Enlightenment… A New Plan

I’ve been enlightened, there are two main ideas running through my head:

1. Due Dates suck, they should never be used. We talk about them all the time, we plan around them for everything. There is however one important factor missing: We forgot to tell the baby.

2. I will be pregnant forever. I’ve accepted this fact and it is now time to move on and develop a new plan. The up side of this is that we will not have to worry about boys (Raymonn is particularly excited) and we don’t have to worry about saving for college!

NEW PLAN: I will of course need to start to build a new wardrobe, but I’ll make some money from selling off all of my old stuff so it will give me something to start with. There are some super cute maternity clothes out there. I have previously been unwilling to pay the $130 for a shirt that I didn’t think I’d be wearing for very long. However, I need to start thinking of these items as more of an investment.

Working out will take on a whole new meaning. I will need to find a way to start running and kick boxing again and work around the belly. It will be interesting but with time I can develop this waddle into a jog at least, I’ll just have to find some good belly/back support.

Surviving on only three hours of sleep will be a bit more difficult, however since I’ll be pregnant forever there is no need to keep limiting my coffee intake! Woo Hoo! If I can start my pre-pregnancy caffeine IV again we’ll be good to go on this one.

Travel and flying. I’ll need Dr. Placek for this. I think she’ll be okay with writing me a Dr’s note so that I can get on planes. She plays a vital role, I need to start traveling again for work and if I don’t get that note the airlines might not let me on the plane for fear that I could go into labor (silly them). Under the circumstances, the note should be easy to obtain. I’ll just need to laminate it as I will be pulling it out at least weekly.

The nursery. This is the saddest change of all, I LOVE the nursery!! I may have to keep it as is for awhile because it’s just so cute and peaceful. Eventually though I’ll have to give it back to Raymonn for his office, he’ll be excited to get out of the “cloffice” (closet/office) that I made him move into. Poor guy has to turn sideways to fit through the door, which I personally find funny but he finds it considerably less so. He will, however, have to stick with the perfect lavender/tan theme and keep the wall mural because they are just way too cute to paint over.

I bought my new camera with the full intention of using it on my daughter and capturing all of her cute new life moments. It’s a great camera, I’ll just have to use it for other purposes… maybe wildlife or nature scenes? It won’t be the same picture gallery on here but I should get pretty good with it. I’ll just have to keep re-posting ultrasound pics for updates on Prayse and how she’s growing. Sorry folks, not my first choice but we need to work together on this one!

This is of course a work in progress plan, I’ll keep you all updated!