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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Twas the night before......

Twas the night before Campbell arrived...and I wish I was creative enough to really make some kind of cute poem out of this but I'm not! So, on this, the night before the birth of baby #2 my brain is going a million miles an hour. Jackson stayed the night at my parents house so he doesn't have to be at the hospital as early as we do...5:30 is too early for even him (my early riser!). So I took advantage and took one last nice long hot shower at home before I'll be gone for 4 days. Of course I do my best thinking/praying/dreaming/planning in the shower...so all of my worry, excitment, anxiety, hopes, blessings came to light. Some rational, some not so much...but here are a few of them in hopes that jotting them down will help me get some sleep tonight!
1. Worries: the usual new baby stuff and delivery stuff. Will she be healthy, will surgery go well? Will Jackson be accepting of his new little sister?
2. Excitment: I can't wait to see what she looks like...does she look like Jackson when he was born, does she have Jeremy's features or mine, how big will she be?
3. Anxiety: some of you know the issues we had when Jackson was born...he was born with undescended testicles (nothing harmful to his overall health) but unexpected! so he had ultrasounds, blood work, extra Dr.'s visits, etc. So I'm just hoping if we have suprises with Campbell they are of the non-scary kind!
4. Hopes: I hope she's a good baby (eater, sleeper, etc). I hope we settle into a routine at home quickly for everyone's sake. I hope Jackson doesn't regress on his potty training accomplishments either!
5. Blessings: I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family! My husband takes wonderful care of Jackson and I. My parents are always around to help...and I don't know what I would do without them. And I have great friends to use as sounding boards for my motherhood slip-ups!

So all in all, I feel very positive about tomorrow...but still nervous of the unknown! I hope everyone has a great rest of the week! And I will post pics as soon as I can! Goodnight!

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