Waiting for Owen

It really feels like we are just sitting around twiddling our thumbs and waiting for Owen to make his grand entrance these days. In fact I am so bored that we made a "test run" last Thursday night to the hospital. I swear to you I was having contractions and really did feel like I was going into labor. When we called the after-hours line for my doctor's office, the nurse told us to go ahead and head for the hospital. So we called Aunt Janet here in Austin - she's our first line of defense for staying here at the house with Joey - and then we called Mima in San Antonio to give her a heads-up. As far as the logistics go, everything went very smoothly. But as far as delivering a baby goes, we were sent home after an hour at the hospital because I was still only 3 cm dilated and experienced only 2-3 more contractions during that time.

In the meantime, we've pretty much finished working on Joey's big boy room. While he won't be moving into the room for at least a couple of months, he is really enjoying playing in it everyday. Since we've got guests coming to stay with us for the next few weeks (thank goodness for family members volunteering to help us with the boys!!!), Joey's room will be the guest room at least through the holidays. He'll stay in his crib for now and Owen will sleep in a bassinet in our room until he's about 3-4 months old. Here are a couple of pictures of the new room:

Joey's big boy bed - we upholstered the headboard ourselves!

A little table and activity center

A new dresser for Joey and some display cubbies which daddy worked diligently on hanging this past weekend.

Here's Joey testing out Owen's bassinet. Can you believe Joey was once small enough to fit in this thing??? I promise it looks a lot more gender neutral in person!

Some random photos from this evening...here's Joey giving his little brother a good night kiss!

And mommy gets a good night kiss too!

My next dr. appt. and last ultrasound is tomorrow morning so look for another update soon!