Tiny Diapers!

After coming home and unpacking all of the unbelievably generous gifts from our friends and families, I could not wrap my mind around just how little those newborn diapers are! I guess I assumed I'd remember distinctly from having Lyla, but her size 4 diaper seems like a giant compared to this little palm-sized thing! It really made things real....this little baby is on her way! And going to be so tiny!

It also made me realize just how fast it all goes. My once teeny-tiny Lyla is now almost 3, can hold a full conversation, and is growing in leaps and bounds. Even though it seems like just yesterday that I was bringing her home from the hospital, it's also hard to imagine her being small enough to once fit into those tiny diapers and little outfits we saved. And Hannah? She can come any day now! Weren't we just on our honeymoon trying for a baby? I feel like I'm partially in shock. I have looked through Lyla's baby book countless times in these past few months, both for memories and reminders - really, she was that small? She's still such a peanut at 25lbs, but she's so BIG! I spend a good portion of everyday just staring at her, I can't get enough.

Already dilating & effacing, the labor process has slowly begun. It can still be 2-3 weeks, or 2-3 days. But after opening all those teeny outfits yesterday and getting her room set up, we're more excited than ever to meet her. With Lyla, the last few weeks seemed like an eternity because day-to-day I was expecting to go into labor. I started all my natural labor inducing tactics, and figured "any minute now! any day now!" ...and she was a whopping day early. This time, though I've started those same tactics, I'm enjoying everyday that I can feel her move around inside me, and every day I have alone with my big girl. There are going to be some alterations made to our daily schedule once our new baby girl arrives, so I'm taking this time to make the best of the ease of my toddler and the activities we love. But every time little Hannah twists and kicks, I can't help but think that those little movements will be in our arms in just a few shorts weeks...or days! Eric's birthday is on Wednesday, and he wants more than anything for her to be born that day. I seriously doubt she'll be that early, but it would be a special thing, since I am born on my dad's birthday.

So, we're enjoying the ride while it lasts, but cannot wait to put those tiny diapers to good use...and meet our little girl!