5ish weeks left!  I feel like I’m getting bigger every day.  It took so long to show, that I think it’s all catching up on me now.  My back is killing me and I have heartburn that won’t go away, but even still, I can’t complain too much.  Though Baby discovered yesterday how to hit me in the bladder, so ask me again in a week how that’s going.

As B-Day gets closer and closer, I’m ever thoughtful about space and stuff and preparation.  And I’m totally open about the fact that we need help- with stuff, with advice, with anything and everything!

My mom came down a couple of weeks ago and helped me begin to tackle the baby room.  It still has a long way to go, but at least doesn’t quite look like one of those rooms you see on “Hoarders Anonymous” anymore.  While she was here, we went to Target and she bought me a carseat, so we can at least now take Baby home from the hospital!  And they can’t keep her if we haven’t decided on a name right away- I know that much!

Last weekend we went and got a crib from step-sister Rachel and Keith.  I also got to play with two of the coolest little girls on the planet, Shannon and Erin.  Erin just turned 4 and didn’t seem upset to see her baby stuff go at all- she’s much too big for it now anyway

Still need a stroller and diapers and carrier covers and other odds and ends, but I feel like we’re getting there slowly but surely!

Here’s all of the info in one place:

Due: December 2nd.

Hospital: Anna Jaques 25 Highland Ave, Newburyport, MA

Nursery Theme: Jungle/ Where the Wild Things Are

Registered: Target and Amazon.com.  Search for Meghan McGinley.

Less than 8 weeks to go!  It’s all moving a bit too quickly.  I joked the other day that I was going to ask for a Doctor’s note to tell Baby she had to stay in longer because I wasn’t ready, but then I think about holding her and snuggling and it all seems to be right on pace.

Still playing the name game and I feel like we still need a few more choices to add to the list!  We’re still working on some non-ethnic names- I’d like to have one or two on the list that is more science based, but I’m drawing a blank.  I know I had lots of ideas before I got pregnant, but in my addled brain, they are just not coming.  Instead, we’re toying with some “normal” names:

Alys- pronounced Alice but Welsh spelling

Cordelia- a Welsh name and name of a few of our favorite characters, though that’s combo blessing and hinderance.

Nimue- ok, not normal, but Josh likes the Arthurian legend part.  I liked it until I looked up that it was pronounced NEE-moo-eh.  All I can think when I say that is to follow it with “In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight…”.  However, the character Nimune is also known as Viviane.

Still processing!  And we’re open to suggestions!