Special Delivery!!

No, not that special delivery. Today we got the matress for the cradle, as well as the bedding Jessica's mom made. We made up the cradle and it looks awesome! We also have some curtains she made that I'll have to hang this weekend (not looking forward to that - curtains and I do not get along). Here are the pictures of the bedding. I apologize if the layout looks weird. It took me forever just to get the preview looking halfway decent - though nowhere near the Feng Shui layout in my head - and I have no idea how it will translate to the actual blog.

As you can see, there are little grasshoppers and moths and ladybugs on it. We picked the fabric out months ago before we knew if he was a he or if he was a she. The blue accents would have been red if he were a she (which he's not).

As you can also see, here I am, a grown man, getting all excited about bedding. And not just any bedding - baby bedding. This is what happens to you when you have kids, I think. And you know what? I don't even care.

Jessica continues to have a few hours of contractions every evening. The latest round seems to have subsided. Using our many books, the Internet, and our info from the Maternity Center, we've determined that these are "pre-labor" contractions - something in between Braxton-Hicks and full-blown labor. Apparently such contractions are normal, or at least not abnormal. She has her 36-week appointment next week, and we're hoping the exam shows some progress. But even if it doesn't, there's one thing I know, and that's that they all come out sooner or later. We're hoping for sooner but later's better than not at all. Speaking of exams, I had one today and have one more next week. I've already talked to the Registrar about what to do if he's born when I'm supposed to take the exam - I can reschedule it for the next week (it's already been rescheduled once; the school decided it'd be a good idea to have 2 different classes hold their exams at the same time!). And if he comes before Friday, well then I'll just take the exam in whatever condition I'm in. It won't be the first time a major family event interefered with my law school exams, though this one will be a much happier occasion than 12/03. Whenever he's ready, that's when I'll be ready.