Baby Watch '09

Well, tonight begins our last week in Frostburg before Baby Girl makes her appearance. We've got a lot to get done, get packed and get sorted out before we go, so I'm anticipating a very busy week. I also have to start dealing with the idea of being away from Andrew for 4, 5 or 6 weeks. Sad face. He'll be down for his long weekends, but I know he has a lot of school work and work work to get done and prepared before he takes time off for the big event, so he does need time alone and away. It'll just be hard being away from him every night as I start to get more anxious about the big day. However, this time is important for me to get my head together and really focus on myself and the baby, so falling asleep with my own thoughts each night will be good, in a way. And it'll make our weekends very, very good!

I worked on my packing list tonight, and a list of each day's activities for this week. Lucy is very excited and agitated about whatever's happening, but she has no idea what that is, exactly. I'm hoping that she'll settle in well downstate and we can have a relaxing few weeks before we meet our new girl. 

Tomorrow I'm 35 weeks pregnant with 35 days to go. I'm getting SO excited about meeting this little girl! We started making a list of everything Andrew has to do while we're gone, and boy is there a lot to finish up! We really haven't done much up to this point because it'll just be easier for him to do it all while we're out of the house. Lucy and Baby will be sharing a bedroom and that won't happen until sometime around the middle of the summer, so we have lots of time there. However, Lucy is in for some big changes before then, so a lot of the work he's doing in the next few weeks is for HER. She'll be moving into a toddler bed this spring,  so we put that together today and he'll be hanging her bedroom door. Our upstairs now is currently a loft style plan, so we have a small amount of construction to do there. We'll also be changing our own room, so he has some things to get done there, as well. I also want to get all of the quarter-round trim put down on the main floor. The previous owners had carpet so the quarter-round was pulled up, but since the hardwood is back, we need to get that down again. I hate the way the house looks without it, but it really hasn't been something we've had time to tackle, so Andrew will be working on that, too. Our biggest issue and the main reason we haven't it so far is because we have a lot of wood in the house and it's really hard to match the color of the stain, the wood being so old. So, any woodworking projects we attempt are pretty time consuming, since nothing about this house is pre-fab friendly. Andrew enjoys staining, but he really needs plenty of time to do it and very little distraction. 

Andrew will also be pulling out all of the infant stuff and reassembling a few things. Lucy's obsession with babies means that she wants to "play" with all of her old stuff. We decided to leave everything packed away until the birth because that way we'll have a real baby to use as an excuse. She's starting to understand that there's a baby out there who will be using her stuff, but she still has no idea that baby will be using her stuff her in her own house...it's going to be a long few months! 

Lucy had a great weekend. We didn't do a whole lot - we wanted to keep the weekend low-key and quiet before we made the move next weekend. We just hung out around the house for the most part. We spent the morning cleaning beore church - this house is always a disaster on the weekends! Lucy was a dream all through Mass. She just sat quietly, holding her rosary and repating, "Jesus! Jesus!" 

Tonight we're watching the Ravens/Steelers game and heading to bed the minute it's over! The Cardinals/Eagles game was awesome and I think Andrew's enjoying a day full of football. Go Ravens!