Getting close..

Well, speaking as a future dad again, it is starting to get interesting around here. There are a lot of signs that tell us it is getting close. I mean, it really could be anytime. Now, there are signs that say that it could very well be a few days or even a week or so. The baby has not really dropped and Robyn still is not feeling any major contractions. So, overall, that works out well for 2 reasons...I am going out of town today, but will be home this evening, and the fact that the car seat is not in yet (that is going to happen on Sunday).
So, all of this brings up an interesting point. We have done so much. It has been an awesome, busy, fun summer. We have spent all this time buying this and buying that. People give us opinions (Robyn listen to them more than I do) and we read, study, ask question, you name it. I guess us a "smart" people try to do the best we can to prepare for that is about to happen. Ask Robyn, I try to plan and think ahead. Now, I don't write lists everywhere like Joe Moon, but I do try and have somewhat of a plan together. Ask Robyn, I do not like to deviate from a plan. It just causes a disturbance in my force.
But, I am here to say, and I am not too proud to admit, we got a little taste of "oh my gosh, what is about to happen and what now." Not to be all that graffic, but Robyn lost her mucous plug yesterday. First of all, everyone seemed to skip over that step of telling me what that was about. I was a bit taken off guard yesterday. But the big thing is that it really set reality back in of what was about to happen. I mean, we think we are ready, but at the same time, what happened yesterday really set us in motion. Next thing I know, I come home and Robyn is washing more stuff, rearranging my entire kitchen, packing the baby's bag, doing some real nesting. It was actually quite interesting to watch. Fun times.
Just goes to show that thinking about a big, exciting event and actually being a part of it are 2 different things. When reality sits in, it really hits home. I must say that it did touch me a little also. I was thinking, this is it. It is really about to happen soon. You just have simple thoughts like "I am about to have a living, breathing baby." Talk about still feeling unprepared, even though we still think we have done the best we can so far. It is almost a feeling of helplessness. But, at the end of the day, I know we are not the only ones to go through this. And, what keeps me from stressing out too much, I know I have a wife that is as excited as me, and the fact that we have never been on the same page as much as we are now. That's how I know that we will do great and there is nothing that we can not figure out together. And, that's how I know that Ella Jane will just bring us closer and love each other as a family that much more.
Until next time....