The hum of activity and getting to "know" the little one

With the end of February fast approaching - within the next half hour :-) - it is hard not to get overwhelmed by everything that needs doing. Somehow, the end of the month coming around makes a vague sense of panic rise in me when I think of everything that still needs doing. This is only the second time that I have felt this way since the end of January was the first. When the beginning of the year dawned, it felt like early June was an age away and would never get here. This engendered a certain sense of complacency, I think, in both Dan and me. However, when the end of January came around this vanished in a flash. In typical Sarah fashion, I had made a list and then I compared the list to the remaining months and realized how short the time was. We have done a lot in the intervening month. But somehow, the end of February coming around has still left me feeling vaguely anxious - again, not a foreign Sarah feeling, but anxiety all the same.

I have to say though, whilst anxiety has lurked, it has also been an exciting and fun process. I have really exercised my creative side and really enjoy it! I decided that I wanted to make the nursery bedding myself. So I have been hunting down fabrics. Becky and I have been coming up with ideas for baby shower invites. We have been looking at and picking out furniture for the nursery etc. etc. All fun stuff when it comes down to it. What has been even better is that Dan has really been in to it as well. For the most part, he has endless patience to sit and look at various fabric combinations and invite color options. It makes the process all the better. I shouldn't be surprised. When we organized our wedding he was the same way. But it still makes me smile and love him all the more.

Through all of this "Baby Holden-Brown" continues to kick, roll and generally make his presence very well known. It has become part of the rhthym of life and one that it comforting. Getting to know his habits is exciting - he isn't all that active first thing in the morning, but is really bouncing around at the moment as we approach the witching hour. (So I guess that at this point he is taking after his mother's sleeping and waking habits. :-) ) He loves it when I eat. In that respect he takes after both of us. It is one more piece of information, beyond his gender, we can add to what we know about him. And it serves to make this journey all the more special.

(My belly is expanding at a vast rate at the moment. We promise to upload a new picture soon! :-) )