It feels like Christmas

We are scheduled to meet our baby boy next Wednesday!  We are so full of anticipation and excitement that it reminds me of Christmas.  I have been playing nursery rhyme songs on my ipod just like they were Christmas carols.  And, it gets me in the mommy mood. 

Are we ready?  In our hearts, YES.  We have been waiting for this day for nearly two years.  Our last baby was born to heaven on February 18, 2009 and I can't help but think of him, Jason Thomas's older brother.  They will nearly share a birthday.  I wonder what I will tell JT about him.  He is an angel that will look over him throughout his life.  I want to keep him in a special place in my heart...

Are we ready, otherwise?   Uh....the house is a wreck!  We have so many baby gifts to find a place for.  The living room floor is scattered with pastel gift bags, onesies, packaging boxes, assembled and partially assembled baby equipment.  Again, it feels like Christmas morning when the kids have tornadoed their way through their gifts, leaving them proudly on display for the rest of the day (um...week).

This is my last week at work, and I have graciously scheduled myself with lots of meetings to wrap up projects and tasks.  It feels like I am walking away from another child - my career.  But, I know it's just a stage in my life.  I am very excited to spend the rest of the year with my baby and transitioning into our family.

So, that's where I am at.  It's Christmas Eve here in our household and we awaiting the greatest gift of our lives.