"patience, grasshopper"

This is the invite I made for Rory to tell him our big news, way back in November. It's been on our bulletin board ever since and now the "sometime in mid-July" and "who knows" are starting to haunt me. Wish I had been more specific! But the top writing is still the same...a baby is coming!

Thought I had better drop in, so you don't think I'm absent because we're at the hospital. Nope. We're not. And in fact, I have heard a whole lot of stories in the past 24 hours of babies who were 9, 10 and 11 days overdue. Which means we're getting a bit more clever in how we pass our time. It might still be a while...

Here's what we've been up to so far:
-Played littlest pet shop with my nieces, pretending the pets were spending a week at Mount Carmel
-Had Kyle over for lunch for a playdate with Ivar
-Ate two loaves of good crusty bread with balsamic and olive oil with my mom, sister and nieces.
-Went for Thai with Troy and Sara
-Walked around the Galleria sharing a mocha frappuccino with Ivar and Rory.
-Bought this book at Pottery Barn Kids
-Spent some time under a tree during our morning walk, waiting out the rain.
-Filled more boxes with mom and dad's help
-Saw these onesie stickers on Kathy Lee and Hoda and love them.
-Went to Linden Hills with mom and Ivar to the Wild Rumpus and Great Harvest
-Watched a whole lot of Ninja Warrior with Rory and Ivar. Ivar loves it.

At this point I really cannot complain. I am sleeping fine at night (miracle!) and on the whole feel pretty good...not all that uncomfortable. So we're hanging in there. We're ready, beside ourselves bored, but doing fine overall. :)