37w, 4d

Yay for fun, busy days! This weekend went by so fast that it totally shocked me to see my ticker today said 17 days! Just 2 1/2 weeks yet until that due date. It's going SO fast! I thought it would go slower, because not only am I so anticipating the baby, but Christmas too. Instead, it's going really quickly because I'm busy preparing for both. Starting on Friday, we're going to get our tree up and the house decorated and ready for Christmas.

Yesterday I was nesting pretty badly. I even ripped through all of my hospital bags AGAIN and redid them, making triple sure I have everything. I also made lists for Katie's bag, consisting of a contents list and when to use each thing, a pronunciation list to help with those words that I understand but others won't, and a favorite tv episode guide to all of her favorite shows if all else fails. Yeah, I'm preparing EVERYTHING!

I even woke up early on Saturday to go through the bedroom, which has become overloaded in laundry. I went through drawers and took out clothes we don't use, took out all the dirty laundry, cleaned out under the crib, went through our baby drawers and made the top drawer all ready for baby (newborn diapers, baby wipes, A&D ointment, Desitin, Vaseline, nipple shields, etc) and the second drawer for Katie (diapers, wipes, pull ups, her extra blankie, etc).  I gathered all the toys that Katie slips in there and took them back out. Most of the bedroom is baby ready, I just need to fix up the closet and find more places for all the clean laundry being done!

I also finally remembered to send my birth plan and directions to my house to the midwives. Since they've been asking for this for a while, it's probably a good thing to have done!

I'm getting more and more excited. I'm wondering when the dread will set back in, but for now, I'm rooting on the days going by. I think it helps to see Bill so excited too, he's like a little kid waiting for a Christmas present. It's even more exciting this time around because this time we get it, we know what's going on, we can actually visualize it instead of it feeling like a fantasy. I keep thinking about how exciting Christmas is this year - we'll have an amazing, big Christmas with a beautiful set up and we'll have a brand new baby in our arms.