The Countdown!

I wrote this a few weeks ago, and planned on adding pictures but never got around to it...

Today marks exactly 38 weeks of pregnancy!  This basically means baby H could come waltzing right on into this world any day now.  It makes me really excited but a bit apprehensive as well.  Right now, I am ot worried about the whole becoming a mother thing, the labor and delivery, it no longer being just me and Patrick, or nay of that.  What is keeping me up at night is wondering when that first sign of labor is going to come and what it will be.  It could be Wednesday with random contractions.  Thursday with my water breaking all over the place.  Friday with an onslaught of intense contractions that leave us sprinting to the hospital. Monday with just a liiiitle bit of amniotic fluid, or at my doctors appointment on Tuesday the doctor could just say "Whoa! you're ready to go!"  Sunday it could Colonel Mustard in the library with the candle stick.  You just never know.  How is anybody supposed to prepare themselves when they don't know what is coming?! How is this control happy, feels best with a plan and even better with a back up plan girl supposed to feel even remotely ok with this?!  Deep breath......

So some things I can be certain of (=top ten):
1. Patrick is here!!!!   He flew into Atlanta Thursday night and got to see some friends there (JEALOUS!), then he came into Denver with Tosh and McKinley Friday morning.  I feels so ridiculously good to have him here with me, I cannot even explain.

2. The makeshift Colorado nursery is ready!  It is not really cute, but I have worked really hard to make it more than a room with a particle board desk and a 30 year old couch and a crib thrown in.  It is functional and I don't think she will really mind.

3.  The Dominican nursery Patrick created is beautiful.  He wouldn't let me see it in progress, but he showed me pictures of the final product and I am stunned.  He picked out the paint, painted the walls, set up all the furniture, painted some shelves, hired a guy to write a cute quote on the wall, and as a super surprise, he had a floor to ceiling tree painted on the wall, with little birds resting on the branches.  He even brought in a rocking chair and a little table.  The only thing I did was design our dresser/changing table, which is awesome, gave him a few little thoughts on my vision, and let him run with it.

4.  This baby IS going to be born.  Even if I don't know when.

5.  Aaron and Isaac and Lyndee will be here in a week!

6.  Your mom.

7.  My puppies are here!  I didn't know how much I missed the but I really, really, did.  Especially my girl Mckinley.  She is just such a good dog and has been a constant companion for over six years.  She is pretty aware and weary of changes, so I am glad to have her here with me for a bit before the baby comes to try and prepare her.  Tosh is just so oblivious to world around here, she is always happy!

8.  Colorado is BEAUTIFUL!  Today it is 51 degrees and not even noon yet.  The sky is the bluest blue, and our mountain is so clear, it is breathtaking.

9.  I got a fortune cookie yesterday and the fortune said "you will be meeting some one new this week to your benefit." Ok so maybe I can't be certain that the fortune will come to fruition, but I CAN be certain that I hope it does!

10.  This baby IS going to be born.  I just have to keep telling myself that.