Update

Well, I apologize for being a little MIA this week. I've been busy at work trying to get everything done so that I can start maternity leave next Wednesday (yea!!) . Thankfully all of my big tasks that I was pressed to get done have been finished and now I'm just working on small tasks that come in new. I'll definitely be glad for a break come next Wednesday so that I can try and enjoy my sleep for the next week and a half and I can use the extra time to finish getting everything ready!

I've also been trying to get all of Charlotte's blankets and towels and clothes washed for her arrival. I've been told to expect to do a load of her laundry a day and thinking about how many loads it's taken me to get almost all of her 0-3 month outfits washed I can believe it! But it's been so much fun folding all of these cute little outfits and soft blankets. It's hard for me to believe that in two weeks and one day we'll have a little one occupying those tiny clothes!

My parents gave Jason and I our small pack and play that we're going to use in our room as a bassinet last weekend. So Jason put it up this week and we now have a cute pink bed in our room! So far Luca has ignored it but I'm not sure that his reaction will remain once he comes home and figures out that there is a live person in there! This weekend Jason is going to re-set up the larger pack and play in the den and put together Charlotte's swing. We have big plans to get out and get the other essential things that we must have before her arrival like waterproof pads for the changing pad and a car seat base for Jason's car. I made the appointment to get those installed today. I can only imagine how real this will all feel when we start driving around with a car seat in the back seat!

We had another weekly appointment yesterday and everything looked good. Charlotte was wide awake and kicking at the doppler when they were reading her heartbeat. The pro's of a having a scheduled c-section keep getting longer and longer since I was told that I wouldn't have to get checked for dilation again until the appointment immediately preceding the c-section. That made our appointment even better! :) And we did get a confirmed time. 8:30 AM on May 22nd. It really is nice for me since I'm such a planner to have a time set in stone. Of course, people keep saying that she could flip or come early and she could, but I'm doubting it!

Happy Thursday!