That is the official birthday of our 3rd child.  I will have a c-section at 11:30 and shortly after, we will have our new daughter.  It is a Tuesday.  That is in 3 weeks!  They tell me I will be in the hospital for 48 hours to 72 hours.  With my first two, I was in for 3 nights and 4 days–much better to recuperate.  So I have major surgery and 2 days later, I’m out.  I thought they were trying to keep moms in for longer these days, not push them out because of insurance money.  Yeah, I’m complaining.  Not like I enjoy being in the hospital, I just remember the pain and how it was easier after 3 days.  But we will have a new daughter to look forward to, so I will concentrate on that instead of stupid medical ideas and insurance companies.

We have a few more things we need to get ready.  I don’t have any wipes yet.  I forgot about those things.  I also need diapers and Desitin.  There are a couple of things on my registry at Target that I still want/need, but can do without.  I am trying to decide what outfit to bring her home in.  I don’t remember it being a big deal with the first two, but for some reason, I want stuff to match.

I am just so excited to meet our girl.  I think everyone is pretty excited.  Sometimes David and I ask each other, “What were we thinking?!”  We have only a short time with our older two and we would have been done.  That is ok.  I don’t know if I’m ready to have an empty nest just yet.  I’ll let you know in a month.  (ha, ha.)  I can’t help but thinking how fast the time will go by with this one and I do want to be a mom still.

I’ll try to post more pictures tomorrow.  In the meantime, you can go to David’s blog and see the picture of our oldest receiving an honor at church.

David Everyday Life