The Final Touches

If you know me then you know I love a good count down. I am always looking forward to the next big event! Whether it is counting down the days until I get to see a good friend, counting down the days until our big work Conference or counting down the days until we get to visit Texas again, I love to have a countdown! So it should be no surprise to anyone that I have had a countdown with the number of days until Harper’s due date. Using the white board in my cube for roughly the last 70 days I diligently change the number everyday to reflect the number of days until Harper is due. As you can see we are finally almost there…8 days folks!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! We were fortunate enough to have Mom, Terry and Shawn at our house for Christmas. We all had a great time together before Shawn had to leave to head back to Norfolk the day after Christmas. After Shawn left it was time to get down to business. With a little help from everyone we were able to finally finish up Harper’s room. Meaning we hung things on the wall, hung the curtains, washed some clothes, made 13 casseroles, oh and just tied a million (maybe an exaggeration, but not really) tiny 4 inch strips to a rug to make a rag rug for her room, no big deal! We were busy people between Christmas and New Years. There were several days where we didn’t even leave the house we were working so hard! But I am so grateful to Aaron, Mom and Terry for helping get everything ready for the arrival of Miss Harper. I couldn’t have done it with you!

Here are some pictures of the finished product…

So now poor Aaron just has to deal with my nesting, because I cannot stop cleaning!! I say poor Aaron because it usually involves him doing most of the cleaning since my big belly tends to make it hard for me to clean. Every time I think the house is clean and we’re ready for the baby I find something else to do. I’m sure all you moms out there understand, I just want to make sure the house is perfect when we bring her home…because I’m sure it won’t stay like that for very long :)!

It is so hard to believe that we will be parents in just a few days. We are so excited and scared all at the same time! I have really enjoyed blogging about my pregnancy and hope that you all have felt informed with the all Harper happenings. I promise to continue to blog about Harper as she grows so stay tuned…

Until next time…
Erin