Enjoying each moment

It is overwhelming to think that in less than 48 hours we will become a family of 5! All week I have found myself saying...we need to do something special to make every last moment count. Easier said than done considering my 38 week pregnant self and ankles the size of Africa. But we are trying. The "big kids," as we have begun to call them now are at such a great stage. They love playing together and can actually create games and use their imaginations together to create scenarios. They are so much fun!

I go tomorrow for my final ultrasound and Ob appointment. I doubt there will be anything surprising, but am eager to go and get exact details for Friday...the day we will meet this little flower and remember immediately how much our hearts can expand in one split second...we are READY!!

People think I am crazy, but I am looking forward to the hospital stay. After the past few months, it almost feels like it will be a mini-vacation! And someone laughed at me today when I said I was ready to have this baby and return to some normalcy...like bringing an infant home will create normalcy for us somehow. Yet, when I look at the hours I have worked the past 4 months and the craziness of our schedule...adding an infant and having 6 weeks to be home as a family feels more normal than anything has in quite a while. I guess with the third we have finally accepted something...it will be hard and there will be days we look at each other and secretly (without verbalizing it) ask the other with our eyes what we were thinking having another child. But we also know those moments will pass and the immense joy each of our kids brings to this house will eventually override the craziness of the newborn stage.

More to come...when we are a family of 5! No promises on how soon that post will happen though...I'll be on vacation, remember?