Time Flies

To say that time has been passing quickly has become the understatement of our lives! My wife will be 26 weeks tomorrow and the idea that Julie & I will be bringing an infant home in less than 3 months is beginning to settle in our collective consciousness. I wouldn't say that it's hit me from out of the blue as it is actually more gradual than I expected. It's not something you notice from one day to the next, but when Thursday comes and another week has passed you really notice the changes.

In my last entry we had just ordered the nursery furniture and three days later it was at Babies R Us! The three pieces made their way here on Saturday, I had the crib up later that day, and the next few days were spent cleaning out the nursery. You can view the pictures here. Julie & I are both very pleased with all the pieces we bought, although we may need one more before the baby arrives. We also have a glider/rocker chair coming from Simon's Baby Furniture in Pittsford, but that's being built custom and won't be here for a few weeks yet.

The other news is that our OB, in consultation with another doctor in the practice, has been raising Julie's insulin dosage steadily over the last few weeks. However, she was able to take it all in 1 shot per day. Then this week they decided to space it out and raise the number of shots to 3. One for morning, another before dinner, and the last before bed! She's being a real trooper about the whole thing and shows me how much strength she has each and every day. Sure she has tough days, but she always seems to rise above it all.

So, we continue to look forward to our new arrival, but we're also developing an appreciation for the weekends we have together. In many ways they have become routine: go to Wegmans, get to the mall for those little things, a required stop at Babies R Us, and an early dinner. However, we know full well that things will change soon and, while we do lament the loss of our "independence" from time to time, we're so looking forward to sharing weekends, trips, and every day for about the next 18 years (give or take a few) with our little one. Oh how the time will fly...but we wouldn't have it any other way.