Well my friends, we are down to 13 days until baby time. 13 Days! That's nothing. The list of
'things to do' in my head continues to get longer as my time gets shorter! I can hardly believe it.
I feel like I have been extremely lazy when it has come to getting things ready for this baby. Is that normal? With Noah, I tried to have everything ready months in advance. That has not been the case this time around. I think part of it is because I know we will be moving...so all the effort will be short lived. On the other had, I am not sure I have had much motivation...which is really odd for me. Either way, we have the necessities ready - and because of so many generous friends and family, I think we will be prepared enough. I have all her clothes washed, blankets washed, car seat ready and bed
(almost) ready. Since we will be moving a mere
2 1/2 weeks after she is born, there isn't a lot I can do. One thing I was short on though, were burp cloths. Everyone knows that the old school cloth diapers make the best burp cloths...so I decided to add a little girly touch to them...you know - to make them
cute.
I even made a few for a girl in Andy's class, who is having a baby boy a few weeks after us...
I
LOVE how they turned out, not to mention how simple they were to do. If you want to try some for yourself,
here is a great tutorial to give you a little guidance.
I am really curious to see how Noah adjusts to having a new little person around. Part of me thinks he will do amazing, and another part wonders how he will do with sharing the spotlight. All in all, I think it will be really great for him. I almost think it will be more difficult for me. I am so excited to welcome this new baby girl to our family, but worry about leaving Noah out. I hope to make a special effort to involve him and spend one on one time with him. It will be an adjustment for all of us (a good adjustment, of course).
I have also contemplated trying to wean Noah from his pacifier. I try REALLY hard not to give it to him unless he needs it, but there are those moments where he just wants it. Usually he only gets it when we are at home (nap time, bed time etc.) or if we are out and he is especially tired. He loves his 'bink' though, and I worry that if I try to wean him now, he will try to steal the baby's...not to mention he uses them to give us some pretty awesome entertainment! Exhibit A.
Any thoughts or suggestions??!
Lastly, we are on about week 2 of sneaking veggies into Noah's smoothies! I am really happy that 1) he hasn't noticed and 2) he is getting a little extra vitamins in his diet (you know, the non gummy form). We both look forward to our daily smoothie...as you can obviously tell....
I love how Noah has pretty much the same facial expression in all of these photos, and I am the one making a fool of myself. I kept telling him to 'show your smoothie', so maybe he was trying to concentrate on one thing at a time. Who knows, but he sure is a cutie! (Don't worry - that white stuff on his cheek is a little cream cheese from his bagel, which he had for breakfast. It took me a few hours to wipe it off, and I have no idea why).
