Bo, Earmuffs!

One down, two more trips to Abilene to go! Riding in the car for eight hours this weekend was so not the fun part. Getting out and walking around in every other town seemed to help. We spent most of the weekend just running errands and hanging out with family. Your cousin Emerson is looking more and more like this guy... She's just a bit on the chunky side, but Rachael says she will slim down when she starts to crawl around more. It's adorable anyway!

Had to hurry home Sunday to go to another friend's baby shower. I was reminded why Bo specifically requested that we not to a "couples shower" with our church friends, because this is the range of topics discussed:
1. Stretch marks (Good news- most fade after pregnancy. Better news- you can't turn around far enough to see the ones on your butt!)
2. Breast feeding and the accompanying hormones
3. Poopy diaper blowouts with very detailed descriptions
4. Paranoia of new baby sleeping outside your range of hearing them breathe
5. New Mama (lack of) Sex Drive

And that's just the top five! If Bo had to listen to all our conversation, he might have just run away in terror. He made a lot of progress this weekend on the crib, and we just need to go touch up a few places and put the whole thing back together. We also need to make a final choice on the paint colors for the walls. I keep going back and forth. It's like buying lipstick - you never know what it will look like ON YOU. The picture is almost never right.

Finally, to any other future mommies like me that are a bit worried about how they will feel post-partum, I read a very encouraging blog. Warning: it's rated PG-13. But still true and funny and what some people need to hear. I struggled with depression after several people close to me passed away, and the chance of post-partum depression is of course on my mind. I feel great now and hope that I continue to. I don't want the sugar-coated version of the truth, but I know that all the fun and hard work that is coming up will be more than worth the effort. Of all the things I can be in this life, Mommy is both the hardest and best.