Any Day Now!

The Doc says baby could come any day now!  I am 90% effaced and 1 cm dilated! Woohoo for progress!  I am trying to hard to be patient--- but it is tough when I have this short window of opportunity to get more time off with him! If he is born this week, I will get extra days off with Winter Break, otherwise it is just the standard six weeks.  Come on baby boy!  

Sadly, these are Chase's last days as "the baby" of the family, though we will love him just as much no matter what.  This has been and will continue to be a life-changing year for him--and us!  Graduating, two new jobs, long distance, moving, pregnancy, and all that goes with those things! 

Tick Tock!

Playing the waiting game now....and not very good at it!  We had a false alarm Thursday...I have to admit, walking yourself out of the labor & delivery unit is a little embarrassing.  Luckily, the doctors and nurses are all very kind and supportive!

We are also counting down until my dad is feeling better.  His surgery was also Thursday, making for a pretty stressful day.  We are so looking forward to Christmas, when my parents will be able to meet Parker, and everyone will be feeling 100%.  

Nursery is READY!

FINALLY we have just about everything in the apartment and getting organized for baby's arrival.  It has been a challenge to get everything jig-sawed into place in our small apartment, but it is worth it!  We are about 3.5 weeks away (or less) from meeting our little boy...and getting so impatient! 

Next up...packing our hospital bags and installing the car seat!  Oh how the things that excite you change over the years....

Sandy

Hurricane Sandy hit last week....and destroyed much of my most favorite place in the world...Long Beach Island, and damaged much of New Jersey and New York.  We are thinking of everyone there...and wish we could help more.  We plan on taking baby Parker there the first chance we get!

Celebrations X2

We have been so luck to have two beautiful showers thrown by both of our moms.  Parker is going to be the best dressed little boy around!  It was so great to spend time with family and friends and celebrate this little life that will be the biggest thing to happen to us!  

THANK YOU to everyone....we can't show our appreciation for your generosity enough.  

Friends

We celebrated Joey and Rachel's wedding this weekend, and loved spending time with friends, as always.  I love being pregnant and baby Parker is so worth it, but I do miss celebrating with friends!  I can't wait to introduce Parker to everyone over the holidays this year.  You can't beat this group of people....

Nursery time!

We are desperately trying to jigsaw all of our baby items into our apartment :) it is a work in progress but here are the first pictures of baby Parker's crib!!!

Health & Family

Thinking of my dad this weekend...who has been spending some time in the hospital to figure out an intestinal abscess.  Whenever health problems arise - big or small, I become pretty reflective on how fortunate I have been with my family members, and how desperately I want Parker to be just as fortunate.  

I am 26 and still have three of my four grandparents with me...and many lessons I was old enough to learn from all four of them.  Making them great-grandparents is something I have been looking forward to for years!  

My own parents and Matt's parents are so special to me as well...I can't wait to see the lessons and love they pass on to Parker. 

For now, we are just praying for everyone to be healthy. 

Baby Laundry...

Here's to the first round of baby laundry...many more years and loads to come :) good thing it is all so cute...it makes laundry so much better!

Movies!

We went and saw "Looper" tonight at the **amazing** iPic theater...recliners, pillows, blankets, free popcorn...ahhh--a pregnant girl's dream place!  Matt and I were talking in the car about how this may have been the last trip to the movies for a while -which made us a little sad.  We are SO excited to meet our son and to experience all of the amazing things that come with parenthood, but are a little anxious about the change in freedom -at least for the foreseeable future :)  We will be lucky to have trusted babysitters (aunties and friends close by!), but we are saying "see ya" to going out or traveling without the extra planning!  

So for now, we will take our last several weeks before becoming "mommy and daddy" as a chance to do lots of date nights and things that we might not get to do again for a few months/years! That being said, I know Parker will end up loving movies, family nights out, and traveling to see loved ones as much as we do!