Laowai

I had a doctor’s appointment today and my doctor said I’m a couple centimeters dialated. I feel all keyed up and excited and I also feel like a ticking time bomb. When will she come? When will my life change forever? It snowed this morning but now it’s a beautiful sunny day with lots of snow on the ground. Today would be a good day to be born… but wait. I need to clean the toilets and sweep the floor and clean the fridge. And yesterday I started to paint the changing pad tray thingy that dad made – it needs another coat or two. And there are hundred other things that I would feel better having done.

And I especially want to post a few more happy pregnancy photos before my pregnancy comes to an end. I’m going to miss being pregnant. Feeling her move around and thinking how she is positioned and rubbing my hands over my full of life belly. Oh gosh and now I’m getting all weepy just thinking about how lucky I am. On my 31st birthday I asked Brian if we could have a baby and I know he was afraid to give up all the things he loves about his life and start down this path of unknown but he said yes and now look – I’m actually going to have a baby. It’s hard to believe.

So now I should try to dry my tears and pull my wilty self together. Here are few shots from last weekend. We went for a walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was beautiful but very cold.

Here’s a photo of our baby’s announcements. I made and illustration and had it made into a rubber stamp. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of all the cards lined up like soldiers. I told Brian I was having fun with my little assembly line of card and envelope printing – he commented how it was like our own little sweat shop. Ha.