Guess what today is?!

It's officially my due date! I know that it's really an estimate, and I actually expected to go over, as I did with Zee, but it's really exciting to know that we will be meeting our newest baby soon! We finished up some last-minute stuff today, mainly getting the birthing pool set up, but also buying some last minute supplies. I loved the look on the Lowe's salesperson's face when I asked for a sink adapter so that I could hook up a garden hose to an indoor sink. I know he thought we were insane! And maybe we are, but it's important to us to try to have the birth we want. And it's important to me to "heal" from my birth experience with Zee. I need to know that I can do this!

J had a funny moment at work today. He and the girl he works with (they are the only two people who can do their job) have worked out an arrangement so that they each work a half day on the weekends. Anyway, they were discussing the logistics of this arrangement when his coworker told him, "If your wife goes into labor while I'm gone, wait for five minutes, then you can leave. It only takes me 15 minutes to get there." He had to explain to her (and she really had no clue) that childbirth is not at all what is portrayed in the movies, and that he could wait that 15 minutes for her to arrive. She said she thought it would happen quickly, then was completely shocked when he told her about my 35 hour labor with Zee. I just thought it was so funny that someone, a female especially, wouldn't know that labors aren't usually so quick!

I'm awake yet again due to pregnant insomnia/having to pee all the time, so I'm trying to enjoy some last minute alone time. I love having this time to myself, just to enjoy the peace and quiet. I enjoy spending my days with Zee, though I don't have nearly the amount of energy as needed to keep up with her these days, but there really is something so refreshing about being alone for a bit. I think that J doesn't quite understand this, since he's such a social person, but God bless him for giving me what I need regardless. He's an amazing man!

I should crawl back into bed soon and attempt to sleep. I just know this baby will decide to come on a night I've stayed awake far too long. I definitely need the rest, even at the expense of my precious alone time!