getting ready

We've got less than 4 weeks left til my EDD! Which means he could be here in 6 weeks :o)
I've started thinking about getting ready...but havent done too much about it yet. I dont want to pack the hospital bag yet because I dont want to sit around loooking at it for a month or more. We havent installed the car seat yet either, but probably should sooner than later. I did do some prep today though. I made two lasagnas (one is for tonights dinner) and a baked penne. I also bought the stuff to make a chicken pot pie, but I'll deal with that tomorrow. I have a pot of green chili in the fridge that I think I am going to make into some sort of green chili enchiladas. I'm not sure exactly. I just want to make things as easy as possible for us once he gets here. I am tyring to make sure the house is clean and stays that way, so we're starting from ground zero instead of from an already messy house. I already know my biggest pet peeves are going to be dishes and trash. I hate a dirty kitchen and having stuff on the floor. Especially clutter on the floor. I am just too clumsy to step over stuff, I tend to trip and fall. My sister had her baby yesterday, a little girl named Monica Danielle she got here at 11:33am and was ~7lbs. I haven't got to meet her yet, we are going to drive down on Saturday to see her.It made me realize though that there is a lot of other work and thought that goes into after the baby is born. We discussed that last night at childbirth class (our last one!!) The postpartum period can be quite an adjustment for everyone. They gave us a list of questions to go over together so Geoff and I can make sure we are on the same page with expectations. I dont want to put too much pressure on him, because I know he's already struggling with his schedule as is. He will get two weeks of though after the baby is born. I hope that is enough time for me to adjust to being a mom and breast feeding and all of that, so that I can go back to regular activity. I still feel really guilty about being home everyday, doing basically nothing while he struggles to work and go to school. There's not much I can do about it, so I am trying to enjoy the time off. He works so hard to give me everything I want, a nice house, a new car, nice things...but whats really important to me is his happiness. I have been thinking of two different songs lately about us...
the first is my ringtone for my phone...its "We Weren't Crazy" by Josh Gracin
We headed out to california
everybody tried to warn us
said we wouldn’t make it any further
than that worn out chevy would

we broke down a time or two
thought “maybe we didn’t think it through”
we were all we had to turn to
when it wasn’t lookin’ good

lookin’ back laughin’
‘cause they called us crazy

(chorus)
we were young, we were wild, we were restless
had to go, had to fly - had to get away
took a chance on that feelin’ - baby
we were lovin’ blind - borderline reckless
we were livin’ for the minute we were spinnin’ in
maybe we were a lot of things
but we weren’t crazy

just a couple kids a couple years ago
now we got a couple kids of our own
we turn out right - proved them wrong
look at us goin’ strong

lookin’ back laughin’
‘cause they called us crazy

(chorus)
we were young, we were wild, we were restless
had to go, had to fly - had to get away
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took a chance on that feelin’ - baby
we were lovin’ blind - borderline reckless
we were livin’ for the minute we were spinnin’ in
maybe we were a lot of things
but we weren’t crazy

coulda set it down
when things got tough
coulda walked away from this love
but that’d a been crazy

(chorus)
we were young, we were wild, we were restless
had to go, had to fly - had to get away
took a chance on that feelin’
we were lovin’ blind - borderline reckless
we were livin’ for the minute we were spinnin’ in
maybe we were a lot of things
oh maybe we were a lot of things
but we weren’t crazy
we weren't crazy
we weren't crazy

The other is "In a Real Love" by Phil Vassar
I was 18 makin' minimum wage
With a letterman jacket and a Chevrolet
Thought I was cool
Yeah I ruled the school
You were Cum Laude with the strawberry lips
Had the whole world danglin' at your fingertips
Your senior year
And I was your daddy's worst fear
We ran off on graduation night
Thought a couple of left hand rings would make everything alright
With a little bit a live 
Little bit a learn
Little bit a watchin' a few more candles burn
And findin' out what life was
With a little bit o' fuss 
Little bit a fight
Little bit a kiss and makin' up all night
And one day wakin' up in a real love
Well I was 22 workin' double overtime
I was spendin' dollars and makin' dimes
We were overdrawn and barely hangin' on
Then one night you came to me
With tears in your eyes and an EPT 
And said "guess what, yeah, baby ready or not"
Well, I just smiled but I was scared to death
How am I gonna' have a kid when I'm still a kid myself
With a little bit a live
Little bit a learn
Little bit a watchin' a few more candles burn
And findin' out what life was
With a little bit a fuss
Little bit a fight
Little bit a kiss and makin' up all night
And one day wakin' up in a real love
Yeah baby, it's a real love


theres a few others, like "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" by Tania Tucker and a few by (of course...)Kenny Chesney like "The Good Stuff" and "Me and You"! But I dont want to clutter this up with lyrics. 
All I can say is I love my husband very, very much and have faith that we will be fine as long as we stick together and keep supporting each other.