To Do Lists and Missing Socks

As of today, we have less than two weeks left until Baby Bear's official due date. Hard to believe.

Here we are at 36 weeks and a couple of days. Tony says we've gotten even bigger since then.


The last few weeks have been a bit eventful for us. Tony spent two separate weeks in Olympia for camps and the week in between we had two of our newphews, Zach and Mikael, visiting with us. We had a great visit with the boys-- they are so easy going and enjoyed a little relaxation.


For those of you that don't know, Olympia is 2.5 hours away. We put in our requests with baby to ask that he/she wouldn't come while papa was gone, but were prepared for the possibility in case baby was really early. But now Tony is back and will not be leaving town anytime soon.


So, in addition to finishing up most of my accounts with work, I've been working on the to do lists while Tony was gone. One of the big items I had to tackle was baby's laundry. This may sound a simple task, but with clothes, sheets and the abundance of blankets we've been given, I think it totalled 5 loads of laundry. I had a moment when reality set in--taking some of the clothes out of the dryer. Yep, those little onesies and socks transformed from cute doll-like toys to my child's clothes.


I'm sure I'll be taking them out of the dryer many times over, but hopefully I won't be losing too many more socks. That's right-- I've already lost a sock. Either that or the dryer has chosen to take a deposit in exchange for all of the work it will be doing for the addition to our family. Those socks are so small, I don't know how I'll ever keep track of them all.


Less than two weeks until the big day, and I'm mostly ready. My energy is decreasing by the day, but besides that, my body is holding up fairly well. In fact, haven't had much of the swollen ankles lately, just swollen hands. It's amazing how your whole body is affected. I think I can hold out (mentally) until the 15th, but after that, it will be hard to be patient.


Nursery is mostly ready-- just waiting for the changing table that was on back order and then I'll post some pictures. I have a few more things I'd like to get done, but I've also picked up a new fiction book, anticipating the need for some down time as my energy and motivation wanes.

Tony, Mikael and Zach assembling the bookcase for baby's room.

We're soon to be parents and that becomes more exciting (and a bit terrifying) by the day. We're still working on names for baby. The boy names have been easy for us, but the girl names are harder to agree upon. We may be wavering up until the last minute (as in the time to sign the birth certificate). We'll see.


More in a week or two. Oh, and if any of you feel inclined to pray for labor and delivery and the health of our newborn, we would be so appreciative. Lots of unknowns in our future.