you are not all sitting around thinking it's happened when it hasn't.

Life has actually been pretty good lately. I was so worried that we wouldn't get everything finished and have enough down time before the baby came, but things really do have a way of working themselves out. Not only is the flooring done, but the amount of stuff left to unpack is so minimal that I find myself not really caring if it's all taken care of before the big day. The downtime I so longed for has arrived and we are basking in it. We have been sleeping in, doing a couple hours of work on the house and then snuggling up and watching movies in the afternoon, going for long walks thru the woods with our dog and in the evenings we've been playing with family and friends. It's a pretty amazing time to be alive actually. We are on the brink of so much, so much unknown and the excitement is felt in every breath we take. All this waiting, so far, is the best built up surprise in the world. As excited as we are to meet our wee one, these last days are just so precious and we are enjoying every last drop of them. At the same time, knowing that we are allowed to go into labour now, has changed things dramatically. Every pain, twitch, tinge or noise I make is seen as a sign of labour. "Is this it?" my mind repeats over and over again. I mean we were just so damn close 2 weeks ago, is this baby really going to hang in there until I'm a full 40 weeks, or longer? I guess we'll just have to wait and see...