Baby Thoughts

Here are some baby thoughts I'm having:

I would really prefer to have this little boy in January for a few reasons:

1. I think that if he was born between now and Christmas, that I would feel like he would get lost in the shuffle of Christmas every year. I would really like him to be born after Christmas...even more if he were born in January.

2. I KNOW this is just silly, but I like the January Garnet Birthstone better than the light Blue Topaz December Birthstone. It goes better (in my mind) with NQ's November Topaz (orangey) stone.

I have a name I think that we'll use. I love the name. I love that I came up with it, and that Shane likes it and thought it was good too. I'm not revealing it yet, because if he's born and the name just doesn't fit...at least people won't be asking me about the change of mind.

I've got the baby laundry clean, now I just have to figure out where I'm going to put it. NQ is still happy in his crib, in the nursery and I'm not about to move him this close to the 'event.' I have plans for rearranging the upstairs. We'll have to get to that sooner or later....likely later. For now I plan on staying in the guestroom and moving the cradle in there. (Especially since it was 40, yes 40 degrees in MY bedroom this morning.) The guest room is also the only room in the house with a steady way to control the heat (electric baseboards.) NQ's room has a infrared heater to keep it warm.

I'm appreciative for the baby shower tomorrow evening being held in my honor. VERY sweet of Wendy and Jillyn putting it together for me and for Camille to act as email notifier! I'll get photos and details on that.

Really I'm excited to meet this little person. Tomorrow I'll be 36 weeks. Then on Monday, I'll finally be meeting my possible C-section surgeon. I imagine we'll set a date. So by Monday afternoon, we should know a little more about what to expect. So whether Dec or Jan, I know he's coming and I know it'll be less than four weeks. It's really counting down now, and I'm glad. Today I hit the big Wal-Mart and purchased all of those last minute kinds of things that you know you won't be getting at the baby shower...mostly things to stock the bathroom with...pads of all sorts, another nursing bra, and a gown for the hospital...I'm not too thrilled with the ones they have, and I know I'll be spending a few days hanging out there.

Getting a little nervous, my last birth experience wasn't so fun. But holding on the faith that this one HAS to be better! It will certainly be quicker! And hopefully a quicker recovery to go with it.

Well, more to come! Stay tuned.