Congratulations Jabber, such lovely news and I'm so glad you and Kiernan are doing well. 5 lbs is a good weight considering he's a bit early. Hope the bf is going okay and all your preparation is paying off! Take care of yourself and keep us updated when you can.
I'm starting to think that maybe I should wash and dry all the baby clothes that have been in the loft for the last 15 months, not to mention buy all the essentials and pack my bag. I am so sure that I'm going to be late and therefore still have 6-7 weeks left that I'm putting it off. All of these unexpectedly early arrivals are making me rethink!
Had a bit of a shocker of a day today, dd and ds got up at 5:45am, both in foul moods and SO not ready to be up, dd screamed for an hour, wouldn't come to me, only wanted dh but wouldn't go back to sleep. Ds spent 3 hours having tantrum after tantrum over the stupidest of things and I ended up in tears by 8am. Not a good start to the week but the day did improve slightly, especially as dd slept from 12:30 until 5pm when dh woke her up. I'm hoping they won't keep waking at that early, broken nights are bad enough without them starting the day at that time!!
Anyway, my aunt is coming to babysit tomorrow night so dh and I can go and finish the Christmas shopping. I've done loads of it online (in between MNetting!) which has been great but we're now stuck for the grandparents etc, so it'll have to be 'real shops'. Our local mall is open until 10pm, that'll be a fun night out without the kids then . Don't think we'll even have time to sit and have a leisurely cup of coffee unless we are hyper-decisive.
Found out yesterday that dh's grandad has terminal bladder and bowel cancer and has only got weeks left. Sadly, it looks as though it will all happen around the time dc3 arrives so it will be a really bittersweet Christmas and New Year for the PILs .