Although it's still clear that a baby is coming sooner rather than later, I'm now feeling more of the few-days timeline than a few-hours timeline that seemed the case over the weekend. Now we're hoping she'll hold out until Thursday when my mom arrives in town (meaning Anna-care during labor will be less of a logistical feat) but either way I've finally reached a point where I'm pretty much ready! The hospital bag is packed, the girls' clothes are (almost) all put away, I know where all of the baby essentials are, and the freezer is full of frozen meals.
For the first time since February? March? when we started preparing for the house sale, I felt like my day's to-do list was normal upkeep and didn't involve packing, unpacking, rearranging, or significant deep-cleaning. Naturally, I didn't quite finish everything - blame the fact that capitalizing on the all-too-fleeting opportunities to nap always sounds better than cleaning a bathroom - but it was still a good day.
In addition to maximizing my napping, I've been trying to soak up all of the one-on-one time I have with sweet Anna, and to do fun things with her that we won't have time to do in the next month or so.
Today, her first go-round with baking cookies. As I snapped these pictures, it definitely felt like a quintessential mom moment, one of those times where I want to freeze time and soak up her excitement and observations and cute comments as she experiences something new - something so simple, and yet so exciting.
The chocolate on my chin is my favorite part.
She's pleased with the results (although most of the pictures from this series have her with her finger pointing at me, saying "show Anna camera, see Anna picture pees!")
Mama's pleased with the new camera lens, too! (This last shot and the first one were from my trial photo-shoot with the new nifty-fifty).
And finally, less photographic quality, but even more joy: how much fun is it to see these two delight in each other?
So excited to see the love and excitement multiplied with another sweet girl...any day now :) Thanks for your prayers for a safe & healthy delivery!
How exciting! I've had quite a bit of pre labor stuff going on too...as in hours upon hours day after day. But I still think I've got at least a week to go before this little ones decides to come.
ReplyDeleteIt's so bittersweet isn't it? I've been doing the same with Noah before this baby comes. The last few days/weeks of it just being us. And then we get to add a sibling into the picture.
Ooh the shots from the nifty fifty are great! Hope these last few days are great - how did it get so close all of a sudden???
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