Preparing for "A" Day (not the football kind)

I have OCD.  No, it has not been diagnosed, but I drive myself CRAZY having to have things just "so"!  So, you would think that the planner in me would be on top of getting ready for this precious little surprise.  Quite the opposite.  I was so completely overwhelmed and tired (and let's don't forget pregnant) that I drug my feet this time.  With Harrison, we had everything ready months ahead of time.  With Lynley, we had things ready, but NOT way ahead of time.  With Anderson, we didn't have anything ready, and we weren't in a hurry to do so!  In our defense (because we need one), we were going to have to do a switcheroo on bedrooms for the boys.  That involved moving Harrison to our new bedroom/office upstairs and completely change out his old bedroom to look like a baby.  That doesn't sound too hard, I know!  Even though the bedroom was "new" upstairs, it had become the place to put everything that didn't have a place....especially the closets.  That, my friends, is why we became ok with dragging our feet.  There are days I would go up there to clean out and make room for Harrison's things.  On those occasions, I seemed to end up with a bigger mess than when I started.  I had a stack for things to be thrown away, a stack for things to be given away, a stack for things I currently had no idea what to do with, and a stack for everything I needed to find room for elsewhere!  At least I had stacks....

One thing we knew for absolute certain was that, no matter when this sweet bundle actually got his own room to call his, he would be loved to the moon and back....plus some.  The pregnancy was very smooth.  No wrinkles like with our little Lynley (thank goodness).  Although the fear never really completely left, it became much less with each good doctor's appointment.  The only problem at all was my lack of being able to breathe.  The doctor assured me that I had plenty of oxygen, but there were moments where I couldn't get my breath at all.  I don't mind telling you that that is downright scary.  I nearly had several panic attacks (that I had never experienced before).  Due to this, I couldn't eat a lot at any one time (and that's part of the fun of being pregnant, isn't it?).   My baby was healthy and that's all that mattered to us anyway!

A few highlights of the fall before Anderson was due on November 24, 2013....

My Harrison started KINDERGARTEN

 

A little cold Pumpkin Patch fun!

Halloween 2013 with my flower and blue crayon

Harrison turns SIX with a birthday party with sweet friends at the Sports Zone!

Harrison plays soccer for the first time for the Titan Tigers!  FUN!!!

 

 

Sweet friends gave me a precious, memorable baby shower!  We were DEFINITELY "showered" with pretty much everything we needed!

Even though the house was not "prepared", we were absolutely ready to meet our sweet bundle.  Time is drawing near....