Getting Ready for Baby

Today I watched my adorable husband carry two bookshelves and an office chair out to his truck single-handed to make space in our guest room for a crib. I've always heard people talk about how seeing your spouse loving your child makes you just love them all the more but today I felt that like an overwhelming wave when I saw Joe hauling stuff around, whipping out measuring tape, and trying to give up his spider-man room for all kinds of things. I just love him, I just do. He's going to be such a good dad and I'm so glad I have such a loving, delightful, sacrificial partner. I'm really, really lucky.

Anyhow, enough gushing for now, y'all are gonna be tired of me. We're trying to squeeze Little Blum into our guest room without removing the guest bed so that there's still somewhere for visitors to sleep. I don't want to go haywire with this room because we're not going to be in this apartment much longer, I would think one more year tops, so Baby is never even going to remember living here or what its room was like. For me this is all about practicality and ease for Joe and I, as well as trying to be considerate of our upstairs neighbor (no one lives in the room above the guest/baby room, so hopefully that will be less disruptive to them).

I know for a lot of new moms, decorating and designing a nursery is a very fun and special thing, which I don't want to demean at all. I think that's great and I think every one has things that are important to them when it comes to their own families. For me, that was never something I thought or dreamed about when I thought about my baby arriving. I've never spent time browsing through nursery designs or anything like that. I dream about making my baby's food and taking them outside so they can learn to love nature like we do. I dream of cuddling at night and reading aloud to them. I'm a little weird, I know, but that's just my way.

There is so much stuff available for babies these days and they really don't need half of it. It's always hard for me to try to maintain a balance of whether or not we should get things that we don't need, but do want, when there are so many needy people around the world. I was reminded of this when my parents purchased vaccines for a third-world child in honor of our baby for Christmas this year.  My baby is so lucky. I'm so lucky. We're safe and well-cared for. We've got a team of doctors watching over us, healthy food and vitamins, paid leave to be together when s/he arrives, a doting and supportive daddy/husband, a cozy home, and lots of love. We're blessed and I'm so thankful.

We also have a boppy that keeps giving me the eye and saying, "Hey, you could take me out of the package and we could take a nap. No one will ever have to know..." Get behind me tempter!