30 days and counting...

According to my scheduled date so far, in 30 days, we will become a family of four. It seems such a long time for now but it really is not. I have such mixed emotions. I feel like we have everything ready, but at the same time, I feel like there's still a lot to be done and get ready for.

Things I'm really excited about:

• Meet our baby girl
• Not be pregnant anymore
• The adventures and challenges of having a new baby - and use all the baby gear again!
• No more big belly
• To be able to travel again and have 2 (two!!!) kids with us
• No more backpain (aka not pregnant anymore!)
• See Aden's reaction when he meets his baby sister for the first time
• Not be pregnant anymore...oh I can go on and on

What I'm anxious about:

• Both Darin and I being away from Aden for 3 nights and 4 days (hopefully not any longer)

My days and weeks are starting to fill up with lots of different activities that will make the days go by even faster. Not to mention that I have a lot of loose ends to tie up for work before I have the baby. So I'm sure the next month will go by pretty fast. Plus I'm somehow expecting that my scheduled c-section date might get pushed up by at least another week. We'll see how it goes, but that definitely is in the back of my head as each day passes by and the tummy gets even bigger...

Setting the date...

I'm in my 33rd week of pregnancy and during my doctor's appointment yesterday, my doctor agreed that we should "set the date" for my c-section. My only concern is that she won't be there when it's time for me to deliver and I made sure that she's around for the dates that I was considering. I just love my OB and I would be so disappointed if she is not the one that delivers the baby. It was surreal to set the appointment for the c-section, it's like we're talking about meeting for lunch or something. Anyways, we "tentatively" set it for February 19th. I say tentatively because it could change and be earlier than that. I am measuring big again. At 33 weeks, I measure 35. So when I see her again on my next appointment, we will know if I am back to my trend of getting bigger towards the end and we might push up the surgery. I am just glad that my OB is not uptight and she promised that if I get too uncomfortable, we will reconsider our date and make it earlier.