Yesterday morning Dustin posted our sectional couch for sale on Craigslist. An hour later we received the first of many requests to come see it. By the time I pulled up our street at 5:15 yesterday afternoon after picking up Forester from daycare there was a truck in the driveway loading up the cushions and my husband was standing there grinning from ear to ear. Full payment in hand, he managed to offload our unwanted furniture in a matter of hours. To put it simply, this has been the pace of our lives since the turn of the New Year. Fast and intense. Fair to admit, that's pretty typical for us.
The immense workload continued for both of us into February. Dustin was busy hiring another employee for his team and is prepping for Derby and other large Spring events at his hotel. I've been in the crunch zone, trying to get as much done as possible before our baby arrives and I take some time off for maternity leave. And ironically you'd think that would be stressful, but work didn't compare to our home updates that also began. We really hadn't planned for construction to begin until the trim carpenters were scheduled to come add built-ins to the living room mid-February. But our painters called at the end of January, had an opening in the schedule, and bumped up painting the first floor of the house from mid-March to the first week of February. They painted for a week, the next week the carpenters constructed our built-ins, the following week the painters came back to paint and stain the new addition to the living room, and then, once more, the carpenters returned to hang the doors and drill holes for the shelves. Having crews in our house around the clock for nearly a month was exhausting, not to mention incredibly messy. I'd clean every weekend, knowing that more dust and dirt would appear the following Monday when the next work team arrived. But it was all worth it.
Thankfully, March began and a soft quiet blanketed our home once again. I'm so grateful the construction is behind us and isn't creeping into the "dangerous" time zone of potential water-breakage and birth-giving.
With the stressful month of February behind us we're trying to make more of an effort to focus on last minute things before the baby arrives but partner it with some alone time and relaxation. This past weekend D surprised me with a quick out of town trip to Lexington for a stay at a gorgeous hotel and dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. As much as we love our little man, dropping him off at his grandparents and hitting the road, just the two of us, is a really special feeling I cherish with my husband.
Today I'm 35 weeks, cruising into home plate. With Forester my water broke over two weeks early so we're already getting last minute things together, just in case this baby decides to follow in his or her brother's footsteps and have an early arrival. The hospital bag is just about packed, the newborn clothes that Forester wore are all washed and put away into drawers, the crib is ready, and the second video camera has been installed. We still need to install the car seat but after having one kid, we've become pros at locking that sucker down in the backseat in no time flat.
I've been spending a lot of time reflecting on motherhood these past few weeks. I find myself soaking in every single moment I have with Forester while he's still my only little one. It's a bittersweet time. I get weepy thinking that my time alone with him is limited - that in a few short weeks I'll have another baby who will need my attention and love. But the thought of F being a big brother and having a sibling makes my heart so full. As an only child myself, I'm stepping into unknown territory. It's a little scary but overall its the greatest feeling in the world, knowing I can give Forester something I didn't ever have the opportunity of knowing. I pray that these children of mine will be close. That they will have a tight bond and will support and love each other through the years.
But until that time comes, the one where D is rushing me to the hospital to have our sweet baby, I'll be trying to focus on relaxing and spending every little moment I can loving on my husband and little boy. I'll be searching for some living room furniture and scoping out some girly nursery decor, just in case. I'll be dreaming of the longer Spring days, planting my seed starts in the garden beds, laying out in the hammock with a snuggly little baby and grilling out on the deck with my love.
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