36 Weeks, 4 to go!

Good Labor Day to you all!

This weekend has been very exciting! Not only did we both actually have most of the weekend off together (half of Saturday, Sunday and today! Such a rare treat!), we also got a few more things ready for our little sweet pea who is going to be "full-grown" come Wednesday!

Although I don't think that she will come much, if any, earlier than her due date just the pressure of knowing that she could be born at any time after Wednesday, without doctors trying to delay her birth, without her being considered a preemie, really made her coming arrival seem more real and SOON. Holy moly. I was feeling a bit stressed with that we hadn't put her carseat into the car (or looked at it since it was given to us :S), hadn't set up her stroller (which I know is not completely essential right away but still, it was just sitting in our hallway looking pretty in its box), had not put up the shelving in her nursery, had not washed all her clothes, blankets, sheets etc., and had not packed any hospital bags. At this point today not all of these things are done BUT they are much closer to being done!

Ian set up the stroller on Saturday :) Here's how it looks not in a box (with me and Tookie at 36 weeks):

Here we have it with an almost completely packed diaper bag for baby girl:

And how I will see it most days:

So after setting up the stroller, bringing out the carseat, packing the diaper bag (complete with adorable "bring-our-daughter-home-for-the-first-time" outfit :D), washing all her clothes, sheets, blankets etc., and putting up shelves, all we have left to do is actually put the carseat into the car (this will happen today!) and pack our own hospital bags! Hurray, things are coming together! I actually feel like if I went into labor we would be as ready as we need to be, because the way I figure... who is ever ACTUALLY ready to go into labor?? If anyone has tips on being ready for labor (other than being so uncomfortable that you want your baby out or that you just really want to meet the baby you have been carrying around with you for 9 months), I am all ears!

Hope you all have a wonderful day! 

With love.