We are 39 days out from Baby Cinco's due date (that's what we are calling the baby, for lack of a better cutesy in utero baby name, since this will be our fifth baby). When we were expecting Chaucer, I had the idea of making a paper chain to help the kids visualize the number of days left and as a fun way to mark the days until the newest addition to our family. The five days remaining on Chaucer's chain have been lovingly pasted into his baby book.
I thought it would be fun to do again. I printed the dates (only for the last 40 days, and the chain is still ridiculously long) and my girls colored each link. Every day one of the children can tear off a date and we can watch the chain dwindle as we inch (second by second it seems at this point) closer to meeting our baby.
In addition to making the chain, I've organized my home birth supplies into baskets. Have I mentioned I'm having a home birth? Chaucer was born at home and so will Baby Cinco. It's the right decision for our family and that's all I'm going to say about it for today. My midwife may (and probably will and that's okay) rearrange my stash, but for now, here's my collection of stuff for my birth. Well...almost all of it. My birth tub isn't in the picture. [Note to me: Inflate that thing to make sure it still holds air before going into labor!]
