I laughed a little about my dream... the one in which I was pregnant. Laughed for about a second till I remembered that... HOLD the phone... I really am pregnant.
Not achy, not tired because I was up 10 times during the night to use the bathroom, just feeling GREAT!
After a little more laughing, and checking my tummy *just* to be sure... I rooooooolllllled myself onto my right side, waited for the baby to shift from the left of me to almost center, and
And now even more excited for June 8th.
I'll be reporting to the hospital at 6 a.m. (yes. 6.) and into surgery for my c-section at 7:30 a.m. (yes... still A.M.). I think we've decided on Jackson for a name, which I love love LOVE and both of the kids have been calling the baby Jack (Jacob seems to prefer the nickname) and Jackson (Katie's name of choice) for the last 4 months or so, so I think it stuck.
Tuesday is my last day at work because even though I could have taken a couple of days off, I decided they would be more needed after Jack makes his appearance.
I'm trying not to stress out and so far I'm doing a pretty good job. Considering that we don't have the little crib put together, I still haven't found and cleaned the baby car seat, and I don't have any bottles or formula ready to go. Diapers are on hold until I find out how big he is but we've got a handful of newborn size that we can squish him into unless he's smaller than Katie or Jake were in which case I'm fine for about 2 days worth of changes. I'm waiting on diapers because Jacob and Katie went into size 1 diapers pretty much right away so I don't want to end up with newborn and not use them. Although... Katie does like having them for her dolls...
There's tons more we haven't done and lots that I want to do.
I really want to put a shelf up downstairs for our printer (that I unearthed from the laundry room clean-up), buy toner for the printer, sort the rest of the boy clothes into smaller boxes so they don't get jumbled up again, bring home more boxes from work so I have some to work with, grocery shop for the stuff that I can freeze or that will keep so we can shop lighter for a couple of months.
I did organize the laundry room (where I found the little crib - whew), put the 0-3 month baby clothes away (that mom washed and folded for me this weekend and that I've told Katie are NOT for her dolls. She asked if she could use Jake's clothes and my answer was no. I already wash enough of Katie's clothes due to numerous changes throughout the day that there's no more time to wash other unworn clothes!), and organized a shopping list for our meal plans.
I just can't find the energy to get going. I think it has something to do with feeling huge and roly-poly and not at all motivated to move. The kitchen floor hasn't even been swept in 3 days and that's usually a once a night thing. Arg. Hopefully this weekend will be more productive. I plan to clean and play with the kids and sit outside (if the bugs stay away) and just enjoy it.
My last weekend with just the four of us. Mommy, Daddy, Katie, and Jacob.
And on Wednesday, we'll be five. Mommy, Daddy, Katie, Jacob, and Jackson.
And oh, how our lives will be changed!
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