We are one week away from our scheduled C section for Zora on 09/09/19 and have spent the past few weeks doing what we are sure won’t be possible for a while: taking it easy.

I asked friends with two kids “what do you wish you’d done before your second baby arrived?” No one had any specific answers but I soon realized that lugging around a tiny baby in a bucket or strapped to one of us would be far less struggle than wrangling a toddler and decided what we REALLY needed to do was enjoy the quiet house and chance to rest as a three person family before we added a new baby.

We’ve spent the last few weekends sleeping late in the mornings, watching Disney movies, playing with toys, and generally taking it easy with Ember.

She and daddy get up earlier than mommy most weekend mornings and eat cereal and play.

We’ve had an easy time just hanging out together and it’s entirely possible that I have given Ember more hugs the past few weeks than since she started walking and could run off at any moment instead of snuggling all the time.

She’s really enjoyed playing her matching card games and just pretending around the house while Daddy and Mommy continue to get ready for baby Zora.

She is excited about the new addition and talks about her often. Our big plan is to try to keep things as normal as possible for her by making sure she goes to school each day as well as visiting in the hospital. We’ve got a great team of folks helping us out with her and we are so appreciative.

I’m still struggling with being sad for Ember about no longer being an only child, but she’s got so much love to offer that I’m positive she will be a great big sister and I can’t wait to see her do it.