Due.

Today is that day on the calendar we've been waiting for for 9+ months. I had my suspicions that he would be late and now as the day slips into the better half I am convinced our little darling will not be making an appearance for another week or so. Nevertheless, I devoutly went to my last pilates session this morning and then to the chiropractor and then to the acupuncturist with the heartfelt plea at each session of "Please help me to get my baby to come out." No matter how much we understand about the human form and the miracle of birth, there is still this great chasm of mystery as to how it all works. There is a little person living in my belly. Ooooh! And he just kicked me!

I dont wanna, I dont wanna

Like the sands of the hour glass so are the...
I've been waiting 9 months and I can hardly wait another breath!
Alistair's due tomorrow,
What!
Yet the doc says he's cozy and should'nt make his appearance for at least a few more days.
Kate and I have been blessed right and left since the moment we got the news.
This lil guys coming into such a killer life it would make your head spin.
All has been so good with BBQ's, visits with family, wondering, dreaming, and glowing in the light of how blessed and lucky we are.
It won't be long now until the stork makes his landing and smoothe delivery.
YAYYYY!!!
I just wanted to say hello, check in and if you're reading this...'til next time.
Greg.

Sleepless in Santa Cruz

Our 2am, 4am, 6am feedings have already begun and he isn't even born yet. It has been years since I've risen before the sun. And here I am riddled with hormones, my body obeying the impulses to feign sleep. I've given into the urges, no longer willing to fight with the sheets and the pillows. I rest only in knowing there is some primordial reason for this insomnia. I can sleep when I'm dead.

He's more than a twinkle in his daddy's eye.......

And so we begin......

After strong encouragement from family and friends and just 1 week shy of my due date I finally find the time to start this blog for my soon to be born baby, Alistair James. It has truely been 9 months of whirlwind for both Greg and I, complete with job changes and two consecutive moves. But we are super happy and super blessed to have landed in the greatest place we could dream of for starting our family, just a 10 minute walk from that magical pacific ocean and a one mile car ride from grandma and grandpa (hearafter reffered to as mimi and papa) in one of the most notoriously laid back towns in America, Santa Cruz, California. So welcome everyone, and enjoy the rest of the journey with us.........