It's now less than 2 days until we meet our baby girl and we are so thrilled and so excited! This week has been a little more stressful for me as I am becoming overwhelmed with so many different emotions: excitement, anticipation and nervousness to name a few! Sometimes I feel so scared and other times I feel like I'm so ready! I think the idea of there being a definite "date" now has added a little extra stress though. I'm not sleeping as well at night because I'm kept up by thinking about everything. Luckily though, I have a friend who delivered a beautiful baby girl a couple months ago at the same hospital and she has been able to calm me down by explaining the entire process and her own experiences. I feel much better today after talking with her more!!  :)

I had a couple painful days this weekend and during the nights. It's increasingly harder to walk because of all the weight, but today I've felt really great with only a few contractions and no real pain. Today is the most energy I've had in a long time - which is great considering the lack of sleep I'm getting! Tonight will be our last full night of sleep before waking up really early on Thursday to be at the hospital by 5:30am! Though I'm sure the thought of that alone will be enough to keep me up tonight too :)

We're definitely ready and excited to meet our baby girl! That very thought is constantly on my mind! Time seems to be creeping by now. We keep wondering who she'll look like and what it will feel like to finally hold her in our arms and it's all just a really wonderful feeling. We're just so blessed to be able to experience all of this!

Thank you to everyone who has been checking up on us and praying for us. We're almost there and we are so thrilled! We will update this site as soon as we can after bringing our baby girl home this week! And I'm sure the grandmothers and aunts will be posting and sending out pictures faster than we can imagine so be sure to keep checking back!

Love,
Steph & Tim