Tomorrow I'll be a Mommy

Tomorrow I'll be a Mommy! WOW! It's a little weird to be writing this since I thought that I would be posting about my birth experience with photos and the introduction of the newest member of our family...but God had other plans for us. I'm sitting in my glider chair (anxious to be holding a baby in by the way), listening to the clock tick and the quietness of my home. Harley is sleeping on the cool linoleum floor since we just got back from a trip to the farm where we played with the 'chuck it' (a great toy for dogs!). I'm realizing that soon my house will be filled with noises from baby gadgets like the bouncy seat, swing, itunes playlists I have so meticulously created for my little one, along with baby cries and coos. I'm SO excited about that, but relishing in the silence right now as I know tomorrow will change our lives forever. It will no longer be a simple task to grab the car keys, Harley, and head off to the farm for a quick visit to see Justin and play ball. I'll now have to have the diaper bag and baby in tow, following his schedule. I was at the grocery store today getting some things for next week and realizing that it was probably one of the last "relaxing" grocery shopping experiences I will have for a while.

I'm so excited to be a Mommy. I have wanted to be a mom my whole life. Tomorrow is the day when we will get to meet our son (hopefully...unless we have a LONG labor and he waits 'til Saturday to grace us with his presence). We have waited so long for this baby plus an extra 13 days later than we thought we were going to have to wait. It was a little weird today packing up the last of the things we will need for the hospital tomorrow. I always envisioned us (Justin mainly) packing up the bags with the last minute items from the color coated notecards I made him so he didn't miss a thing while I was laboring at home. I envisioned us having the thrill of going into labor at home and getting through the contractions one by one and deciding together when the right time to go to the hospital would be. I thought about how we'd call our parents to let them know we were "on our way". I wont have these things with this baby, but I'm okay with that. I've been working through those emotions the last day or so since hearing that we will be induced tomorrow. And I'm okay with it...while it might not be the birth story we had planned, it is definitely the birth story that God had planned for us. We learned in our birthing class that you can have a plan all you want, but you have to know that it is a "flexible" plan and things may have to be tweaked here and there according to what's happening in that moment because you can't predict how it is all going to go. We are ready for what tomorrow has in store for us - we are excited, nervous, and ready to meet our little boy.

So here is my final "soon to be mommy" post. Next time, I will be a Mom and I'm sure the posts will get more interesting of things I have to share about! YAY!

*One of my friends posted a cute list of "Goodbyes" to things that she will and wont miss about being pregnant! Thought you'd enjoy a good laugh - the list of very accurate and the additions from other people are wonderful too! http://surprisinglysouthern.blogspot.com/2010/06/goodbye.html