Ready, Set...

So much activity in the last few weeks!

First, the baby's room is offically ready. Paint - done. Chair rail - done. Curtains - up. Rug - laid. Furniture - assembled. Choo-choo train mobile - hanging. The room looks great in a train theme that Lisa spent numerous hours researching and putting together.

We have the car seat ready to go. I have read the chapters from Lisa's child birthing book that now "qualify" me to go to the labor room with her.

We spent what is most likely our last weekend without having children around by going to the movies, going out to dinner, taking in a ball game, and starting to watch episodes of Heroes. These are all things that we take for granted and will miss for the next few years. Throughout the weekend was the calm-before-the-storm feeling hanging over us.

Last night we thought that "this might be it". We spent the evening giggling and being restless. After a while it seemed more likely that it was jitters, cramps, something other than labor. Still, to be on the safe side I loaded the car, put the keys in easy reach, and charged the cell phone.

Ok, TJ - we are as ready as we can possibly be (with a collective nod to all of the unknowns we will face and laugh/lament about later). Whenever you are ready!