I notice that people are now constantly asking me if I am ready. I would say that I am prepared, in the sense that all of the logistical preparations are complete: we've got the crib, the stroller, and the car seat. We've had the baby shower, the labor classes (hee, hee, hee, whoooo), and the infant care classes. We've both had strange and sudden urges to clean, organize, and change the colors of our walls. We have 18 meals of chicken soup, turkey stew, and caveman chili in the freezer. We've done just about everything we can do ahead of time.
We had a minor scare last week. Jen took a minor fall at work and the doctor recommended that she go to the hospital for monitoring to make sure that everything is okay. She will go into more detail when she posts, but it was a dry run of labor, and it started to turn out to be an actual run.
Once I realized that we could possibly be going home with a baby, it all hit home for me. This is real. It's happening within the next month. This is going to be our new life. Very exciting, and pretty terrifying too.
These two goofballs are ready to be parents?
A few weeks ago we took our last vacation before the baby comes. We considered going somewhere exotic and relaxing, but beaches have never really done it for me, and Jen wasn't too thrilled about sporting a bathing suit now. In the end we decided to go up to San Francisco for the weekend, and we had a great time.
Despite living there for a couple of years, there are a lot of little things that we've never done. We had a picnic in Golden Gate Park, went to the Japanese Tea Garden, took the street car from our hotel to dinner at our favorite resturant. All in all it was a great way to relax before the baby comes, and we really needed it. Next time we go up there, things are certainly going to be a little different.
Jen at the tea gardens (month 7)
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