Whoops!

Hello!

Well, I've certainly missed a lot of days of blogging. The baby has still not arrived, so I don't have that excuse. Mostly I've just been lazy, hah.

The weekend was nice though! On Saturday, we had friends over. Eric played video games with the husband, and I mostly chatted with the wife of the couple. It was nice to have a hang out time before the baby comes, since it'll be a little bit harder to manage all-day things with both of us present afterwards. Sunday was more relaxed. We went to church and then had lunch with my parents, and then I went shopping for a little bit with my mom and sister.

I think my big problem is a lack of topics to blog about! My days have become pretty boring. I basically limit myself to one to two productive things per day. The rest of the day is spent watching stuff online, playing video games, and reading.

I've been making slow but steady progress through Guards! Guards! It's an enjoyable book! I've also started reading a baby care book because Eric and I both realized a few weeks ago that neither of us have any idea what to DO with the baby once we bring it home. I've now educated myself on how to bathe the baby, roughly how often to feed it, and how to change its diapers. I need to finish up reading it soon so that I can give it to Eric to read through so that he'll be at least as prepared as I am. I don't want to fall into the trap of me being the baby "expert." I think this can happen a lot, partly because women are somehow expected to just "know" what to do with the baby, and, in my case, partly because I'm planning on staying home with the baby so I'll be her primary caretaker. But I don't want to tell Eric what to do/how to do it all the time! He needs to figure things out on his own and discover his own way of doing things. Otherwise, I don't see how we could be equal partners in child rearing if it's just me constantly telling him what to do. So! In conclusion, I want him to read all the same baby-preparation books as me so that we'll be working from the same base of knowledge. If we still have questions beyond what's in the book, then we'll do some research together to try to figure it out.

Okay, I think that's enough to get me back into the swing of things!

-Leah