Preparing for Lily's arrival

Now that school is out I've actually had time to stop and focus on the upcoming arrival of our little Lily. I'm not sure that it has really fully sunk in yet that I'm going to be a mom at any time now....although I've heard it never really does sink in until your home with the little one.

Its crazy how much stuff we've been doing to prepare for her arrival. Dustin and I have gone to a few classes like a baby basics class and a birthing class; although I didn't feel like I learned as much as I had hoped to....been doing too much reading on my own I guess. I also took a breastfeeding class with a friend of mine that is also pregnant.....Dustin skipped that one, although he was willing to go for my support if I wanted him to, which I appreciated.

I've had three baby showers....yep three. My mother in law wanted to have her own for Dustin's side of the family, my sisters put one on and my classmates also put one on. All my cakes were very cute/beautiful. I got SO many outfits....guess that's the fun stuff to buy. Needless to say I took a passel of it back along with a bunch of excess diapers and bought the rest of the stuff on my registry. A girl can only wear so many outfits....and I still feel like I have more than she could ever wear before she outgrows it all. Its been fun washing all the tiny clothes though.

My little nephew Jace isn't quite sure what to think of my belly. Everytime he sees me he pokes at my belly. He's got the concept that there's a baby in there but always wants to see the baby.....its so cute. He told me yesterday that he wanted to hold her :)

I've been trying to motivate myself to pack my bags for the hospital but Lily's bag is more packed than mine is. Most of my stuff has to be last minute anyway so I made a list so I won't forget anything. The car seat is in the car and I had a safety guy look at it yesterday to make sure it was put in right.

The nursery is finally done and organized thanks to Dustin, my mom and my sisters. My mom and my sisters came over yesterday and helped me go through a bunch of clothes and decide what to keep and what to take back.
I'm enjoying my time to sleep in and getting some social time in before her arrival. At first I was really anxious for her to get here but now I figure I better take advantage of my sleep while it lasts :) Some days are more miserable than others and some nights are more restless than others but soon she'll be here and our lives will forever be changed...and blessed.