Feeling a bit spoiled, but loving it!

Having a baby is a pretty life changing event. I'm not staying anything new there. We're pretty lucky because we were able to plan it out, relatively loosely, and that conceiving worked out for us. The planning was important for Mom-to-be's health (that's me!), since having Type 1 diabetes makes being pregnant a little more complex. We feel ready. We really want this.

Now, that doesn't mean I stop dead in my tracks once in awhile and think "OMG, WHAT HAVE WE DONE??" We're in it to win it; not only do we want it, we are willing to trade in sleep, privacy in the bathroom, going out at the spur-of-the-moment, and any glimmer of a chance that we'll have an un-messy house. (Ha, like we ever had a spic-n-span house to begin with!). It's a glorious thing to want this baby. It's still very intimidating to be 100% responsible for a tiny human being!

So many of our family and friends (my almost-typo was 'fiends' right there. I count my favorite fiendish-ones as some of my closest friends!) are so happy and excited for us. I love it. We love it. We're so appreciative of the love, care, and support. Future-papa enjoys the brutally honest words of advice from his coworker, a Dad with four kids.

Can I just brag a little bit about how darned spoiled we are? I was so tired last week, and my Mom not only took me out to dinner but she also helped me clean up around the house for an hour. I've been given baby clothes in many sizes, maternity clothes appropriate for work, a nursing pillow, breast pump, bpa-free bottles, changing table, jumper, two strollers, two car seats, baby bath, convertible crib with bedding, vibrating baby papasan chair, tummy-time play mat, diaper pail... We LOVE it. I mean, our hardest problem right now is figuring out where to store things, which technically really isn't a problem.

I'm learning that a lot of circles of friends will save baby and kid things to pass along to each other. It seems to me that as soon as we don't need something, we can do the same and help another parent-to-be. Beautiful, re-use circle. I love that too! My local university has a 'clothing closet' for student parents to trade clothing in/out of as well.

I'm particularly thankful because we have some home repairs to do before Cletus arrives and we want to hop on them. My Mom has offered to help paint the nursery, and we want to put in some new carpet. Oh yes, carpet that the dogs haven't sullied. It isn't time to panic (YET), but we're going to get a jump on some of our 'projects'.

We're more than half-way there!