Still Waiting...

So, we are still waiting on Baby Brother to make his arrival.  In the meantime, I offer this list…

Ten Ways to Know Its Time to Have Your Baby:

10. You no longer fit in your maternity clothes.  You no longer fit in your husband's clothes.  You longingly wish you could wear a mu-mu and still look respectable.

9. You've maxed-out your daily Tums dosage for the last five days straight.

8. You love the cooler weather and are not even considering turning on the neat, though it's 60 degrees in your house and your toddler's nose is running.

7. The only downside to the cool weather … not being able to wear flip-flops.  You can't bend in any feasible way to get your socks and tennis shoes on.

6. Come to think of it, your feet don't fit in any of your shoes anyway.

5. You dropped your grocery list this morning in the store and just stood looking at it for a full 60 seconds before deciding to make the sacrifice and bend over and pick it up.  How rude would it be to just leave it there?  Could I remember everything that was on it?  Could one of those "Helping Hands" employees walk by right now?  I would be totally unashamed to ask him to pick it up for me!


4. You've crossed nearly everything off your "Pre-Baby To Do List" and the remaining items you've decided you no longer care about.

3. You're considering buying stock in toilet paper because going to the bathroom 20 times a day uses up a surprisingly large amount of the stuff.

2. Both you and your toddler have the "Baby Brother books" completely memorized.  (By the way, kudos to our local library for having not one, but two board books on the topic of welcoming a new baby to your family … "Sweet Baby Coming" and "When You Get a Baby" have been so much fun to read - and I hope they've been at least semi-helpful in preparing Benjamin for this transition.)

1. You are so excited to meet your new little one you can hardly stand it!  Will he look like his big brother?  Hair or no hair? Will he be a thumb-sucker or a paci-man?

We love you already, Baby Brother, and though we can't wait to meet you, we are content to wait for God's perfect timing to introduce you into this world!