Units of Time

Hello again!
Yes, you will notice it is early in the AM and as everyone on two coasts has figured out (by the decreasing number of phone calls) - no baby yet. So, I couldn't sleep and decided to post an update....

(by the way - this photo is from May 10, so the baby has gotten bigger since then. I will be sure to post some more recent photos!)

The biggest news to-date is, again, no news yet. We really appreciate the calls and emails and the check-ins...we especially appreciate the phone calls that don't start with - "No baby yet?!". My parents are in town, they've been here since the 16th - so between the 4 of us all waiting expectantly and not always patiently, we're going a little stir-crazy. We've been on an "adventure" every day. By adventure I mean, yes, you guessed it - units of time. What can we do today to use up some time?

So in the past 7 days we've made numerous visits to costco, the movie theater, grocery stores, lots of naps, a "law and order" marathon or two, a visit to the santa monica pier, shoe warehouses (i know, i know brilliant in theory as i do love the shoes, but tough when you're a bit tired and not at all inspired to do the bending over required to try on the shoes!) a drive up the coast, many many meals out at restaurants and more!

All of this in an effort to use up units of time, stop watching the clock (and secretly, I believe, get me to walk myself into labor). And did I mention that we did have a couple of labor pangs during which we were all thinking "yippee - this is it!" but alas, baby brown has not chosen to enter the world just yet. Oh, the stories I could tell you! Gene thinks the baby is like he is in a hot shower - just content to stay in there as long as possible - opening that shower curtain to step out into the cold, drafty world is tough. C'mon baby - you can do it!