Getting Ready for Baby Number 3!!!

The time is finally (almost) here for baby number 3!!! In just 4 short days I will be bringing another baby into the family. I know that they say that pregnancy is more "real" for the mother then the father because it is the mom that is feeling every kick and movement, its the mom gaining the weight and making it to every doctors appointment just to be in the room for a total of 5 minutes.....(ect) BUT this time around, at least for me, it hasn't really hit me yet!?!?!? I know that there is a baby in my belly...I see her move every single day...I cant breathe because she is crushing my lungs, and I cant walk right anymore because she is sitting on a nerve. Even after experiencing 9 months of a baby growing, part of me is still like "am i really having another little girl?????" "am i really going to be bringing home another little life?!?!?!" Maybe it is my age or the fact that I no longer have any time to myself, but I guess the reality hasn't really sank in yet. My oldest daughter is 4 1/2 and has been in preschool for the last year and a half, and my son (who turns*3*!!! tomorrow) has been in the longggggggggg (I'm talking 3 month process) of learning how to use the "big boy potty." I'm actually proud of him because we have actually made it 2 full days without an accident in his pants!!!! Woot Woot (mommy moment right here). But now that I have publicly stated that he has been doing so good hes probably going to stop on me. In the last 2 months I have gotten married and moved into a whole new town away from everything that I have ever known. I'm alone most of my day (obviously I am with my kids, yet no adult interaction) and I've just felt like so much has been going on that I haven't even had time to think about this new baby at all. Each day seems to drag on sometimes and I cant wait until my kids are in bed and asleep so I can enjoy just a small window of time without hearing "Mom can I..." but when I look back at the last 9 months they have honestly flown by! Its crazy to me to know that I found out that I was pregnant a week before Christmas and in 4 short months it will already be Christmas time again and i will have my new one with me! Just today I am starting to wonder, "what will she look like" "how do I bathe a newborn again" "how often will she want to eat"....it took me up until 39 weeks for me to actually start thinking about these things again. Maybe its my age (not that I am super old now) yet I was 19/20 when I first had my daughter and so much in my life has changed in the last 5 years. Or maybe its because this is my 3rd that in my head I logically know what to expect. Or maybe its the fact that I really haven't purchased anything for baby girl this time around, seeing as I am a hoarder and I kept basically everything from my last two kids. Other then a few cute matching outfits for my daughter and new baby, and the car seat, I haven't made any real purchases for little one. Babies-r-us and Buy Buy Baby make you feel this sense of realness/readiness when you shop there and since I haven't this pregnancy, maybe that hasn't helped my "OH CRAP A NEW BABY IS COMING" kick into gear yet. Regardless of if I feel ready or not, in 4 days baby girl will be here. Her name is already picked out and I am 100% sure that that is her name, yet I don't want to write it down just incase for some crazy reason I end out popping out a boy!!! (That would be one for the books...but I'm sure my husband would be happy!) So for now I will finish up my coffee because it is almost 7:30 am and I'm sure the kids will be up soon.

xoxo

alex