I was right!

A few weeks ago I posted that August was going to fly....and it has!  I have 5 days of work left until I am on leave.  I'm so happy about that.  We have had a heat wave in Colorado, and that combined with lifting my bag in and out of my car and standing has not had the most desirable effects.  BUT baby and I remain healthy and full term!  Yea!!  It is such a blessing to get to this point in pregnancy and it really did come so fast.  Last Saturday I felt awful and had some contractions and that was enough to push us through the rest of the baby prep.  Bags are packed and we feel ready whenever he is.

I am trying to summon as much energy as possible for Dylan being that he has TONS.  He goes to in-home daycare where apparently he is the funny man of the group.  He is this way at home so it doesn't surprise me.  What does surprise me is where this HUGE personality of his came from.  Jake and I are fun people and love to laugh but Dylan is in a league of his own.  He's such a ham and I love it.  I pray he never loses that.  I was so shy for a lot of my childhood and I love that he has so much personality to offer.  He is still hesitant with new people and situations but has come so far with moving through that quickly and being comfortable.  Tonight he ran across the house dozens of times into our arms, danced in circles, and proceeded to act like a monkey and get on my back while I crawled around with him.   Yes, my almost 2 year old was on my back while I'm hugely pregnant.  It was like I was wearing a kangaroo and a monkey!  Jake looked at me like I was insane.  I told him I am no longer in danger of going into preterm labor so I'm going to enjoy my son.  I am so uncomfortable just sitting that playing physically with Dylan is actually a distraction.  I love that kid so much.

I am looking forward to being home for a while and trying to compile a mental activity list of things I can do that are both educational and fun for Dylan and somewhat easy to tote a newborn along.  I know my initial "to do" is survive but once I'm past that stage I'll need activities.  I'm not one to be idle.  I will be enrolling Dylan in tumbling/gymnastics in the fall, I plan to do library days, museum days, art, reading, etc at home.  I am sure we will all stay very busy.  I'm really excited to be home with my boys.  I pray that Leo is like Dylan as a baby.  We were so lucky he was pretty easy.  Of course we didn't get a lot of sleep but he was never much of a fussy baby and we took him everywhere.

I am going to do my very best to keep up with this blog and share the adventures I'm sure to have!  I'm sure I will have a few more pre-birth posts but we shall see.  We are on labor watch, which is kinda like waiting for a pot of water to boil.....