I’m so far in lalaland today that it’s going to take a hurricane to pull me out of it. I had a whirlwind weekend; we celebrated Christmas with Family A (my side). The whole family flew and drove in for the weekend – one brother and family from their home in Cayman Islands (en route to their new home in Vancouver!!), one brother and family from North Florida and parents from home on southern Bahamas. It was fun and frantic. Some kind of a mix between the Family Stone, the Griswolds, and the Christmas Story family.

But when the families started to leave I realized that this meant the next chapter is looming. And that next chapter is Baby #2. It was really brought home to me this weekend twice in my shower! Once when I simply started thinking about how I will manage work and 2 babies, and the second time when I slipped and fell, all in slow motion realizing that I couldn’t fall on my spine (we have a step down shower and I was destined to hit the edge of the step) and I couldn’t fall on my tummy either. I ended up on my knee, bumping my hip as well and scaring the living daylights out of myself. I cried (sobbed), felt like an idiot, and had to unearth the dynamic doppler to check the baby wasn’t hurt.

I am so far from being ready for the baby it’s crazy. Her room has no light. Meaning there is no light bulb, no light fixture, nothing. No curtains (which is good when you have no light), no furniture, just boxes and boxes of stuff that needs to find a home. I’ve been collecting ideas on Pinterest, and now I feel like it’s time to start an inspiration board. They say you have to start with one thing. We have the walls painted so I guess that’s the starting point! They are the pale blue color, the majority of textiles will be yellow I think and the accents gray. I’ll keep you posted!