39 weeks.........and counting.....

I now know the 'antsy' feeling pregnant women speak of (apologies for the preposition at the end of the sentence :-/)

Can't really go skydiving or bungee jumping, fidgety sitting down for too long, can't just spend all day eating (well technically I could but that wouldn't turn out well) and yet I have no idea how long the limbo will last.  It's like waiting for a birthday but no-one will tell you when the birthday is.......wait....that's exactly what we're doing!

So I'm focusing on the arrival of Sarah in less than 3 days.  Mike swears I'm as excited about her coming as I am about the arrival of the baby!  It's true - I am really looking forward to having her to myself for the first time in years and years.  We both keep having to remind ourselves why she is coming though, and rein in our extravagant retail/adventure plans!

As most siblings we have had our fair share of ups and downs - but have been brought closer through this experience than ever before (a fact of which Mikey keeps reminding me during our daily transatlantic phone-calls!)  It was on one such call yesterday when this point was proven beyond all doubt when Mikey came upstairs just at the point I was saying to Sarah..'I'm want to pick your brains about prams as Mikey is bloody useless in and really has no interest'.  I wish I'd had a video recorder to capture the look on his face and the babbling apologies which came spurting from my mouth (not to mention the hysterical laughter coming at me from down the phoneline).  Of course, what I meant to say is, 'I'm asking you because Mikey has far more important things on his mind right now and doesn't need to be bothered with trivialities such as baby transportation systems'.  Hmmm - if only the mouth and the brain would communicate a little more cooperatively sometimes.

Anyhow - it just goes to show that it doesn't matter how old you are or how far apart, siblings always have the capacity to get into trouble together - in fact I think it's their duty given the unique closeness of the relationship! 

Who knows whether we will be blessed with a sibling for our wee sprout - I hope for his/her sake that we are - but if not, we will do the best we can to find the best sibling substitutes we can!.

'Of course it won't make all your teeth drop out - just eat it'