2 months later...

Reaching the 'home stretch' of this adventure I have been on somewhat alone: but none the less I have taken it in stride and am forever grateful for the way I have handled my body making changes to be a human incubator and grow an actual human, living, and functioning being inside of me. I know Manny and I are going to look down into this amazing creation's eyes and say, "we did this." Now, unfortunately my mind is also making plans on how to at all costs prevent another creation to immediately follow.
Luckily due to the planned csection I will have 6-8 weeks of recovery and healing and then I may revisit the dark place of baby #2 for now. If we could just pop out babies with unlimited monetary needs met, I would have babies #2 and 3 all planned out. Ah but in a perfect world.

Well, I have not written in some time now: and I suppose it is just a matter of routine to visit this place I have chosen to write and maybe no one will read, but I know it is here and it exists.

I am currently nine days away from this day we have spoken about and casually planned to change our lives and seven days away from seeing my hubby who I pray is prepared for this journey and adveture we are about to embark on together.
I had my last OBGYN appointment yesterday and the nurse who weighs and takes your BP asked, "so are you ready?" and at that very moment I was literally at a loss for words. Me, the one who always has a quick response to everything, just smiled so widely as my infamous Cheshire Cat past memory- just smiled and she just followed it up with, "you will be ready and that mother instinct will kick in and it will flow, just rest now so you have strength for the delivery." Luckily I don't have to prepare myself for that...but she definitely reminded me that I am going to be a mommy very soon and I guess I will take it literally one day at a time.
And, maybe then all my friend's words will make more ring true, and when my friend has her first baby I will have my two cents to add.