What we did today...

...since, no, we didn't go to the hospital.

Our calendar is empty!  Today was supposed to be continued family bonding with the new baby.

Instead, Tom worked in the backyard to prepare the current-dirt-pit-formerly-location-of-lime-tree for an eventual playground area.  This involved removing some of the agapanthas that border the future playground area.  But the plants are too nice to waste, so he planted them in our elderly neighbor lady's yard.  Of course, that involved several other minor landscaping chores, so he and Lukas spent most of the morning at her house.  Lukas also helped her throw away some stuff from her garage (and came home with small empty boxes for future craft projects).  We don't produce enough paper towel rolls in our own house for his crafts, he needs to collect them from other homes too.  Thankfully he hasn't gotten the idea of dumpster diving for them.  Yet.  Anyway, I'm glad he's learning, first-hand, to help our neighbors and especially older people.

I kept Konrad at bay for as long as possible, until he happened to look out the window and see Tom across the street.  Then it was "I want Daddy!"  We visited the worksite for a few minutes and then came back and played in our yard.  Natalie and I were happy to let the men do the yardwork.

Me?  I practiced camping, meaning I washed dishes by hand.  Our dishwasher went on the blink two days ago and the repairman won't be out until Tuesday so I have several more days of roughing it.  Life is so hard.  Seriously, washing dishes with a pregnant belly causes back strain because I can't get close enough to the sink to stand comfortably...I learned something new today!  I also cleaned the bathrooms since I hadn't gotten around to it last week.  I don't feel like I'm nesting, just in perpetual "keep the house clean because we don't know when the baby is coming" mode.  Because we all know that the house will look like a tornado hit it after the baby arrives, right?

Speaking of nesting, I don't believe in it anymore.  Three weeks ago, I was mentally prepared for this baby to arrive, and "everything" was done...except the baby, obviously!  Now I've forgotten what I packed in my hospital bag, I need to recheck the instructions I wrote for Tom's sisters because I can't remember what I wrote on them about the kids' schedules, and I haven't had all the meals planned on my calendar in several weeks, which means when 4 p.m. arrives and I'm not in the hospital, I don't know what to make for dinner.  I nested three weeks ago, and no baby.  So now I'm just sitting back and waiting for God's timing. 

I think it will be before the end of April, right?