Four Weeks and Counting

@ 32 Weeks

Hello blog.  Did I mention I'm having a baby?  Since the last time I checked in here was in July, it does not appear I have made such an announcement to the world.  Indeed, baby sister is only four weeks from expiration.  If I have any say, she'll be here sooner.

This pregnancy has been different than with JW.  Plenty of distractions to help the time fly.  It could have something to do with the fact that I am chasing a two year old constantly.  In fact, I literally chased the two year old through the pumpkin patch last week and pulled an already stretched to the max ligament.  I could barely walk for a week and was sure I had induced labor.  We've been finishing our basement too, a project that is more than 99% done.  Baby sister's room has been a storage unit during the project.  That < 1% that is left to complete, which is always the worst part of any project, has me a little worried that baby sister's room may still be a storage unit when she gets here.  A problem?  Only if that fact that her crib is completely disassembled under a heaping landfill.  Her room is a hoarder's paradise.

JW seems excited to have baby sister join our family.  He likes to talk to her, feel her kick and give her kisses.  We have been reading a cute book, "Julius," about a young mouse named Lilly whose life is changed with a baby brother.  Lilly mostly wants Julius to get lost, but he "stays and stays and stays."  I tell JW that baby sister will stay and stay and stay too.  He seems content with the idea.  We'll see how he really feels when she gets here.  I'm not sure he really understands how his world is about to be rocked.  Honestly, I'm not sure I understand how my world is about to be rocked either.