Husband prepares for baby

Slightly unclear photo...

 My husband is so excited about Maple Baby.  There is no doubt about it.  He is over-the-moon.  He can't wait to meet Maple Baby.  At times I think maybe he is more excited than I am (don't worry Maple Baby, I am super excited too).  I am excited but I'm also worried about things - like finances, childcare, commuting long hours to and from work, exhaustion, postpartum depression, etc.  Hubs is not concerned about these things.  His philosophy is that everything will work out.  While this can be a great philosophy, it can be annoying at times too.  Because I am left with all the worrying to do.  These things are not keeping me up at night or anything, but it's stuff I think about.

However, I can't deny that hubs is excited.  He talks to the baby all the time - he even says good morning, good night, hello, and good bye.  All the time.  And he calls me at work at least twice a day to ask if the baby is moving.  He sings the baby songs and gives my belly high-fives.  It's quite adorable actually.  I am anxious to see how he is once the baby is actually born and cries and poops all the time though!

And because of our Bradley Method class, he has taken it upon himself to inform me of all the things I need to do.  Hmm, not so cute all the time.  Especially if it's something that I should do and just don't feel like it.

Like what, you say?

How about packing my hospital bag.  Yup, still haven't done that even though it's recommended to do that at like week 31.  And I'm on week 35 (and I promise a bump shot is coming).  Yes, I realize I could go into labor any day and I have no bag packed, but I kinda think Maple Baby won't come until I pack my bag.  That's logical, isn't it?  So, hubs reminds me at least once a day that I need to pack my hospital bag.  Yup, fun stuff.

He also likes to remind me that I need to eat.  Although I eat a big lunch, I am not super hungry at dinner time.  The midwife said it's normal and not to worry about it, but hubs likes to remind me that I need lots of protein.  And that I should eat a huge dinner.  It's sweet that he's concerned, but it can annoy me to pieces too.

Washing the baby clothes.  I mentioned last week that I had a baby shower (if anyone ever sends me pictures, I'll post them) and we got a ton of great gifts, including lots of clothes.  This was awesome because we hadn't bought any clothes.  We had one or two onesies and then my amazing aunt bought me a bunch, but that was it.  So it was nice getting a bunch of clothes.  However, husby really wanted me to wash the clothes.  Like right away.  I didn't really feel like washing clothes after work so I kept telling him that we had to cut all the tags off first.

So, one day after dinner, he did:

Yup, he dragged all the clothes out into the living room and starting cutting all the tags off.  He then proceeded to hold the baby clothes like they were babies.  When I asked what he was doing he said that I got to "hold" the baby all the time but he never did, so he wanted to pretend that his baby was inside the baby clothes.  It was actually quite adorable.

This is what I did while he cut all the tags off:

  

I played tug-of-war with Dolce.  From the sofa.  It was a great way to make sure that Dolce didn't eat any tiny baby socks.  Or walk all over the baby zone that was all set up.  So, it was a very important job....

And my feet looked like this:

 

Yeah, so I wasn't really wanting to move.  Husband made me a couch tower so I could put my feet up but it didn't help too much.  They still looked fat and swollen.  They don't always look like that but they have been beginning to swell more these days.  And by more, I mean they have started to swell.  I haven't really had much swelling yet, maybe one or two days in the entire 35 weeks I've been pregnant.  But, over the weekend the swelling has started.  So while husby was happily cutting tags off the clothes I was playing with the dog while putting my feet up.

And I may have also been watching the Olympics.

But, I did end up washing the clothes this weekend!