Baby WEEK!! with the Brown Eyed Girl

 

We are 37 weeks and counting!!!

It seems as if this pregnancy has flown by and all of sudden {insert panic attack here} we are in the “any day now” leg of the race. Houston could make his grand entrance today OR a month from now - should I go a week past my due date.

 

{FYI: Not arriving until a week past his due date will score him automatic grounding for the first year of his life…}

 

Though I feel like I’ve been pregnant for the past year, I still have so many topics I’ve never covered that are just nagging at me to write about. Thus, “Baby Week” was the brain child born from necessity… my need to feel that I’ve covered EVERYTHING I wanted to blog before this child is born.

{Question: Does blogging every single thought out of your head to clear your conscience also count as nesting?}

 

Topics I’m pondering over:

• Books I’ve read, reading, and plan to read in preparation for baby
• Maternity fashion – how I’ve winged the past 9 months
• The hospital bag and birth plan – what I’m packing and YOUR advice
• Thought vomit - a modge podge of the tips, tricks, and surprises I’ve experienced during this pregnancy
• Q&A – answers to your burning {or not so burning} questions
• Project nursery – all the DIY’s I’ve put into his sweet tiny space
• The NURSERY REVEAL!!

 

I’ve also decided to add a little McLinky to the bottom of each post just in case any of you out there have your own insight on the same topic each day and would like to link up ~ I would be all over some good advice right about now!

 

For today:

Since I feel the need to plan and schedule every last detail of my life and since I’m sure you’ll enjoy a good laugh at my expense, I’ve even made up my own date I would like Houston to be born on… August 19th.

 

Let me explain.

 

The top 5 reasons Houston should wait until August 19th but not a day later:

#1 - August 19th will be 39 weeks for this little angel. Not quite the full 40, but just enough for a fully developed, though hopefully not overgrown, newborn. While he is now technically full-term, we all know he would be better off with a few more days of womb life, though not so many that I’m attempting to push out a 10 pound babe. Just as well, momma still has a little baby reading she’d like to bone-up on as well as a hospital bag left to pack, leaving me wanting just a few more days to get it together mentally.

{But since I’ve never really “had it together mentally”, should I really make that a goal now?}

 

#2 - I worked this past weekend, so I’d like to make it through to the coming weekend off for a last few days as a family of 2 with my hubby before baby. The baby to-do list will be finished and we could spend our time sleeping in, relaxing, and just having fun, soaking in those last few scream-free moments of life together  as we know it. =)

 

My Sunday at work with the 37 week belly:

 

#3 - August 19th would be the Friday before the next weekend I’m scheduled to work… ding ding ding!!! Jack pot on no more work weekends for 3 more months!

 

#4 - If Houston is born on a Friday, which August 19th is, Nick would automatically have that weekend off from work {since he doesn't ever work weekends – lucky devil}. Top that with the days off he already plans to take and it all equals out to more time with baby and daddy before he returns to the daily grind and leaves me {dumb-founded and by myself} with the little human!

 

#5 - Last but not least – I don’t feel like I could wait a day past August 19th. The woes of pregnancy and the pure anticipation of our son’s arrival has me in fits of pain spiked excitement. Someone’s gotta go!

 

 

 

Should I serve him his eviction notice now to give him time to prepare???

 

 

 

DISCLAIMER: I truly just want my baby boy here in his own good time, healthy and happy. Should he give me more time to do a little relaxing or come just in time to save me from another weekend at work… that would all just be icing on the cake!

 

 

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So get ready for Baby WEEK!

{Or if you can’t stand more baby related posts… get gone for baby week ;) I’ll understand!}

 

Whatever questions you may have for the Q&A, start leaving them, or emailing them now. I’d love to hear from you!

robertslove {at} live {dot} com

 

Happy baby week!