The Baby is WHERE?!?!?

Pregnancy dreams are quite vivid, in case you've never experienced one before.  Plus, since you can barely sleep anyway, they are easy to remember.  So, about 1 1/2 weeks ago I had this dream:


I was laying in bed at night, of course, rubbing my belly and feeling Carson move around like I often do for many sleepless hours.  I felt a little jab on the right side and thought, "Hey! This feels like an elbow!"  So, I called Jonathan over (he was awake, too, in my dreams) and told him to feel it.  He did, and said, "Wait, that really is an elbow!"  I leaned over to look at my belly and pop!  Out comes Carson, totally clean and the size of Grant!  (I wish it was that easy!!!!!)  Jonathan and I both just stared at the baby for a moment.  Dumbfounded, we realized that we weren't ready for him to come yet so we put Carson in the closet until we knew what to do with him. Yep, that's right. We put the baby in the closet!

When I woke up, I went into panic/nesting mode.  MUST GET READY!!!!  There is no way I am putting my baby in a closet, so I better be ready when he gets here!  Things have been so crazy at work trying to do two jobs, that everything for Carson was on the back burner in hopes that I'd get relief soon. Well, we still don't have a Coordinator so I have just been buckling down and using every ounce of self-discipline and adrenaline to be productive at work AND at home.

Thus, I am happy to report that I have completed about 1/2 of the tasks on the to-do list I created that night!  Grant's room is finished, thanks to help from my Communications team in getting the painting done.  I've done all the shopping I needed, so I now have diapers and wipes and pacifiers and bottles and all the little things that needed to be replaced or purchased for the newcomer. I've at least got my hospital bag list made, although it is not yet packed, and my iPod has been updated with some tunes for a relaxing delivery.  (Hey, I can pretend it will be relaxing, right? Don't all babies just pop out without goo?)

So, I am feeling a little better. Not there yet, but getting there.  Now, if I can just get some sleep (yes, I am really writing this blog at 3:40am because sleep evades me) then maybe I can have the stamina to finish!  4 weeks to go to D-Day!