36 Weeks 3 Days Pregnant

I guess I've been "nesting" a bit this week. I have Baby Girl's room mostly ready to go. Anna is even calling it "Baby Sister's Room" instead of "the office" now. Anna has become obsessed with some of the baby toys that are in the room and I am letting her play with them but I remind her often that they are Baby Sister's and she'll have to share with her when she gets here. I know this is too abstract, but I hope in repeating it often before Baby Girl arrives it won't be too hard to grasp once she is actually here. We'll see.

Anna really likes reading Bunny Cakes and one of the lines in the book is "Max's sister, Ruby" and Anna, when she recites the book always says "Max's baby sister, Ruby." I even asked her if we should name Baby Sister [our name choice] or Ruby and Anna chose Ruby. Anna very rarely choose our name choice but will refer to Baby Sister by the choice randomly as well. Serves me right for changing it on her so many times!

I washed all of Baby Girl's clothes (up to 3 months-size) yesterday and put them in the drawers in her room. I've put a stash of burp cloths and bibs downstairs and just need to set up the changing area downstairs. I bought some shades for the side-windows of the car today at Mothercare that will hopeufully fit my car (I am surprised that tinted windows isn't more standard here, actually) so that Craig can move Anna's seat over to the side this weekend (she will sit on the passenger's side and we will attempt to put Baby Girl's seat in the middle at least for when Nana & Grandma are here or as long as Anna can be civil to her right next to her in the car).

I still have a few odds & ends on my list of things to acquire for Baby Girl but, for the most part, I'm feeling pretty ready. I'm in the middle of re-reading all of the baby books I liked from last time (Baby Wise, Secrets of the Baby Whisperer, What to Expect the First Year, and Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child). I've also re-read The Birth Partner and Craig has been reading that as well (since I am counting on him to get us through this giving-birth-in-a-foreign-country-thing unscathed! He will finally make it to my appointment next week and meet my OB.