34 weeks

I agree the title is a bit boring, but it's all I'm thinking about lately! Six weeks to go! Our babe is about 5 lbs and her brain is growing like crazy!

We had our baby class last night - we did more breathing & talked about positions and watched a birth video. I'm worried I won't be able to do it. But tons and tons of women have babies, so why shouldn't I be able to? I was feeling embarrassed about the birth part already - for some reason, right now I can't see the beauty part of birth  I just think "gosh I don't want my husband to see me like that, he'll never look at me the same again." I hope that when the time comes I'll appreciate the miracle for what it is.

Mom, Dad & John are coming for a visit tomorrow. I'm excited to see them & to see the crib and curtains they're bringing :)
We have some cleaning to do tonight - but the weather is a lovely 55 degrees, so perhaps we'll get a nice walk in for Penny before we stay in and clean. Oh, and it would be a great night to grill!
I am hoping to have my parents take some pregnancy photos with their nice camera (that way we save on having a studio do it) - I was hoping for warmer weather so we could do some outside (and we may, just as well) but it's going to be 40s and windy this weekend.

We got our hospital bags packed this week - I don't have an outfit for Lucy in there yet, but we'll get to that soon! We picked up a carseat this week too. It's the yellow Chicco one (we were deciding between yellow and green) but we can always return it to the store if we don't like it. My one complaint is that the hood doesn't push back very smoothly. I'm wondering if this is just how they are or if we got a bad one. Next time we're near Babies R Us I'll take a look at their display model to compare.

And we're set on getting a City Mini but just need to decide on color. We're pretty close to having almost everything ready to go. I've decided to start maternity leave on April 11th (so just 4 weeks of work left! yay!) and return 6 weeks after the birth + 1 week of vacation = which if everything's on schedule will be early June. I'm going to love having that time off! For the 2 early weeks I'm going to relax, take nice walks, clean & organize the house, finish up any loose ends, and did I mention relax?

I am so eager for her to get here! Actually, I don't want her to come early, I just wish time would go faster!

Coming up: Visit from Mom, Dad & John. Maybe a pregnancy photo shoot? CT has his work trip next Monday - Wednesday. So let's pray that she won't arrive until after then!!