Waiting on the World to Change

Only three more days until the calendar page flips to January. Time flies when you're having fun...or getting ready to have a baby. Matt and I can't believe that we get to meet our Bunky in just three weeks (or less...hopefully not more!).

December has been a blur, which is the main reason why we haven't provided many baby-related updates on the blog. So, allow me to catch you up:

• We have sailed into the home stretch; I'm now at 37 weeks and counting!
• In early December, Bunky was in a breech position. Feeling that it was highly unlikely that the baby would turn before delivery, the doctor scheduled me for a C-section on January 6th.
• In mid-December, we visited the doctor to find that Bunky had turned into head down position. The doctor was as shocked as we were and responded to the news by canceling the C-section. Matt and I responded by having celebratory doughnuts. Our due date responded by returning to its original schedule: January 15th.
  
• We made some final preparations for Bunky's arrival: installing the car seat, washing the clothes that will be needed in the first few days (thanks, Mom!), attending a four-part childbirth class, and packing the hospital bags.

Here are a few photos from December:

36 weeks, 6 days...what a belly!

A family photo in Bunky's room. My mom and dad came in early December to pitch in on baby- and house-related projects such as washing Bunky's clothes and painting our hallway. Boy, were they a HUGE help!

Celebrating Bunky's diving abilities, a new head down position, and a canceled C-section.

The hospital bag...a work in progress.

Pardon the computer terminology, but Matt and I now feel like we're in "Standby" mode. We're just waiting for Bunky to come along and start up our new family. We're nervous, to be sure, but we're looking forward to meeting our little one far more than we're scared about the challenges that lie ahead (and we know there will be plenty).

We can't even begin to wrap our brains around what it will be like to see that sweet face, hold those little hands, and kiss those precious feet. Perhaps that's how it's supposed to be, though...we can't picture those things now because they will be far better than we can imagine. So Bunky, please know that mommy and daddy are waiting for you to change our world...for the better.