Getting Ready!

The last few weeks of pregnancy sure are interesting.  You acknowledge wholeheartedly - and probably tearfully - that the battle to get comfortable is most definitely lost.  Well-intentioned people comment on how big you are getting and that the baby must be big (if you've done the math,... it doesn't add up)!  And, it becomes very difficult for your every thought to not be consumed by anticipating meeting your baby for the very first time.

This idea of "being ready" is fascinating.  I mean - obviously - there are things that you need in order to 'be ready'.  Something for the baby to travel home in (car seat and outfit related), something for the baby to sleep in, something to contain the waste, just to name a few.  All of this energy and effort is invested in getting the baby room ready.  And yet...

And yet, I find the more "ready" the nursery gets, the less "ready" I feel for the arrival of this little bundle that will undoubtedly turn my whole world upside down!

Those who are already parents can mockingly laugh at those soon to be first time parents for the small details they are obsessing about, but let's be truthful.  This is like anything else in life - we're just trying to cope with the unknown by dealing with the known, those things we can control - like having a finished nursery with a completely inadequate supply of diapers, a ridiculous number of onesies, and shelves full of receiving blankets waiting to 'receive' this new life.

"Patience is a virtue" apparently, but difficult to master when you are
excitedly anticipating the arrival of a little one!

With the final item of furniture now set-up - the glider (sidebar:  I must tell you, this rocker is already the most comfortable place in the house for me to be)...  But I digress, as I sit in my rocker in the baby's room writing this, I realize that THIS is as ready as I will ever be, which is not at all ready.

SO - I just want to meet this baby!!!  (And based on the number and frequency of inquiries from family members and friends, I sense I am not alone in this).

Looking forward to sharing the good news in - I hope - the not-too-distant future.  And to my Bible scholar friends - please note the lower case spelling here, I am not implying "THE Good News", but still 'good news', right!?!?