We spend a lot of time these days getting ready: getting ready for the baby, getting ready to move. Getting ready for all kinds of changes.
This takes place first of all on an obvious physical level. Probably around between 1/2 and 2/3 of our belongings are now packed and stacked in the living room, and we're adding more all the time. We had a wonderful baby shower on Saturday, and we've incorporated all the onesies and cloth diapers and hooded towels we received there into our getting-ready-for-the-baby stash.
We're also getting ready for the birth and the aftermath: we've got bins of birthing and babying and breastfeeding supplies, and have communicated with our employers about taking leave when the baby is born. (It looks like we'll have a month off together--YAY--and I'll probably take at least another month or so after that.) We're getting our finances ready and talking with our insurance companies about getting the baby added on. All kinds of...grownup things.
But we're also taking the time and setting aside a little money to do a few things we know we won't have the chance to do for awhile. This includes camping, going to a couple of movies (we saw and loved X Men Origins: Wolverine, and want to see Terminator Salvation and the more intellectual Fresh), and, most excitingly, a weekend hurrah to celebrate our upcoming second anniversary. We're going to attend DelFest for a day to see two of our favorite bluegrass groups: Sam Bush and Old Crow Medicine Show. Also, we'd long been planning to spend a night at Tari's Inn, a place that has meant a lot to us since we spent some time there last summer, but were pleased to note that if we stopped there on the way back from Delfest, it would save us an hour and a half of driving late that evening. Sold!
In short, the weeks between now and when the baby is due are getting shorter and busier, and I'm sure time will fly even faster the closer we get to that time. In the meantime, we're excited to take some time to enjoy each other's company and savor our last few weeks of "just us time" before diving into the excitement of new parenthood together.
This takes place first of all on an obvious physical level. Probably around between 1/2 and 2/3 of our belongings are now packed and stacked in the living room, and we're adding more all the time. We had a wonderful baby shower on Saturday, and we've incorporated all the onesies and cloth diapers and hooded towels we received there into our getting-ready-for-the-baby stash.
We're also getting ready for the birth and the aftermath: we've got bins of birthing and babying and breastfeeding supplies, and have communicated with our employers about taking leave when the baby is born. (It looks like we'll have a month off together--YAY--and I'll probably take at least another month or so after that.) We're getting our finances ready and talking with our insurance companies about getting the baby added on. All kinds of...grownup things.
But we're also taking the time and setting aside a little money to do a few things we know we won't have the chance to do for awhile. This includes camping, going to a couple of movies (we saw and loved X Men Origins: Wolverine, and want to see Terminator Salvation and the more intellectual Fresh), and, most excitingly, a weekend hurrah to celebrate our upcoming second anniversary. We're going to attend DelFest for a day to see two of our favorite bluegrass groups: Sam Bush and Old Crow Medicine Show. Also, we'd long been planning to spend a night at Tari's Inn, a place that has meant a lot to us since we spent some time there last summer, but were pleased to note that if we stopped there on the way back from Delfest, it would save us an hour and a half of driving late that evening. Sold!
In short, the weeks between now and when the baby is due are getting shorter and busier, and I'm sure time will fly even faster the closer we get to that time. In the meantime, we're excited to take some time to enjoy each other's company and savor our last few weeks of "just us time" before diving into the excitement of new parenthood together.
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