Preparations

I knew that getting ready for Montgomery was going to be hard...but I didn't know how hard. Surprisingly I'm not bawling my eyes out or crying hysterically but I know it's going to be a long road when it comes to unpacking all the baby boxes. I had today and tomorrow off from work and they will be my last days off before school starts next week. I'll be very busy between work, school and doctors appointments so I wanted to get some things done around the house. I got quite a bit accomplished today but not as much as I wanted. I've noticed that what I want to do doesn't usually go as far as what I can physically do. I'm usually the type of person that will not sit down until every single thing I want to be done is done. I can't exactly do that any more and I'm having a hard time accepting it. We got Montgomery's bedding the other day and I was so excited! Today I did some things in the nursery and put the bedding in the crib. I've found that I can do one or two things at a time then I have to go do something else. I cleaned the nursery of non-nursery things then started looking for what I could go ahead and unpack.

I'm going to admit that I'm just not 100% certain that Montgomery is a girl...I know the ultrasound tech said she was but...I'm just not convinced. We went ahead and bought the bedding (It's Abby's Farm by Cocalo) and I do hope and pray she is truly a girl but I'm just saying if we end up with a boy, I'm not going to be surprised. I was relieved when they told us she was a girl because that meant that I didn't have to put Paisly's things up in storage and we would get to use them for her little sister. When I had to pack up the nursery, I packed so that the girl-only things and unisex things were separate so that when I did get pregnant again I wouldn't have to go through everything again. Packing all that baby stuff was the hardest thing I had to do. All the fears and thoughts of I should be using these instead of putting them away and Am I going to ever use these things or will I end up giving them away raced through my mind. I am so blessed to know that I have been blessed once again and will get to use them all. So today, I put the bedding on the crib and unpacked a whopping...one box. The one box consisted of all the Dr. Brown's bottles and feeding things. Maybe if I unpack one to two boxes a week I'll be ready when Montgomery gets here.

On another note, I went to the Dr. last Thursday and found that little Montgomery isn't so little. She weighed 2lbs 8oz according to the ultrasound and the Dr. said that she is already big for her age. I'm so glad that I got to see her on that screen. She is already adorable, she was opening and closing her mouth like a little fish. This is wonderful because we know she is developing like she should and her lungs will be good and healthy. Everything looked perfect.  I talked to the Dr about my anxiety because Montgomery just does not move like Paisly did. Paisly moved constantly....Montgomery, not so much. He assured me that even before babies are born they have a personality and that Montgomery is just a laid back baby. As I'm typing this Montgomery is going into her very rare moving fits...and I don't mind at all. It's like she's saying Mommy I'm not lazy!!!

When I came home from the Dr, I wanted to write a post but blogger was down. While I was waiting at the Dr's office I met a lady. I had seen her in the big waiting room and she was very talkative and open. When I saw her again in the smaller waiting room I thought Oh Lord it's this woman, please don't let her ask me questions....but she did. She asked how far I was, if it was a boy or girl...all the common questions. Then I was praying that she didn't ask me if this was my first child. I LOVE sharing Paisly's story but sometimes its exhausting telling all the details and seeing peoples awkward reactions when I tell her story and that day I really just didn't feel like talking about it. Inevitably...she asked. I told her about Paisly and her response suprised me. She said "That just made my day". I was a little confused then she explained "To hear about your first daughter and see that God has blessed you so soon with another is just amazing". Wow...how right she is. I am blessed. I felt just plain horrible about thinking that I didn't want to share Paisly's story because this woman talked too much and here she opened my eyes with her many words. We continued to talk about her children and bows and shopping and other things until I was called to talk with the Dr. God really showed me that he always has something in store for me, whether it is something large like blessing us with another life or something simple like a talkative woman in a waiting room.