The Waiting Game

Adam and I had the most beautiful day together. We're trying to soak in every minute of this precious time, the anticipation of our son as well as the last days of our time together as "just the two of us." Such a strange, exhilarating mix of emotions.

We started out the day by going to breakfast at a charming little cafe called Raphael's. It's closed on Sundays, our "breakfast day" if we do go out, so we'd just never been. Or maybe I had a long time ago, but I can't remember. Then it was our dr.'s appt. (no change....due Wednesday), and then driving around to see what else we might want to do. We went home, I changed into my tennis shoes, and we went to Bemidji State Park. No one else was there!! I love that, feeling like the only people alive somewhere so beautiful. We watched the lake, and a lone guy fishing out there, and examined all of the carvings in the wood of the lookout place where we photographed ourselves. We carved our own names on a section, although "A+L" ended up looking like "A+4" because I started to draw a box around our initials. Oh well.......funnier that way. !

I love love love this time of year. It's still light out at a little before 7:00, it's warm, the snow is pretty much all gone.... could it really be spring? I'm feeling sleepy probably because of daylight savings time, but happy. Going to watch Precious (which I've heard is disurbing but I think I'm ready) and then go to bed. Try to ignore the itchiness and numbness of my stomach, stretched so tight it's shiny. It won't be for much longer that I'll have this little baby inside of me, and then I'm sure I'll miss it in some ways, the safety and closeness and miracle of the whole thing. I want to catch myself more often when I find I'm wishing away time....

I hope everyone's week has gotten off to a good start. I have a Basset Hound staring me down and it's starting to unnerve me, so .... I'd better end here.