Bundle Of Chaos

We are going to make the announcement about Dos this weekend. I’m excited but also a little apprehensive to see how everyone receives the information.

In the logistics side there is a lot that needs to get done before Dos shows up. Aves is going to move downstairs to the third bedroom. We’ve been using this room as a dumping ground for random stuff since we moved in. Last weekend we slowly started going through and donating or throwing out the stuff that we don’t need. I got rid of almost all of my books. The only ones I kept were ones that I had autographed. This is a big step because I’ve always been been a pack rat when its come to my books. We moved some furniture but still have tubs and tubs of baby clothing. I’m not sure what we are going to do if Dos ends up being a girl because I think we have close to 15 Rubbermaid tubs of boy clothes.  Atleast we’ve started the process, but I’m starting class next week so time is going to be tight for the next 14 weeks.

Things got a little more real today. The first doctor visit occurred today and the doc confirmed the due date as March 19. It’s getting harder and harder to keep things under wraps. It seems lately at work the baby talk and question about number 2 has come up often. I don’t think it’s a case of me subconsciously talking about it because I’m making a conscious effort not to discuss it.

 I think I had M convinced to share the news last weekend but we didn’t have the family get togethers that we need to quickly disseminate the info.  We want to tell both sides of the family the same weekend and my in-law siblings are on their honeymoon next weekend so we are going to wait until our orginal plan of Labor Day weekend.

I know the first question from my side will be the due date. I’m kind of scared to share the actual date because I’m not sure how everyone will feel about Dos and J/C’s second being so close. The second question will be why did we wait so long to share the news. It’s been hard to be silent but we just wanted for our first doctor appointment before we started sharing. The doctor has gone on some crazy reduced schedule. She was on vacation for a couple weeks and today was the first appointment she had open. M made the next couple appointments and found out the doctor only work three days a week and one of those was a half day.  (I need to figure out how to get that schedule.) So this has made the appointments a little more difficult to schedule this time around. I wasn’t able to make it today but hope to make it to the future ones.

Last weekend was a tough weekend. We had Mike and Angie’s wedding so the whole weekend was pack full of family and events. Michelle was only asked a couple times by relatives when number two was going to be coming. One cousin said he had heard a rumor that she was pregnant. I think he was just fishing for information. I think it helped with all the activities and focus on the happy couple that I didn’t think about it.

We have our first doctor’s appointment next Monday so we should have a due date soon. Based on some calculator Michelle found online the due date is going to be around March 19. My brother’s second kid is due on the 27, so the two cousins are a lot closer than I had initially thought. It’ll be crazy having two kids so close together.

The shirt that we are using to tell everyone got delivered last week. We are waiting until Labor Day weekend to share the news. I think my parent’s are going surprised if not overwhelmed by that doubling of the grandchildren in March. My in-laws are going to be excited. Wrestling is very common with Avery, but the cuddling is missed.